Musing

[written and published from a condominium at the Maui Kamaole, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii . . ]

a 'first light' bird chorus arrived at 5:42AM; 72F when we headed out for our walk at 6AM,
83F predicted today as we took nicked blistered feet for a soft sand workout at Big Beach in Makena State Park; solitude there, pounding waves . . . one moment the surf is barely touching toes, the next moment waste high froth surrounds you, then aprez walk people watching where rich and famous or unknown, destined for Cinnamon Roll Fair (under Denny's) in Kihei or upstairs for Denny-fare; we stayed grounded with a sugar-fix that should last a couple of days

we went to Kapalua at the north end of the island yesterday, mahi-mahi lunch at the Plantation Golf Course restaurant (scroll down to see photo of a beach view near there), t-shirt shopping at Lahaina, salmon dinner at the condo and watching some TV rounded the day’s acivities

more talk is far more likely to produce more questions than it is answers; more talk, more talk, more talk . . is like holding a clump of wet beach in your hand is like the pinch point of an hourglass, no way to stop it, no way to hold back inevitability, no way to know . .

uncompromisingly clear at moments, fuzzy at others; we question, we answer, we get clearer and clearer - I’m in paradise with a beautiful woman, why should my thoughts be of anything else?

I pose questions, get answers I don’t totally like; I pose them differently over and over and come to realize I can get and give answers that are real – real for me, real for someone else – real; we talk of times past, of times present – of times that never were and times that might have been – we are who we are

some things can never be resolved, put right, fixed or forgot . . . some might; we know ourselves so much better than we used to, we know each other much less than we used to but we are trying to unpack old baggage to be present – to be right here, right now; to talk of compromise or not, now or not, of then and way back when and when tomorrow comes

tomorrow there will be more, meanwhile we’ll keep rolling

this afternoon is ‘do a little work’ and go to the beach time . .

aloha

Mark Kolke
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