The evening’s muggy, tropical air was the first thing to greet Ricky as he got off the plane. It had been heavier and less fragrant the last two times he’d flown into Kahului, and while those trips had felt like nightmares, this time he floated through the airport like he was in a lucid dream. … Continue reading Back to Maui
Month: January 2025
Maui Memorial
A little over a year after Ana and Ricky bought their brownstone, (actually the bank had bought it, and they were just paying the bank back, something that Ricky never allowed himself to confuse) his mother, Lala, had been on a weeklong trip to Maui with her long-distance, still sort of married, oral surgeon boyfriend, … Continue reading Maui Memorial
Maximizer
Ana had once called him a maximizer. He couldn’t recall if this was before or after the breakup, but he was pretty sure it was after he’d left the city, during one of those emotional back and forths that they each used in search of some closure. When she called him that, part of him … Continue reading Maximizer
Desire
A catch twenty-two: looking for zen; a want to stop wanting anything. Then, the longing for calming: a lesson unlearned; until I can just be the peace I don’t search.
The Writing of Eddie G Garza 