Not that i’m even remotely Catholic, [well technically, I suppose, having been dipped, sprinkled, splashed, or whatever it was] but I recall Ash Wednesday being a topic of conversation last night in the bar, [it being Fat Tuesday and all...]. (more…)
Maui — the first hours.
After leaving my home locale where it was a lovely 24 degrees, several hours and two planes later I find myself approaching Maui just as the sun begins to set [around 6:30 local time]. The flight came in through silky clouds; wraith-like in the way they snaked about the wings of the plane during descent. Hypnotic. A soft rain was falling; making rainbow curtains to pass through which were pierced by the setting sun and balanced by the sliver shimmer of the ocean below. (more…)
