2016 Grateful 45
Mary Murphy
February 21, 2016
Two months in to the year and I’ve managed to get to Morocco, Ireland, Malta, Serbia, and Poland. I head Stateside later this week, and plan
Two months in to the year and I’ve managed to get to Morocco, Ireland, Malta, Serbia, and Poland. I head Stateside later this week, and plan
As Easter beckons and as my mate Lori’s first anniversary draws near, I find myself thinking more and more about death – not that I
‘So how many beaches do you think there are on Hawaii’, I asked. After a few seconds of mental arithmetic, she said ‘I can count
Driving around the biggest of the six Hawaiian islands is like reading a book of fascinating and at times, amusing, roadsigns. You’d think they’d be
Mark Twain visited the Hawaiian islands back in 1866 and took copious notes of what he encountered. He had a particular fondness for trees, as
Volcanoes are monuments to Earth’s origin, evidence that its primordial forces are still at work. So read the opening lines of the Hawaiian Volcanoes National
Down on Punalu’u beach, the sand is black. Very black. Hence the name – black sand beach. It sits between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the
What I know about coffee could be written on the back of a small jar of instant Nescafé. I’ve done the unmentionable and ordered a
Back in the day, if Hawaiians violated kapu, (the sacred laws), they had 24 hours to reach a refuge, confess to the kapuna, and duly
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends for quite a while; months, in fact. Life has been busy. Work has been manic. And I
