Day Two - Part Two

I LOVE Kauai but I didn't realize how much until today. Those of you who know me well know that I lived on Kauai for a number of years but returned to Vancouver 3 years ago as I had decided that it was time. Time for what you say? Well, time for me to integrate all that I learned those years on Kauai. And with this vacation, I realized that it is now time for me to integrate all the changes that this past 3 years has been in Vancouver.

The idea of simply living somewhere and just going through the motions is something that I realize I can not do. However, being that that is the way that I operate in my life, it does present some challenges.

And today while walking through the jungle to get to our favourite beach (yes, jungle - the trail is completely overgrown since the county made all the "campers or as we called them "beach people" move. They used to work the land and the trails were so beautiful and kept up.) Anyway, today as I was walking down to our favourite part of the beach, my heart opened so WIDE really quickly and I felt a sob escape and the tears flowed. My poor friend, Matrajen, stopped dead in his tracks and thought I needed comforting and I had to chuckle through my tears. Kauai is simply HOME to me, unlike any other place I have lived and today it hit me hard.

I have been gone for 3 years and I thought that when I returned, it would simply be as a tourist but not that way at all. The smiles and the people that go HEY you're back makes me feel like all I want to do is go around sighing AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH........

So I guess you could say the trip is going well.............smile. Am heading over to see some dear old friends of ours this evening. She is an amazing woman who actually danced with Mikhael Barishnikov way back when. She is now 78 years old and a goddess on every level. In fact, this amazing Goddess/Dancer still teaches workshops on the mainland on modern dance and other weird and wonderful things. It will be a fun evening.

I bid you all a fond Aloha and I will talk with you again tomorrow.

Blessings

Day 2 in Paradise

I had forgotten what it is like waking up to the sun blazing through the window and the temperatures hovering around 75 F. Gives the whole day a completely different hue. Not to mention a constant glistening of moisture all over my body. I hesitate to say sweat because we always think of sweating as a "girl" as a bad thing but like it or not, it is here. Lucky for me my friend is a nudist so wandering around naked makes the "sweat" thing bearable....smile

Just sitting here starting my day with a cup of coffee and thinking about what to do. Since I love lazing around on the beach I am sure it will be a part of the day. And as I sat here writing, my friend in Barbados connected with me and we shared our own little bits of paradise. Sure is nice to have all these friends living in warm, sunny climes...........I AM a lucky girl.

So I am now off to start my bit of adventure for this particular moment and I'll be sure to share something exciting later. I sometimes wonder about writing this blog. My friend in Barbados who is also "older"..........smile, said to me what on earth is this blog all about. I couldn't really explain it to him other than to say it is a way for me to get into the writing mode on a daily basis again. After all, I do fancy myself a writer and what is a writer to do but write.

Hmmmmmmmm, so until later....

Aloha