Kenny Rogers once sang a beautiful duet with Dolly Parton-- Islands in the Stream . When singing wasn't going so well, he started selling friend chicken. OK, maybe it was only shake 'n' bake! At any rate, if it reminds you of the Hemingway novel, or takes you away to the Caribbean, it has worked its magic, and, after all, that's what music and friend chicken are for!
Give us this Day is the online creative journal of Kurtis Kitagawa, PhD (Edinburgh), MPhil (Oxford), MA (Chicago), BA First Class Honours (Calgary), who, withal, considers himself a student of history. Check daily for freshly composed essays and offbeat creative writing inspired by a life spent in universities, government, and business. Job offers gratefully accepted. Alternative facts welcome, and will not be burned. Nor will their ashes be used as eye shadow!