Feb 09
Do you ever have those days where you focus entirely too much on what’s missing in your life? I think we all do. I am 100% guilty as charged more than ever lately. Last night I was out running, most likely pondering something that’s missing, and then rapper T.I said these words into my earbuds: …
Jan 11
My piece about John Kelly: A Lifetime of Conservation is out now in the new issue of Green Magazine. You can view it here on page 22-23.
Dec 09
I snapped this photo on the weekend at Keiki Beach on the North Shore. I love it. Just some old friends “watchin’ the tide roll away…wastin’ time.” I love their chairs, the blue ocean backdrop and the pure bliss conveyed in doing absolutely nothing.
Dec 07
This past weekend the Surfrider Foundation’s Oahu Chapter held its 9th Annual John Kelly Environmental Achievement Awards on the North Shore at Waimea Valley. I am proud to be involved in organizing this fun event that honors environmental leaders who follow in the footsteps of pioneer surf environmentalist John Kelly. Kelly started the grassroots group …
Aug 31
It’s no secret that it was love at first sight for my little Hawaiian beach house and I. She’s full of character and showing her age, but all the cracks and holes are simply evidence that she’s been well loved. I’ve had fun over the last few years adding my own beach style touch to …
Jun 18
One of my favorite running routes on Oahu is up Diamond Head road to the lookout. Over four years ago I stood there after a run, looking out at the ocean and decided I wanted to move to Hawaii. And I noticed a plastic bag in a tree. A black, plastic bag, knotted and wrapped …
Jun 08
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
May 17
I am inspired by this music video today, Mickey Smith created this video for Ben Howard’s song, “Old Pine.” Love the imagery and the tune. Enjoy. OLD PINE from Astray Films on Vimeo.
May 03
4.26.2011 (Written several weeks ago on my flight back to Hawaii.) Cruising altitude. We have been chasing the sun West across the Pacific and I just witnessed the kind of glorious sunset that brings tears to your eyes. I feel as though it was meant for me alone, because everyone on the plane has their …
