Saturday, November 14
Friday, November 13
PRINCESS KA'IULANI Heart of a People, Hope of a Nation
I just finished ready this touching and insightful biography of Princess Ka'iulani. Sharon Linnea gives the readers a deeper understanding into the end of the Hawaiian monarchy, and the important role the young yet very courageous Princess Ka'iulani played during this historic time for Hawai'i.Written with great compassion about an admirable young woman, I hope everyone will have an opportunity to read this book.
Wednesday, November 11
The Rainbow Bridge, a Chumash Legend
One beautiful summer evening in California, we gathered around a fire in the Angeles Mountains to hear a Chumash Storyteller share the Chumash legend of the Rainbow Bridge.
~ The Chumash were created from a seed planted by the Earth Goddess on Santa Cruz Island.
The people prospered until there were too many of them for Santa Cruz Island so the Earth Goddess decided that some of the people would have to move off the island to the mainland where there was plenty of space.
In order to get the people to the mainland, the Earth Goddess created a bridge out of a rainbow. She made a very large rainbow that stretched from the highest peaks of Santa Cruz Island to Mainland Shore.
The Earth Goddess told the people to cross the rainbow bridge, but to not look down. Most of the Chumash made it across the bridge safely but some did not. The ones who looked down at the fog shrouded waters of the Pacific became dizzy and fell into the ocean.
The Earth Goddess felt badly that these people had fallen so she turned them into Dolphins.
That's why the Chumash always say the Dolphins are their brothers.
~ The Chumash were created from a seed planted by the Earth Goddess on Santa Cruz Island.
The people prospered until there were too many of them for Santa Cruz Island so the Earth Goddess decided that some of the people would have to move off the island to the mainland where there was plenty of space.
In order to get the people to the mainland, the Earth Goddess created a bridge out of a rainbow. She made a very large rainbow that stretched from the highest peaks of Santa Cruz Island to Mainland Shore.The Earth Goddess told the people to cross the rainbow bridge, but to not look down. Most of the Chumash made it across the bridge safely but some did not. The ones who looked down at the fog shrouded waters of the Pacific became dizzy and fell into the ocean.
The Earth Goddess felt badly that these people had fallen so she turned them into Dolphins.That's why the Chumash always say the Dolphins are their brothers.
Tuesday, November 10
Google Maps now in Hawaii
Some people think it's good, others feel it's invasive.However you feel, the Street View Google is here.
Google has encountered opposition and complaints about Street View
in other places, but regulators haven’t intervened.
Monday, November 9
Orange Juice and a Jumping Gecko
. . . so I pour a glass of orange juice this morning, go to take a sip, and a gecko falls off the ceiling and INTO my glass! shoulda taken a photo - but it was too early in the am and I didn't want the little guy to drown . . . .
last week - maybe the same gecko jumped onto my head while standing in the same spot. I've now come to the conclusion that geckos use us as jumping posts to the ground. . . . but this time . . . kerplop!
I'm thinking its plan was to jump on my head, but at that moment, I bent my head to drink the orange juice and whoops, it landed in an unintended place.
~ this was probably the 5th time a gecko has landed on my head, so . . .
Sunday, November 8
DrewToonz Art at Volcom House, a Sean Boone Production
This mural is in a challenging location for shooting.
Thursday, November 5
Watch what you Tweet
by Amy Goodman, host of "Democracy Now!,"
a daily international TV/radio news hour.
Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.
A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home -- all for using Twitter.
Read why
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