I’ve noticed this before. I have had a headache building all afternoon. In the last half hour big dark rain clouds have been building in the east and the wind has significantly picked up. A big storm builds, headache increases. The storm breaks, the pressure in my head releases.
Sitting on the beach this afternoon an incident popped into my mind from over three decades ago. Why I thought of this I don’t know, but here is what happened. I was in Australia. I spent a year traveling around the country, mainly hitchhiking. I was somewhere south of Sidney, heading south. It was a baking hot day and I had just had my hair cut. Why is that relevant you might ask?
Driving home from town, the highway (rather a grand identification for an ordinary road) curves round the coast. The afternoon is beautifully clear and the ocean has barely a ripple on it.
Out of the corner of my eye I catch a big splash out to sea, and quickly find a place to pull over. It’s whale season.
For the next ten minutes I sat and watched as a whale or two (it was hard to tell) played around, occasionally jumping, but appearing mostly to be hitting its fluke against the water.
A wonderful gift on a beautiful Friday evening.
That was some work. What I find interesting for myself is that words that look obvious once they are written in front of me, I cannot see initially.
Wordle 236 6/6
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⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I love the smell of freshly picked lemons, and am grateful that I have them growing in my back yard.
Well my usual starting word, DREAM was a good choice this morning.
Wordle 234 2/6.
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I was recently interviewed my Naomi Harrington for her That’s Deep Podcast. The subject of the interview was meditation. A very short clip from the podcast is below.
Naomi is coach with the mission to, ”empower humans from the inside out, through inner and outer exploration. She can be found at Naomi Courtney Co.
The full podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Podbean.
The south east side of Maui is a place of the elements. Wind, sun and ocean meet in strong presence at that place where the vast flanks of Haleakala descend from its 10,000 feet summit to meet the Pacific Ocean at the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel, meaning aptly “great billows smashing.” A 30 mile channel of ocean lying between the Islands of Hawai’i and Maui, wind and water are funneled between the two land masses.
I’ve just set up a Subscribe page for a monthly newsletter. I have chosen monthly for now as I feel as though that will fit in best with my current blogging and I will not be putting undue pressure on myself. Currently I look to include long form posts, essays, that I put up through the month.
You can Subcribe here.
Morning rainbow 🌈
We were on babysitting duty last night with the grandkids and watched Sing 2 with them. To be honest I had low expectations for the movie, but ended up really enjoying it. Even if it’s trajectory was predictable, there were some fun characters, a funny script and good music. 🍿
I’m very pleased to see this proposed 25 mile Greenway between Ukumehame and Līpoa Point in West Maui. I hope that it is completed quicker than the 20 years it took to build the North Shore Greenway!
Maui has a keen cycling community. I enjoy cycling, but I do not enjoy it here. To me the roads do not feel safe. Within the last six months I attended the funeral of a good friend and keen cyclist who was knocked from his bike and killed by a young motorist. He’d been cycling the roads of Maui for a good few decades and loved it. I am aware of other cyclists who have lost their lives on the roads here.
I believe that there need to be safe ways to get around on this island for those who choose modes of transport other than the car.
Cattle trough on the cliffs.
Now this 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle was a challenge. Satisfying to finish, to put in that last piece, but a challenge. 🧩
I’ve have had to stay up late to make a phone call on behalf of my mother back in England. As I head to bed I look up at the night sky. There was a new moon a night ago and the sky is inky black. Along with the low light pollution here, the darkness above is covered in the sparkle of a myriad of stars. Truly an awe inspiring sight.
Just in time for the start of “Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i” (Month of the Hawaiian Language), University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Keola Donaghy has released a Hawaiian language version of the popular “Wordle” online game. ~ Maui Now The game is called _ Hulihua_ and can be found at https://hulihua.net/. The game play is the same as for the original Wordle game, with a new word each day.
Through May 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, I offered a daily Meditation Nudge. This was a new article that I wrote each day through that month, with each one exploring an aspect of meditation. I have felt remiss to not have put together a comprehensive list of all of those posts, something that I believe would be a helpful resource. So now I am making good on this aspiration, and below is a list of all the Meditation Nudges that I offered during May 2020.
Gratitude is an important practice. While I might like to think of myself as independent and able to manage my life on my own, truth is little, indeed nothing in life can ultimately be done alone. From the time that I get out of bed in the morning, until I go to sleep, I live my life in dependence upon others - both seen and unseen. These can be other humans, those keeping my water running or lights on, to non-humans, the sun in the sky or the worms tilling the soil.
Finished reading: The Tree by John Fowles 📚
We watched Passing on Netflix last night. I found that it had a mesmerizing quality about it and was beautifully acted…I just don’t think that it was my film. 🍿