'Onipa'a...
E Ho'okanaka...
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Aloha...
Mahalo Uncle Buzzy... For your Aloha... For our Beloved Queen... Love You... Forever... And Then Some...
Watching...
As I was watching the rain descend upon Honolulu tonight, I think the rain was watching me...
Lessons...
As part of a teaching collection, years ago I acquired a stone club head made to sit on top of a hardwood handle, and lashed to it tightly. It was found decades ago by another Hawaiian who decided it was time to part with it. My instincts told me that it was real and ancient, but due to distance, I couldn't see it in person. The day the package arrived, I came home late from work and excitedly opened the box to view the stone newa, or club. In the din of my hallway, as I kicked my shoes off, I took the stone out of the box. I immediately saw a reddish tinge to the rock on one side, and it seemed shiny, like blood. I quickly put it back in the box. I didn't want to handle it any further until I could re-examine it in the morning light. It really disturbed me that night. I ended up taking the box to my office the next morning, and later in the day, I took the rock out. It was dark gray closed-grained basalt. Very dense. To my surprise, there was no sign of the reddish co...
Mauna-a-Wākea...
As I gazed upon the Sunset tonight and the arrival of Twilight...I beheld Sacred Mauna-a-W ā kea reaching up into the Heavens...
Borrowing...
Sometimes when I see a person taking a nicer photo than me, I take a photo of them taking their photo and take a photo of their taken photo too to take home. I'm not taking their taken photo however...just borrowing it...
Chronic...
Lately I have been very tired and exhausted seemingly most of the time. I think I have Bubonic Fatigue Syndrome...
