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A little place in Hilo I know

One of the projects I started in 2019 was to get a little cottage I have in Hilo set up to use for people I know (myself included) visiting the island, working on (writing) projects, maybe an extended residency for someone I know. I’ve gone over a couple of times to set up, and here’sContinue reading “A little place in Hilo I know”

What I did this summer…

…and carried into fall: a series of poems about living in India (that was a long time ago, now that I think about it) and what it was like to feel foreign to others, to myself. These poems came together as if riding the same train, getting off on a busy platform not knowing eachContinue reading “What I did this summer…”

Getting started

I got a lot more writing done this year. A sweet friend described me to a magazine as “the best local writer, you’ve never heard of, and never will.” That was a biased review and something to disprove– the I can get better part and also the part about getting some readers.