I’ve met many with a God complex, people speaking as if their personal opinions are unquestionably correct. Maybe that’s anyone with a strong ego. Maybe that’s any parent just trying to keep their children alive. I’m nowhere near being a parent, yet I have struggled with a God complex, too. I’ve done the best I…

The fire in time burns just right, here I type in an attempt to align. I sit reminding myself after hearing from my friend whose navigating an excruciating divorce, after doom scrolling the Lahaina fires, after flabbergasting over the Israel-Palestine heartbreak, too – write! Many feelings, thoughts and prayers have come to pass but when…

Overdue but coming soon

Hale ipukukui n. I’ve been stirred this Sunday morning. Even though I got into bed rather early I’m still up at 5:07am. What began as an early evening is turning into an early morning. I started reading a book my dear friend wrote, “Great. Black. Whole.” It felt as if Elizabeth Blackshine was laying right…

As I’d like to learn the language of where I am, I practice here. These days I reside in Hawaii so I’d like to share a Hawaiian word for the day. Koena n. The early bird gets the worm, or in the warm tropical breeze found in Hawaii some sweet fruit. In fact, I know…