…No Diamonds… …No Rubies, Emeralds, or Sapphires… ….No love, fear, or anger… …No veins, heart, or muscles fibers… …No fantastic glowing animals of the deep ocean… …No layers of cake… …No worms, moles, or burrowing rabbits… …No grain, salt, or windbreaks… …No waterfalls… …No…
…It has been some time since I wrote anything, my mind has been busy, cluttered; attending to the needs of others whilst forgetting my own… The summer was full of cleaning, sorting, trying to figure out how to mitigate my daughters newly diagnosed allergy…
I can close my eyes and hear and feel my grandmother as if she were sitting right next to me. When I need comfort, and cannot find it anywhere, I go to bed and feel the solace of sleeping at her house. I saw a picture of an old…
It is curious to think that we are trying to figure out how to save the planet, when the answers are, and always have been, right in front of us. …Pay attention…. …feel it… …Pay attention… …hear it… …Pay attention… …see it… …Pay attention… …smell it……
It IS Easy Being Green! photo credit: K.K.…
…It has been a long climb… …Rocks, opinions, self doubt, the expectation of others… …All made her stumble… …She doesn’t know if she will ever make it… …whenever she gets close…a family visit occurs… …She keeps her opinions close to herself for fear of…
…This is a Common Moorhen, or ‘Alae’Ula… …It is anything but common… …Endemic to Hawaii… …It is an endangered species… …Despite all that mankind has done… …Despite all that mankind may now do again… …It is still here… photo credit: K.K. Against the Odds…
