Maui

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Come to Maui...

So, here's the thing about living in Maui, especially in Hana...

When the sun

hits the water,

there's nothing I can compare it to

to explain how clear it is,

so clear you can see your toes

fish

coral

rocks

turtles

sand.

Running is so much better here

when the sun

is going down and the clouds look like

mountains.

Huge

giant

ethereal

mountains of white and gold and pink,

and the prehistoric

teradactyl-looking

birds

are silhouetted

against the white.

Swimming at sunset,

the water rippling and glassy and warm,

the clouds awash with color,

friends on the beach

talking

laughing

living.

Rain, pounding on the roof of a tiny cabin,

so hard that

no

other

sound

exists.

Jungle oustide

shaking, trembling, bearing

the onslaught of wind and water

while

I,

safe and dry inside,

revel in the eye of the storm.

Ha, that's me waxing poetic about the joys of living in such a beautiful place...there really is no way to describe with words or pictures or video how amazing it feels...the smell after the rain, the sound of the birds, the water and sun on your skin, the taste of the fresh fruit picked right off the tree, the look of the sunset over the water (that I can see right now from my computer). It might be rainy season, but it is still so awesome to live here, and I hope that you get to come see it with your own eyes.

I can't wait to see SF and my friends and family with my own eyes in Dec when I come back to visit....

October Madness

Have you ever heard people say that weird things happen around the time of the full moon? Or that everyone seems a little off, and circumstances seem to spin wildly out of control? Bad drivers, weird work days, and general unease?

Well, it seems like in a place like this, it really shouldn't happen like that, but it seems to be just the same here as anywhere else. I saw someone slid/crashed off the road and into the jungle, police everywhere (which is two for Hana), on the same corner that I went over on. Some guy endangered me and Ananda on the Hana Hwy on Sunday because he wouldn't pull over, blocked both lanes of traffic, and then stopped in the middle of the road on a blind corner and got out of his car and started screaming at us. Nice.

Everyone's dogs have been sick lately, and our friends Athena and Glen just found out that their dog will have to be put to sleep, just as they thought she was recovering after two days at the vet. She is only one year old and their baby. Our other friend is house/dog(s) sitting for his buddy who is in Nor Cal, and this morning found one of the younger puppies dead, probably of pneumonia (all the wet weather and the cold nights in that area make it a big danger). The other two puppies are also sick.

And our friend Rebekah has been over on the other side for some kidney problems, has been in the hospital for two days with stones in her kidney, and the doctors also told her that she seems to have some kind of toxicity in her blood that is causing other problems. She is staying in the hospital again tonight and is on antibiotics and heavy meds.

wow.

It's been a rough day. I know all these people, and they are loving and friendly and beautiful and kind and going through some rough times, so if you think of us in Hana, send up some prayers and love for them please. Thanks for reading this, and I should have some good happy stories from Halloween...just a rough week, I guess. Hope you are well, and shoot me an email or comment if you have time, I'd love to hear from you.