Monthly Archives: August 2023
Okanagan Then and Now
Family vacation Okanagan Lake 1972. Photo by author.
Banyan Too
Along with the terrible loss of life and property in the Maui wildfires
the largest tree in the US, a 150 year-old Banyan, was severely damaged
Lahaina – A Brief History
Picture of Lahaina harbor in the mid-1800s. At the height of the whaling industry there could be up to 100 whaling ships at anchor in the Lahaina roadstead.
Thou Art More Large Than Far Away
“Twin Flukes” soapstone sculpture by James Warren, purchased in a gallery in Lahaina. A wonderful memory of the humpback whales who come to the area to calve and play in the warm protected waters between the islands of Maui and Lanai.
Whales’ Tales
Memories of Maui
Poetry at the Retirement Home
Mary Oliver
Poet Laureate at Ninety Five
Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Teacher and Gardener (July 1905 – May 2006)