When I was traveling back in the 80’s, border crossings always brought on a sense of excitement and anticipation. A little formality before stepping into adventures in a new country. Borders, Country or State, still bring up in me that sense of excited anticipation. ✍🏻
2020
My wife & I got through the first three episodes of Long Way Up last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it and looking forward to the rest. One take away was don’t embark on such a journey unless you have good backing…or a lot of patience and plenty of time!
As winter approaches, the change in attire is less pronounced here in Hawai’i than in more northerly latitudes. I can miss the change to warmer clothes and the sense of hunkering down, hibernating that comes with that. Though the cooler mornings and evenings are welcome. ✍🏻
Hate hurts the hater. Let it go. Move toward what you love instead.
Memories fade but the scars still linger…
Memories Fade by Tears for Fears.
This is what immediately came to mind, though I don’t know why, when I saw today’s Microblogvember word. This song and seeing Tears for Fears in concert in Bristol, England sometime in the 80’s. ✍🏻
I remember as a kid an adult telling me that, “everything is possible, but some things are highly improbable.” At the time I thought that I had been told the highest wisdom, and loved to go around imparting this to my friends, feeling how wise I was! ✍🏻
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
This seems like a good move by Apple - Apple to lower commissions for small businesses on App Store.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
Listening to Barack Obama: A Promised Land on Apple Music, a playlist curated by the former President in honor of his new memoir.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
A little gecko sitting on the a/c controls.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 →
I miss traveling by train. I love just being able to sit back and watch the world go by, whether it’s a short journey or one of many hours. In places on Maui one sees the old tracks from the sugarcane trains, but they don’t run anymore, though there are aspirations. ✍🏻
Yesterday family and neighbors gathered for a Lu’au and a Kahuna’s blessing to celebrate my grandson’s first birthday. Instead of seeing the event through the lens of my phone’s camera, which I left in the house, my memories were born solely from remembered experiences. ✍🏻
There are some days when, almost out of the blue, I feel far from home. I am happy where I am living now. I have family and friends around me. Then something will trigger a memory, a deep remembrance from the past and I am transported…maybe to the home of my heart? ✍🏻
I haven’t put up a rainbow photo for a while. This one is from this morning. 🌈
In the middle of a sugar cane field here on Maui are the ruins of an old mill. The roots of trees have started to take it over the large building, as have the aerosol additions of human painted graffiti. My memory is of a spooky, foreboding feeling hanging over the structure. ✍🏻
And what does it mean to waste time anyway? If you waste time is it lost forever? And if time is lost forever, what does that mean?
~ Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
Having just finished watching The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix, I find myself marveling at the minds of chess Grandmasters. When I play chess there might be a bit of planning, but my moves feel more like a guess and hope. ✍🏻
I’ve just started the upgrade process to Big Sur. I think that this is the earliest that I have adopted a new version on an Apple OS upgrade - the day of release.
The elements here in Hawai’i can inflict their fare share of wear and tear on a house. What with the trade winds, rain, hot sun and salty ocean air - even a couple of miles in from the ocean - that is a lot for a structure to cope with. ✍🏻
An old business center in Lahaina, Maui.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
There are times when I don’t say that much, and times when I can sit and talk and talk. The former is the more likely. ✍🏻
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
HH the Dalai Lama’s letter congratulating President-elect Joe Biden
My wife and I watched the first episode of The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix last night. I enjoyed it and look forward to the rest of the series. It also reminded me of my amazement at the capacity and capability of chess Grandmasters' minds.
I’ve just started reading: A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki 📚
I love the Japanese pixel art on this site. The artist is Yuuta Toyoi.
When I was kid there was a home for the elderly just down the road from us. Some of those who lived there use to walk along our quiet road on their way to the local shops and library. It was a great opportunity for the young me to get to know our more senior neighbours. ✍🏻
I use to push through regardless during the day, forcing myself to work even if I was tired. Now, situation permitting, I allow myself a short, nourishing nap. ✍🏻
A couple of hours ago we were sitting on a beach, and I was looking for shade it was so hot. Now this….well I did want rain! 🌧
Yesterday evening’s walk along Baldwin Beach, just catching the sunset.
While I find that I can get use to most things with time, there always appears to be one or two things that just seem to remain a bind, remaining a niggling presence or felt obligation in my life. ✍🏻
I’ve just updated my Now page.