Serendipity in Oahu
posted 1 day ago | 1 comment
The other day, my wife stayed more than we anticipated at the beach to finish reading James Patterson’s novel “Swimsuit.” Afterward, we went to Barnes and Noble at Kahala mall. The first thing that we did was use the restrooms. While my wife was s...
The Aiea Loop Trail in Oahu
posted 1 day ago | 3 comments
It took my wife and me two and a half hours to traverse this five-mile trail at the end of Aiea Heights. During the first half, there wasn’t anything spectacular to see. Perhaps that was just as well because I had to constantly watch the ground; o...
The Greatest Show on Earth
posted 2 days ago | 2 comments
No surfers—and certainly no swimmers—dared confront the 30-foot raging and ragged waves yesterday at any of Oahu’s North Shore beaches. Having caused the surfing contest at Sunset Beach to be postponed that day, the turbulent water (as if making a...
How Many, Many Feet You Meet
posted 6 days ago | 1 comment
The last time that my wife and I went to an organ recital in Honolulu, featuring renowned organist Ken Cowan, we both marveled at his incredibly adept footwork on the pedal keyboards. The encore was particularly astounding, Free’s “Variation of Ra...
Stiff-necked
posted 10 days ago, updated less than a minute later | 3 comments
The other day, as I got on the stationary bike at the fitness center, the man next to me said hello. I reciprocated and began reading my crime novel. But before I could get through a page, he started a conversation. I would rather have continued t...
May the Bird of Paradise Help You Find Your Path
posted 12 days ago | 3 comments
Yesterday, my wife wanted to go to a craft store in Honolulu. I joined her: I was curious to see what project she was pursuing. And pursuing she did. There must have been 40 aisles of what I considered to be utterly useless material, but my wife—w...
Not so Regal
posted 13 days ago | 0 comments
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Not so Regal
I struggled through a movie at Regal last night, “Haywire.” It was a good example of LD—low definition. Visually, the picture--unless there was a very close shot—was annoyingly indistinct. I’d expect such ...
Not so Regal
I struggled through a movie at Regal last night, “Haywire.” It was a good example of LD—low definition. Visually, the picture--unless there was a very close shot—was annoyingly indistinct. I’d expect such ...
Hands: Predatory and Priestly
posted 18 days ago | 3 comments
During my 30-year career as a community college instructor, I, unlike some of my colleagues, scrupulously obeyed school policy: never did I touch, hug, or kiss a student of either sex. And students respected my boundaries as well. Except for one y...
LSMFT
posted about 1 month ago | 1 comment
After watching an episode of “Mad Men” that focused on maintaining the Lucky Strike account, I recalled the company’s true and tried flagship ad, “LSMFT: Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.” Then I thought about the musical-chair anti-Romney Republic...
"Rumor" Has It
posted about 1 month ago | 1 comment
My wife and I have found a rarity in Honolulu: “Rumors,” a night club that from 5-9 p.m. on Fridays plays Oldies. No one under 18 is allowed, there is a modest dress code, the DJ keeps the decibels down, and nostalgia abounds. There are even a cou...
