May 31
Brian and I island hopped to Maui this past weekend to celebrate our one year anniversary. It was a relaxing and fun weekend and neither of us wanted to leave. There is a tranquility and spaciousness about Maui that I don’t think exists on Oahu, but I guess that is what is neat about the …
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 13
I have two friends in town from Vancouver for ten days, which means I get to pretend like I’m on vacation too. (That never gets old.) I took them on a tour of the southeast side of the island yesterday, from Diamondhead to Waimanalo. As we played on the beach, one of my friends commented that …
May 04
I decided to move my blog from Tumblr to WordPress. I find the latter has more of the functions I wanted and, in my opinion, it is more user friendly. I work with WordPress on the Surfrider website so I’m also a little more familiar with the format. I used to write on Blogger for years as …
May 03
4.29.2011 It was a real life fairy tale and I’m not ashamed to say I stayed up late and enjoyed every minute of the Royal Wedding last night. From the big hats (or ‘Fascinators’ as I learned they are called), to the trees in Westminster Abbey, to William and Kate looking absolutely stunning, I was …
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 …
May 03
4.5.2011 I was born to write stories. This is perhaps the one true thing I know in life. I have known this since I was a little girl. In the past few years however, I have done a lot more talking about writing than actual writing. I took a creative writing class at UBC before …
