Hawaii Christmas traditions: family times in Hana, Maui

Since the kids were in junior high (old enough to help with the massive work involved with camping) we’ve been going out to Hana during Christmas break. We’d usually set up tents under one of the hala trees on the bluff of the Haleakala National Park in Kipahulu, but...

Christmas in Hawaii: Top Five Best and Worst Things

It’s always nice to start with the worst so you can end on a happy note. FIVE WORST THINGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII: The price to see family. We’re stuck three thousand miles away from anyone out here, and flying at the holidays is two things: exorbitant and...

What would you say to your younger self in two words?

What would you say to your younger self in two words? I post these pictures and positives on my Facebook page–my little way of doing some mental health encouragement for my friends and followers. Yesterday's post, this picture, yielded such a bounty of wonderful...

The other woman: middle age.

The other woman in my life is middle age. She's a cruel mistress. I came up with that phrase myself, liked the ring of it. Then I thought, why is middle age female? Shoot, male middle age is a mean bastard! Somehow I didn’t think it would happen to me, and I know The...

Cityshock and re-entry

Cityshock and re-entry June 7, 2013 We undertook our most harrowing adventure of all the day before we came back to Maui—driving through downtown San Francisco, during rush hour, to go to the Star Trek movie. Our urban assault Jeep was put through its paces as Mike...

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