Winds of Change

by | Nov 7, 2016 | Hawaii, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized

Coconut clusters suspended in morning’s still air, respite now from ceaseless battering, frond fingers lightly taking measure, drumming air as in disbelief, not trusting permanency anymore than should I; Meanwhile doves coo while biding time, their turn to bathe in...

Awaken

by | Nov 1, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized

Out of silence arrive conditions, long-lost children of the aching heart of creation, rolling over the dark and wide waters, gathering momentum, building crescendos, thunderheads threatening vistas swelling succulent with potential, conclusions suspended in the wings...

Quake

by | Oct 25, 2016 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, psychology, Uncategorized

There’s a trembling in the earth, the quaking every baby bird senses as it struggles to unfurl its tiny body clad only in a breath of dandelion fluff, winking at the brilliance of day, life on a new planet, waking into something it knows to its bones is temporary; And...

Once

by | Oct 18, 2016 | lifestyle, musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized

I find no comfort in half-light or half-truths, cities where false neon glows pass for daytime neverending, unremembered history, ancient drumming of rain on clay tiles and cobbled stones, retaining naught but a fraction of huddled humanity, while farmers awakened in...