Breathe Deep Every Day

It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for awhile and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. ~Edward Abbey

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World Oceans Day

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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Little Signs and Big Love

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 islands; they are all beautiful in such different ways. I always felt pulled to Hawaii, and aside from the obvious,…

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Old Pine

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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Simple

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 I’m like a happy little kid.  I absolutely love having my good friends here with me, so I guess it makes me, well,…

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