Poet, botanist, birders, librarians, and educators....Yes, that's quite a line-up of front stage performers and they happen to be the company I am keeping in Maui! There are six of us exploring this green oasis of an island together. It's an exciting group to be with. Everyone has his [...]
On our first full day here, we went snorkeling at Maluaka. It had been years since I last snorkeled. And that was back in Thailand. So, when I entered the warm waters of Maluaka on Wednesday here on Maui, it took me a little while to get used to [...]
It's raining here in Ocean Shores. Been raining nonstop for some time now. I bravely don my rain parka, tighten up the hood, and dash out to the garden to pick a variety of super greens (mustard greens, spinach, chard, kale, collards) to clean, steam, and make the spinach [...]
Contrary to wanting to sit in stillness, I find myself rushing to post today's writing. My goal is to post this before the last rays of this short day recede beyond the horizon. Today, here in Ocean Shores, the sun will shine for only 8 hours and 25 seconds. Winter [...]
Over the course of a few years, I witnessed the jungle-like biodomes of Amazon's headquarter campus emerge from the ground on Seventh and Lenora. I curiously observed the three spheres billowing out from the raindrop-splattered window of my bus. I eavesdropped and heard my fellow bus riders-turned-critics unhappily refer [...]
