Winter Solstice 2016

My new adventure: in November I moved from the big city of Honolulu to the rural Island of Molokai.

There is a bumper sticker here that says "don't change Molokai, let Molokai change you."

And from one full moon till the next full moon that is what has been happening for me. From sunrise to sunset enjoying the peace and beauty is how I fill my days. 

    

 

Oh yes, I must mention the stars! I love just stepping out my back door and seeing the stars at night.

I have started a small container garden and my new pet is a phalaenopsis orchid, a splendid gift from

friends in Honolulu. And my favorite hangout is the public library – part of wonderful state system

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I did participate in a small art and craft fair at our Senior Center; it was a way to get to meet people. On this small and friendly Island everyone seems to know everyone. Of course that can be expected with a population of only 7,000 people on the entire Island. There are no traffic lights and I was here almost two weeks before I heard a siren. Only 50 miles from Honolulu, it is an entirely different world. I feel very lucky to be here.

 

Winter festivities started out here in Kaunakakai with a Parade of Lights. It seemed that most of the island’s population attended the parade and Festival afterwards.

At the start of the 2003 invasion of  Iraq I designed a bumper sticker --  I think we need it now more than ever. It said:

GODDESS FORGIVE AMERICA    (if anyone wants to print these up, go for it!)

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