Gosh, long absence again. Last post was about a long absence for surgeries, and then on to the delightful experience of having a sweet pair of finches build their nest right above where I sit at my computer, on the lanai. Well, they did indeed have not one egg but two, and both hatched, and both babes did fine. A wonderful time was had by all, watching the babies get ready to fly. So much uncertainty, first peeking over the edge, then practicing wing-beating for several days, and finally th

Ah, the button top-right says Create a new Blog, which actually means to me I can create (add, post)a new post on my existing blog !  OK.  Got it ! This is really so funny---I am meandering around, similar to what I did when I first joined WA.  First thing is, I wanted to figure out when OEP got started.  Most entries seem to lack a date.  But I finally got it----sometime around now, April 2012.  Hooray ! So, I'll catch my friends up on Big Islan

wow, i am back from about a year and a half away from WA! It was an excursion into the wild world of taking care of my health.. Four separate surgeries, a few other hospital stays, a couple pneumonias taking me back into hospitals, oh it goes on and on. So, all is once again well, i am back in my beloved Pacific Ocean on my beloved Big Island. To swim again is the greatest joy, and I revel in it every day. So, WA is in transition too ! becoming OEP, I gather. Can't find a common landin

A good friend brought me a dozen or so coconuts the other day, from deep in the sacred valley of Waipio where he lives and farms taro  and other ono (delicious) fruits and vegetables.. These coconuts he brought me are young, so they are filled each with a cup or so of the most delicious, nutritious clear  coconut water.   No chemicals ever came near these babies: they are wonderful.    So every day I open one with my trusty machete.  I like to leave today's coc

Today I  read Barbara's  inspiring blog post at  bkb2012.  Thanks Barbara! The meandering stage, she calls it.  I say revel in the meandering, newbies!  In my own experience,  it was an essential stage in recovering from the overwhelmed I-am-new-at-WA stage that I plowed thru with such blind faith. After working thru most of this challenging first stage  I became able  to meander, and that's when I realized I was changing.   Here's how it w