Month: September 2018

Portland, Maine

“That’s not a nice thing to say,” the woman said.  I laughed out loud, whereupon the party of three looked at me.  I was leaning against the wall on a corner of Commercial Street in the old port area of Portland, Maine watching people.  Usual collection: old, young, singles, groups and families wandered, strolled and walked purposefully past me.  Most…

Koji, Killer Cat

“There is a mouse by your shoulder!” said my bride, Akemi, in a not-at-all-calm voice.  I sat up quickly and looked back at where I had been laying, sure enough, a dead mouse had been tucked into the crook of my neck. I have always told Akemi that our cat, Koji (runt in Japanese), is a cold blooded killer.  At…