So I had a post I was writing, trying to finish and sitting in draft literally since September 2018 as myself and crew of novice paddlers were prepping for the famed Molokai Hoe; a 40+ mile outrigger canoe race crossing the Ka’iwi Channel. It’s considered the World Championship of outrigger canoe racing and draws over […]
Life
If my faith is a cop-out, so is yours
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. ~ Richard Dawkins A friend of mine recently used this quote with a magnificent photo of him swimming with sharks. I read the quote […]
Coping with lasting effects of Lyme
Well, it’s back. After nearly a year of relatively pain free day’s and nights for Danielle her episodes of extreme pain to the point of loosing consciousness is back. It was at this point last year, right around Christmas that these episodes became nightly, like clockwork, and brought us to the hard decision of up […]
Did you cast the first stone? We are likely all guilty of this.
How ‘shocked’ were you with all the recent wave of accusations about sexual abuse of every kind coming from Hollywood and our political system? Are you aghast at the thought that Mr. Spacey’s House Of Cards character maybe seemed all to real, and now you know why? Were you distraught over the photos of Senator […]
Some thoughts on depression
Am I the only one that feels like there’s trouble and difficulty at every turn? Am I the only one who seems to always have this rain cloud with an occasional rainbow over my head? Am I the only one who sees a blessing as the cruel lead-up to another letdown? Am I the only […]