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 her. It will be a sad day when I have to say goodbye forever. I thought I would share some…
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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 around the limb of an old tree, weathered and torn, one frayed strand of it swaying in the wind. It…
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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
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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. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/22163776 w=400&h=225] OLD PINE from Astray Films on Vimeo.
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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 window shades closed. I am reflective and thankful in this moment, even for the illness that plagued my body for…
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