A little gecko sitting on the a/c controls.

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.

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. ✍🏻

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.