The job description seems to keep shifting.

How often have I responded with a well-practiced shameful shrug because of something I said, or something I didn’t say, or because I showed up wearing this instead of that.

Blow me a kiss and as old as I will ever be I will still hear violins. Romance, that thin, sweet glaze that coats memory, mood and imagination remains as light as a giddy notion.

A life well lived produces a contentment that over years seeps into the bones and becomes a perceivable calm.

There are daily experiences of Island life, such as being on a first-name basis with just about everyone, that become routine so gently we are hard

The ukulele (“jumping flea” in Hawaiian) is a small friendly guitar-like instrument derived from a similar instrument brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the 19th century.