Tag Archives: Earth
A Season of Crystals
For The Beauty Of The Earth From under obscured skies and clouds small crystals drift down to land softly and settle into growing mounds of white. Green pine and fir stand in contrast whilst bending boughs cushion the accumulating tiny … Continue reading
The Volcanic Abyss Below
Noon, Thursday. April 30, 2015 Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, Kilauea Volcano Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Halema’uma’u is a pit crater located within the much larger summit caldera of Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The volcano diety, Pele resides in Halema’uma’u. The roughly … Continue reading
Hawaiian Voyaging
Navigating the World They sail with no charts or instruments. No timepiece. No compass. They navigate as their ancestors did, guided by a world of natural signs—the arcing stars, sun, and moon; the signs of direction in swell and wind … Continue reading
Sunset, as far as it goes
Holualoa, 28th of May photo The summer solstice occurred on June 21st this year. There comes a day, a point where the sun stops it’s yearly northern progression. I can see that point, a narrow peninsula from my lanai. It … Continue reading
Four Birds, Sunset
Holualoa Four birds The vast ocean Sunset Happy Trails, Dohn
Mālama Honua – Worldwide Voyage of the Hokule’a and Hikianalia
Mālama Honua, “to care for our Earth.” The Hokule’a and Hikianalia are double hulled voyaging canoes of ancient origin. From the Polynesian Voyaging Society: “The Hawaiian name for this voyage, Mālama Honua, means “to care for our Earth.” Living … Continue reading
