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Why I Cried....
I went to a wedding this weekend.
When I was a kid, I wondered why there would be women at every wedding (real and in movies) who would say, "I can't help it. I always cry at weddings." It didn't make sense to me. I thought weddings were supposed to be happy, celebratory; why cry? And when I asked, I was told they were "tears of joy." When I was a ( Read more... ) -
What are you still carrying?
During their journey, two monks come upon an awful woman who refuses to cross a river because she does not wish to get her silken robes wet or dirty. The older of the two monks quickly picks up the woman and carries her across the water. Many hours later, the younger monk is very upset and visibly angry about his friend helping someone so ( Read more... ) -
My Intro to the Wii
I was at a friend's house and wanted to play boardgames, but she has mostly American games and I like mostly Euro-games, which she did not feel like being introduced to, so she asked, "Would you like to play on my Wii?" I hadn't actually tried one before, so I thought I'd give it a try. She helped me create my Mii, which is fun and makes me laugh ( Read more... ) -
Riding the Rails
Last night I had a dream that could be interpreted many different ways and rather than interpret it here, I just wanted to relate it - because my spiritual teacher recommended that I record it before I forget the details. He tells me not to discount my dreams because there may be more meaning than I realize ( Read more... ) -
Softball Game
I got to play softball last night w/ a friend who is on a team w/ her coworkers. It was co-ed and they're always looking for females to fill slots on the team. It was fun! I was nervous about not having played since I was 16 ( Read more... ) -
Return to Cincinnati
I didn't take time to write about my last couple days in Hawaii. The biggest things that happened were that we relaxed some more, saw the Molokai Coffee plantation and a macademia nut orchard, where I found mosquitoes are in abundance. Because I had not anticipated them, they found me - didn't have DEET w/ me that day. Curses, you mosquitoes ( Read more... ) -
Defense Against the Darkness
This entry is a retrospective - I wanted to type it last week, sometime before my trip to Hawaii, but somehow I never got into the frame of mind to accomplish something as sophisticated or as active as actually typing my ideas into the computer. In other words, I was really out of sorts and not at all well. I think I still have the memory of what I ( Read more... ) -
Tour to Halawa Falls
This morning we drove up the east coast again to get to the meeting point for the tour to the falls. It was really pretty and also quite twisty turny, once again. We didn’t stop anywhere along the way this time because we didn’t want to be late.
It turned out we were a little early, but that’s ok. Everything is so nice to look at and the weather ( Read more... ) -
The North part of the island
Today we rested until late in the morning, actually until early afternoon. We played cards and then talked to a TAN representative who did a brief survey with us. It was interesting to talk to him because his family is from this island. I get the impression he is wealthy and that maybe most of the people from here are wealthy?
We drove up to the ( Read more... ) -
West Side of the Island
Today we went to the western side of the island of Molokai. We were there to watch the sun rise and we took pictures of the beach. It was absolutely beautiful and we were unable to resist wading in the ocean as well. We soon discovered that you don’t wade at Pakohaku Beach without being prepare to get wet. It’s not the kind of place where you can ( Read more... )