๐๏ธ Our Christmas tree has been lying in the back yard since New Year. I usually cut up the old trees and use them for kindling when we make fires in our fire pit through the year. This morning I finally got round to that short job. Once it was stacked up and put away I stood back and wondered why it taken me so long complete? โ
I finished reading and thoroughly enjoyed: Seeing the Beauty in the Hearts of Men by Rich Tosi ๐
This short memoir of one the founders of The Mankind Project, Rich Tosi, I found inspiring. Tosi speaks to how a series of events through his life led him to be a co-creator of a workshop for men, which eventually became the ManKind Projectโs signature weekend, the NWTA (New Warrior Training Adventure).
Subtitled, โHow My Wounds Became My Gift,โ Todi has had to battle his own demons, shadows, but shows how within our darkest places lies our gold, our capacity for love, courage, clarity, or truth.
Rain has fallen to two places close to me over this last week. The reception could not be more different.
We watched: Hamnet yesterday, Sunday afternoon as the rain poured outside.
I found Jessie Buckleyโs performance extraordinary and natural. Her emotions seeming to be expressed so easily and with no drama. A blessed talent to watch. The whole cast were good in my opinion - the children acted so well - including the possibly unrecognized cast of the English countryside and the towering beech trees - something I always miss all the way over here in Maui. ๐ฟ
This morning’s faint rainbow. ๐๏ธ
Rainbows come in all sizes. ๐
Watched: GOAT
GOAT was not a movie on my โMust Seeโ list, indeed as of late morning this morning I knew nothing about it. However, the grandkidsโ parents were going out on a Valentineโs Date and so my wife and I were looking for something to do with the boys. A bite to eat and a movie was the decision, and GOAT was that movie.
We all enjoyed it. The arc of the movie was predictable, but that didnโt matter. The animation was the same as a lot of animated movies these days, and it was a little different, imaginative. A clever script had us laughing. A fun evening. ๐ฟ
All credit to the artist(s) ๐จ
There are no changes to The Bunker in a while and then it receives a couple of refreshes.
A rainbow peaks over the hedge. ๐๏ธ
All credit to the artist(s) ๐จ
The Bunker has not been updated in a long while, and this update is simply writing over an old image.
๐๏ธ I was taking a friend to the airport just over a week ago. We rounded the corner coming out of the Maliko Gulch on the north Shore of Maui. On a clear day the view is spectacular looking across to Mauna Kahฤlฤwai (the West Maui Mountains). It is one of those views that fit into the category of “never tire of that view." We pulled over so that my friend could take a photo….and in that moment, so close to shore, a whale breached. I have never seen one breach so close to shore on the north shore of the island. That image is etched into my mind. โ
Two rainbows from a few days ago. ๐๏ธ
๐ณ Sometimes time away is the medicine even if the remedy is not what was expected, or even what was wanted. It is the doing of being away…the being that restores…I think? โ
The Rainbows return. Two from this morning. ๐๏ธ
Finished reading: From Wild Man to Wise Man by Richard Rohr ๐
Sunset from a few days ago….(looks up the photo)….actually from 8 days ago.
๐ That moment when I flop into bed, tired at the end of a long day. โ
Come and get your tacos and burritos at Haiku Market, Maui.
I was gifted a year’s subscription to The Sun Magazine for my last birthday. The first issue took a while in arriving, but since it has I have been held by the articles in the magazine. I have long been aware of The Sun Magazine, but for some reason have never picked up a copy to read. I have been trying to put my finger on what I like about the articles - both fiction and non-fiction - that The Sun publishes.
This morning’s double rainbow. ๐๏ธ
๐ฌ๏ธ A storm that has been making its way down the Hawaiian Island chain is still battering Maui. At least here on the north shore where the wind is strong. It might be a very different story on the southern side of Haleakala? Yesterday was overcast, windy and very wet (here, talking to a friend on the south sideโฆvery little rain). Today not so much rain, though it has been putting in an appearance. โ