Quote of the day: ““Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or living. So there can be no one place to be. There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one Read more…
Quote of the day: “Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.” ― Joanne Harris, Chocolat I was curious about how chocolate is made from the cacao bean. When I heard about a class that Tom Sharkey (Owner of Shark’s Coffee in Hilo and Honamu) offered, Read more…
Quote of the day: “Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life Read more…
Quote of the day: “He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” ― St. Francis of Assisi It is hard to believe that the Read more…
Quote of the day: ““Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Here are some photos from an orchid greenhouse I visited.