It is so still outside this evening, so still. Not a breath of wind. Just the crickets whistling and the humid heat, dialed down a couple of degrees from this afternoon.

The 2nd Highly Sensitive Men's Seminar

Here is a promotional video of the 2nd High Sensitive Men’s seminar taking place over Zoom on December 5th. See my previous post for more details and where to purchase tickets.

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Sunrise in Hana, East Maui, yesterday.

Currently reading: LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL by Ronan Hession 📚

Finished reading: Sweet Bean Paste by Dorian Sukegawa , 1962- (author.) 📚

While setting up my new MacBook Air this evening, I somehow deleted a handful of Calendars. I can’t figure out how that happened, but have decided to shut down and finish off the set up (and try and figure out what appointments are deleted) tomorrow. 🤦🏼‍♂️

My new MacBook Air has arrived. It will replace my trusted but beginning to struggle Early 2014 Air. Batteries being one problem - access to them is an issue here on Maui. However, I love opening Apple products. It feels like peeling back packaging oragami.

West from east. West Maui from Maluaka Beach on east Maui.

The front cover.

The Second Highly Sensitive Men’s Seminar

Towards the end of the second week of December, the 2nd Highly Sensitive Men’s seminar will be held. I am not an organizer of this event, but plan to attend. The first such seminar, A Weekend for Highly Sensitive Men, was in person in California and held just before the pandemic. Due to COVID-19, this seminar will be online (see Details below). Why am I attending? First and foremost to be in the presence of men with the same or similar personality type to myself.

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Yesterday, I watched the documentary My Octupus Teacher on Netflix. An extraordinary feature that I highly recommend. I was left wondering just how much our modern society has lost, or is missing. 🍿

I installed iOS 14 on my iPhone 7 Plus this morning. I am not sure how old this model is now, but it is no spring chicken in iPhone years! While I still have to explore the new features that I now have available to me, I am not noticing any speed lag yet, which I am happy about.

A mongoose visiting the flower bed just outside our house. I think that we have a family floating around the property. I have seen a couple of youngsters running around.

A Bird Flew Into A Window

Last weekend was one of unplugging and heading to the beautiful community of Hana on the eastarn edge of Maui. So isolated is the community, that at the height of the recent pandemic lockdown there was a road block established to prevent all but local residents from traveling out there, thus protecting their vulnerability. Along with my wife and a few friends, we spent the day at Hamoa Beach, enjoying its crystal clear waters.

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We unplugged yesterday and took a trip to Hana on the Eastern edge of Maui, spending the day with some friends at Hamoa Beach.

We took a brief break at Keanae from the twisty road to Hana, here looking westwards.

Once at Homoa, the Big Island was clear to see.

I took a nap (my view!)

And a view of Hamoa Beach as we left.

Seen on Twitter. I could feel the meaning in this,

Loneliness is the inability to speak with another in one’s private language.

~ Yiyun Li

Scenes from upcountry Maui.

Just listen. Recognize the tendency to want to save, and instead hold back and just listen.

This morning’s double rainbow. I had to use pano mode on my phone to capture this, it was so big. 🌈

Living in a hot, sunny climate, I find something comforting about waking up to a wet, overcast morning, especially when that morning is on a Sunday. I’m sure that this is related to my UK origins.