Friday’s Fresh Five! (1/23/15)
Waiting patiently in the gentle breeze, the white hair-like tufts of salsify plants sway to and fro. Suddenly, a perfect gust of wind releases them from their mother plant and they float effortlessly...
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Oh, we’re going to a hukilau A huki, huki, huki, huki, hukilau Ev’rybody loves a hukilau Where the laulau is the kau kau at the big luau Oh, we’ll throw our nets out into the sea And all the ama ama...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (5/8/15)
Despite lugging my suitcase through subway passageways and up and down stairs, traveling by train through Italy surpassed my expectations. Trains take you places sometimes where airplanes don’t go. If...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (5/15/15)
Cursing myself for deciding to update my computer software on a day I normally post to my blog, I tried to relax and redirect my self-talk. While faced with an unfamiliar computer application that the...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (5/29/15)
In a center that provides services for women and children in need, a small floral bouquet sits in a vase. Sunlight streams in from a window and illuminates a rose, making its outer petals glow....
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (6/19/15)
The journey my dad took as a young boy from China to the United States amazes me every time I think about it. Consider his story of leaving his mother and walking barefoot to a neighboring village to...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (7/31/15)
Shapes, curves, and lines make up our world, but we often don’t notice or acknowledge them. Going through life on autopilot or in a state of distraction causes many of us to miss out on seeing some of...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (9/11/15)
Butterfly bushes hang limp in the breeze. Dead grass crunches when walked upon. It’s obvious that the drought conditions in California have wreaked havoc in my yard. The only things flourishing in it...
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