Monday, December 04, 2006

It was the best! - HAWAII 06



The Last Hours in Waikiki - It's hard to leave...

All Hawaii - All the Time!


Aloha from Gumby & Pokey
Back in the cold
On my balcony - Victoria - B.C.





This is what I came back to... - Victoria - BC


My buddy Greg - Kuhio Beach - Waikiki - Oahu

I think - Portuguese Man o' War
Shipwreck Beach - Lana'i

Yep, that's me - Shipwreck Beach
Lana'i

Last Day on Lana'i at Shipwreck
with Bev
So much Aloha to you my sweet friend!

Perfect Day at Hulopoe - This is where I camped
Lana'i

Bird of Paradise - Lana'i

The Grounds at the Four Seasons Koele Lodge - Lana'i

Four Season's Manele Bay Resort - Lana'i
(Had a dinner and a lunch here - Deeelux!)

HAWAII! HAWAII! HAWAII!

Cool


Gumby and Pokey working on their tans - Hulopoe Beach - Lana'i





Pu'upehe - (Sweetheart Rock) - Lana'i



Shark Cove, Lana'i



Inside my B&B - Lana'i - oooh, 4 poster bed!


My B&B - Lana'i

ALOHA Part Two!

The view from:
Brown's Beach House - Fairmont Orchid - Big Island

Gumby and Pokey by Shay's Pool - Kamuela - Big Island
I think Pokey is drunk...


Big Island Buddha


Turtle on the beach at Puako - Big Island

Gumby and Pokey chillin' at Mauna Kea
...Pokey is still drunk


Hulopoe Beach - Lana'i


The view from Shay's lanai - Kamuela - Big Island

ALOHA Part One! - Malama Pono

Gumby and Pokey on the Big Island
...waiting on the train?

King Kamehameha I - Birthplace
Big Island

Ginger - Big Island

North Coast - Big Island



Me and my dear friend Shay - you rock Shay!

Back home on Lana'i - camped on my beach
but dined at 5 star resort
Best of both worlds!

Jade Flowers at Shay's place in Kamuela - Big Island


Parker Ranch land - Waimea - Big Island


One of the amazing trees at Shay's - Big Island


Hibiscus - Diamond Head - Oahu


Yellow Hibiscus - Hawaii's state flower


Somebody's house! - Diamond Head - Oahu

My buddy Ryan's hotel balcony in Waikiki


Outrigger - Waikiki Beach - Oahu

The view form the corner of Kalakaua and Kapahulu
...near my hotel - Waikiki - Oahu

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Long Time - No Blog

Sooke, B.C.


Breathe - because it feels good.
There is little anyone else can do for you in this regard.
Plant your own garden and fill yourself with sun and rain.
This will proctect you from reckless marauders.
Be open and fluid.
Like the river or the wind,
FLOW.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Excerpt from "Lighthousekeeping" Jeanette Winterson

Lighthousekeeping | extract
Chapter 1 - Two Atlantics

My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal part pirate.

I have no father. There's nothing unusual about that - even children who do have fathers are often surprised to see them. My own father came out of the sea and went back that way. He was crew on a fishing boat that harboured with us one night when the waves were crashing like dark glass.
His splintered hull shored him for long enough to drop anchor inside my mother.

-Jeanette Winterson

Friday, June 16, 2006

No Pictures this month...

Hi there,
No pictures will be posted this month as the camera I usually use is in Italy with my girlfriend ...which makes sense because it is her camera.....
HOWEVER
I will continue to post and this month make an effort to put up word pictures (a.k.a. stories, poems, quotations)
Right now, I would like to recommend you read Jeanette Winterson's "Lighthousekeeping".
I had a really hard time not calling it " Light Housekeeping" for some reason.
It is somewhat about looking after lighthouses but not really. If you have ever read Jeanette Winterson you'd know that already.
Anyway, I think it's an absolutely "top drawer" read.
Ms. Winterson never ceases to astound me. If you read that and like it, I further recommend "The Passion" and "Art and Lies".
Later skater,
Gillian

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Are Love and / or Loss Cumulative?

A simple question without a simple answer?
I certainly don't know.
Do our hearts manage to flush past love and past loss as our kidneys flush more tangible toxins (no, I don't think love is a toxin, love is great and loss, well, loss is just a fact of life)
OR
do love and loss accumulate in our lives, one always trying to outweigh or balance the other?
Are love and loss symbiotic?
Those are all the huge questions of the universe I can muster for now...
Feel free to comment....
All enlightenment accepted.

Monday, May 15, 2006

this is where i live

where do you live?


you could see yourself here


what do you dream of now?


are you at home in your heart?

is your heart at home here?

mine is

i love the space, the water, the blue,
and the green