Tag Archives: aloha

Can Never Go Home Again

Posted on May 24, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I read on Hawaiʻi News Now online where a man ran down Waikui Street, punched a man in the face and stole his Toyota Camry!  Reading that I was so shocked that I felt as if the man had punched … Continue reading →

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Truly Wealthy!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Those who are famous in the public sphere have a need for some kind of buffer between their public and private lives.  For Maurice Sendak that buffer was his answering machine.  Whenever I called the machine went through its little … Continue reading →

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Being Invisible

Posted on April 29, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

On our October 2010 trip to Waikīkī Mom and I each had separate suites at the Ilikai side-by-side, each suite consisting of a bedroom area, a living area, a kitchen, and a bathroom.  It was already evening when we arrived … Continue reading →

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Royal Communications

Posted on April 12, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Around 15 years ago I sent Queen Elizabeth II two books as a gift.  In a note from one of her Ladies-in-Waiting: “I am commanded by The Queen to write and thank you for your letter and the two manuals, … Continue reading →

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-Aholic Refuge

Posted on April 7, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

In speaking about themselves and Hawaiʻi  I have heard Hawaiians say that “the Earth is a canoe“, “Hawaiʻi  is a canoe”, and “our neighborhood is a canoe”.  The implication of this is that we are each called to live responsibly … Continue reading →

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Little Things

Posted on March 27, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Once while passing through Kapiʻolani Park I stopped to observe the ways in which the homeless were making the park their home.  Some were sleeping on tables, some against trees, some just stretched out in the open on the grass.  … Continue reading →

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Too Much Garlic

Posted on February 16, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I am an Orthodox Christian Monk born in Brooklyn, NY in 1949.  I am not Hawaiian.  My intersection with Hawaiʻi came in 2004 from within my monastic experience and its values which have formed me now for forty years.  Monasticism, … Continue reading →

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Orphans and Hawaiʻi’s Heart

Posted on February 13, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

As we toured through the Iolani Palace our docent took pains in almost every room to point out objects which had been scattered to the winds, and even around the world, at the overthrow of the Monarchy.  By various means … Continue reading →

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My Naming

Posted on February 10, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Various cultures may have varied words for spirituality but no matter the terms used they refer to the life of the soul, which life is constructed of choices and the reasons for those choices.  Since my first visit to Hawaiʻi … Continue reading →

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Kuleana

Posted on February 9, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

On one trip to the Islands I went somewhere for a show and a female employee in the entrance area was handing out shell leis to people as they came in.  An old Auntie near me commented, “She did that … Continue reading →

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