Wednesday, December 26, 2018 →
Awaiting the family to gather…
2018
Christmas would not be Christmas for me without listening to the Queen’s Christmas Message. I always find some wisdom and inspiration in what Her Majesty, now 92, offers.
A double rainbow on Christmas morning. 🌈🎄
Reading A Child’s Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas with woodcuts by Ellen Raskin.
My father’s side of the family is from Wales and I lived there for almost 20 years. Those hills, valleys and coastline hold a special place in my heart.
Merry Christmas. 📚
Merry Christmas to the micro.blog community from Maui.
Beware of wishing for something….sometimes it comes true. Having moved to Hawaii, I always struggle with hot, sunny Christmases. It just does not feel right to this far northern hemisphere guy, and until a few minutes all we had was rain, rain and more rain. ☔ 🎄
In case you are wondering where he is, here is the official Norad Santa Tracker. In Iran as of writing with just over 2 billion presents delivered! 🎅🏻
I’m loving the moon these last few nights, even if it does make falling asleep a little more of a challenge. So bright, and illuminating the Earth below in that beautiful pale white moonlight.
Late afternoon rainbow.
Wrapping presents while listening to Carols as sung by the choir of Kings College Cambridge. Meanwhile it is in the mid-seventies and sunny outside. It is that last part that I’m not sure that I will ever get use to. “Wrap warm” cold is what I expect at this time of year.
I love this quote on Quiet Revolution by Navdeep Singh Dillon, in his article Carving Out Alone Time During the Holiday Season (emphasis my own)
There is no universe where the idea of a party not happening or you not showing up would make sense. It’s how extroverts show love,
While the party raged on next door last night, babysitting my grandson and watching Lilo & Stich with him, was for me a much better way to spend the evening.
The moon early this morning.
Canadian GoFundMe Raises $6B In Two Hours To Pay For Privacy Hedge Along Entire US Border 😳😄
Wedding Anniversary and Solstice celebrations 2018.
Old Maui High.
Use wisdom to determine how much I give of myself to others. Help, yes. Serve, please do. But use judgement to discern what your needs are and where your time should be wisely spent.
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Note to self.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 →
I love the Hypocam black and white camera and editing app for the iPhone, and was surprised and happy to see a new version launch yesterday. I’m looking forward to exploring the new app.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 →
Christmas tree in the dead of night (shot using Filmborn app on iOS).
The Holiday Express to Santa Land, c/o the Sugarcane Train, and my grandson taking it all in.
I’m listening to NPR News. They are doing a piece on plastic bags and how to deal with them. Apparently in Kenya you can face prison time just for carrying a plastic bag!
Reflections in the lake at Saiho-ji, the “moss temple,” or “Koke-dera,” outside of Kyoto, Japan.
Toys.
A Circle of Men
Thursday, December 13, 2018
“For centuries men have been meeting and sitting in circle." I have heard that statement, or variations on it, many times over the last few years. It is a statement that rings true to me to the depth of my being, as though it is touching into something that is at our core. What has caused me to hear those words uttered so many times? Because I have been sitting in circle with men for the last three years.
Sitting outside listening to the rain trickling through the gutters…and it is cold here on Maui.
A quiet night.
Shadows.
Just started Solitude a Return to the Self 📚
I wrote this last night while running the sprinkler system at sunset,
The shadow stands still
in the dancing droplets
of the sprinkler
In the beautiful grounds of Kula San, the small community hospital in Keokea, up-country Maui.