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Writing Magic: Developing Rules and Worlds for Your Fantasy Stories
Most people will tell you that the best way of getting magical ideas for fantasy stories is to read fantasy materials or watch fantasy movies and TV shows. Although I agree that consuming magic and fantasy mediums can spark your imagination, I think it’s best not to rely on that too much for specific subjects.…
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The Best Decision I Never Made: Leaving New York Behind.
This is a short story I wrote a few years ago about the journey that changed my life. This is a creative non-fiction piece so yes, this is based on a true story. A writing prompt from a professor who wanted us to write about a turning point in our lives. For the New Year…
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Writing Prompt: Exploring the Me You Don’t Always See.
Writing exercise! A few years ago, a creative writing professor gave my class an assignment based off of a poem we read. We had to write a poem about how we are made up of different fronts (personalities). Some people may have a wild front yet have a hidden nerdy front. Whatever the sides you…
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Sunflowers in her Heart
Planted in memory. I wrote this free verse poem about the sunflowers I planted for a mother figure that I lost. At the celebration of life we were given little glass jars filled with sunflower and wild flower seeds to plant in her memory. Have you ever planted flowers or trees in memory of a…
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Perspectives on Colonialism in Hawai’i: Tiki Culture Phenomenon
In the picture above I am wearing a lampshade costume. During the 50’s and 60’s lampshade hula girls (not real girls…lol) were mostly put in hotel rooms for the tourists. More recently big companies that have their corporate events in Hawai’i sometimes hire human décor like hula girl lampshades to fulfill their nostalgic themes. Most…
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Beats of Courage
Beats of Courage I stepped onto the green, soft grass,white roofs framing the square,spectators eager, their energy buzzing,the perfect grounds for an Ori Tahiti. The blades of grass crept through my toes,whispering, Stay grounded,as if they feared I might float away. My heart, a drumbeat of its own,pounding in rhythm with the sounds.Every nerve alive,guiding…
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A Chicken’s Tale
Buffy, the tall yellow hen laid an egg one day and left it. Precious, the black hen took over and began the brooding process. I had no idea. I thought she was brooding her own egg. Buffy lays white eggs and Precious lays smaller brown eggs. The white egg hatched and out came Baby Boy,…
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Another Maui Moonbow
Moonbows are also known as lunar rainbows, and is a rare optical phenomenon similar to a regular rainbow, but it occurs at night. It happens when moonlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by water droplets in the air, usually near waterfalls, mist, or after rain. There are only a few places in the world that…
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Life is too short.
What I’ve learned is how brief life can be,A fleeting wisp, a wave upon the sea.So I do what I love, and I love what I do,Under morning suns and glowing moons’ hue. The spirits of creatures long since passed,Their strings still bind my heart steadfast.Death, a rhythm, a natural refrain,Yet its weight presses, a…
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The Mai-Kai Ft. Lauderdale 12 years ago…or so.
I graced the Mai-Kai stage from 2008 to 2013. The Mai-kai was first opened in 1956. It may be the longest continued Polynesian Review in America including Hawai’i. They shut down during Covid and did a major renovation. They finally reopened about three weeks ago. I am hoping to visit in a few months and…
Magic, Myths, and Me
Exploring life's wonders, one story at a time.
Magic, Myths, and Me 