Appalling

This is who McCain wants as President should anything happen to him:



And in case there's any benefit of doubt lingering out there, she's a die hard creationist; it's part of her educational policy platform in Alaska.
Enough said.

Walk A Little...

Someday Soon

I think it's time to put myself away
Seek out a little silence
Close the doors and sit a while
Walk a little

And as I put my words away
The flow slows
See this penny in a stream
Picking it up is easy.

Follow the shape of it.
Jump in.
Swallow it whole.
Jump in.

Even though I know my way around
Possibly there's something new I found
Holding on for finding solid ground
Someday soon.
Someday soon.

I'll turn myself into the grass
And I'll grow
Take this space above my head
And live in it a little.

Gonna wear my feathered headdress
Like an Indian chief.
Gonna stretch out both my arms
I'm gonna test the temperature.

Follow the taste of it.
Jump in.
Swallow it whole.
Jump in.

Even though I know my way around
Possibly there's something new I found
Holding on for finding solid ground
Even though I know my way around
Possibly there's something new I found
Holding on for finding solid ground
Someday soon.
Someday soon.

Maybe walk a little
Someday soon.

~ KT Tunstall

Staph Update

Sigh...went to the doc today for what I thought would be a final visit. Not yet. The culture came back and it's a staph infection, so it's being stubborn. So I'm still patched up with bandages and on antibiotics until further notice.

But I'm feeling more human and back working, so that's a good thing. Will have some more interesting posts soon, I promise.

Aloha and stay tuned....

Woo-Hoozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Out of commission here for a few days. Minor surgery today, painful injections of local anesthesia didn't take, so I felt the scalpel, felt the whole thing...not fun. Anyway, home foggy on the couch with fever, antibiotics, and vicodin, which is *very* frustrating since I have a TON of stuff to do. Thank God for the Olympics between naps!! Go Phelps!!

Apologies if incommunicado for a few days. Will catch up on emails when better.

Aloha pumehana...

Movin' On

Philly, DC, NYC, and now Boston. I've got friends moving "back east" in droves. Haven't been to Philadelphia since a school trip to see the Liberty Bell during childhood, but I love DC, I love NYC, and I love BAHstun. Maybe we'll get a chance to visit all of you at some point.

As for our own little moving adventure, it's been just about a year now since we arrived here on O'ahu. Despite some adjustment issues that came, in unexpected waves, during the first six months or so, we're settling in quite nicely now. We have friends here, and great neighbors. Our lives are, for the most part, peaceful and happy. We've even got a friend or two on the Big Island now for visits back and forth.

I'm taking another class that starts in a few weeks, and Kevin is busy with his music, spending more time with friends, and swimming and school...even girls...heh. He's not sure what happened over the summer (I am, he got taller and even cuter :), but all of a sudden, several girls at school are talking to him and that's boosted his self-esteem to no end. He still smiles a lot, and is still the same good-natured teddy-bear of a guy, but he's more confident now, even funny. It's very heartening.

And always, there's the island, the sea and the sky; constant yet ever-changing in the light. It's a haven of peace, truly. To be surrounded by such soul-opening beauty is wonderfully healing and inspires a sense of peace and contentment. There are normal stresses of life here, certainly, but I've never felt them melt away with quite the same evaporative ease as they do here. All it takes is a sunset, a rainbow, the scent of flowers on the air, a view from on high, a walk on the beach. And I can see the same reaction on other faces, too. Absorbing such natural loveliness visibly changes people; muscles relax, eyes blink slowly, soft smiles warm into being from the inside and light people up like tiki torches.

For the foreseeable future, Hawai'i is home.

For what it's worth, I wish all of you rolling stones wonderful new experiences and lots of new friends, and in some cases positive reconnections with family and old friends. If you have those um...waves of adjustment...I'll always be willing to lend an ear or a word of understanding. And certainly, KEEP IN TOUCH no matter how it's going!!

Hopefully, we can visit each other from time to time.

A hui hou...Aloha 'oe!

Putty Lovin'

Maybe it's my childhood obsession with "Born Free", but I just love this clip:



Aloha!