Tag Archives: perception

But I Didn’t Mean it!

Posted on October 8, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

Well, the big news is that Savannah finally walked out of Hannah’s life.  While none of us were present for that final moment before the door slammed shut behind Savannah, in our minds we could all hear Hannah’s characteristic wail: … Continue reading →

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Say What?!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by kahunapulekimo

There is a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip which shows him asking his mother, “Can I have a snack?”  His mother says, “Sure.”  The next frame shows Calvin walking away with the whole cookie jar as he hears his mother … Continue reading →

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Knowing

Posted on March 16, 2016 by kahunapulekimo

I’ve watched two films recently that have had me reflecting upon the issue of our being able to “know.”  In the sci-fi film “Dark Matter” one character says to another character who has complete amnesia, “You said you wanted to … Continue reading →

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Brussels Sprouts

Posted on November 14, 2015 by kahunapulekimo

I read about the following on the Internet.   Doreen, aged 79, finished all the shopping on her weekly list at her local Walmart supermarket. As she walked towards her car in the Walmart parking lot she suddenly came to a … Continue reading →

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Choices

Posted on October 24, 2015 by kahunapulekimo

From 1967 to 1971 I was in the Navy where dress shoes had to be spit-shined to a mirror finish.  Quite often I would shine my shoes on Saturday night for the following week, and one Saturday I thought, “There … Continue reading →

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Do You Want To?

Posted on September 5, 2015 by kahunapulekimo

The city of Savannah was built in a grid pattern with a square in the middle of each grid segment, each square serving as the park for the houses surrounding it.  The Spanish-moss covered oaks in the parks now shade … Continue reading →

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What Do You See?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by GOvideoHAWAII

True stories. Misfortune seemed to just constantly follow Fred around. After a heavy and prolonged upper New York State blizzard, he went to Lucinda’s house and rang the front doorbell. At that moment all of the snow on the roof … Continue reading →

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Our Quest For Beauty

Posted on August 30, 2013 by kahunapulekimo

In 2007 I spent two weeks on the island of Kauai.  The very day that I arrived I headed out for Waimea Canyon which I had heard described as the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific.”  Having never been to the … Continue reading →

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What Drives Us To Defy Reality

Posted on August 16, 2013 by GOvideoHAWAII

The other day I was looking at a photo of Helen Keller and the thought suddenly came to me that not once in her life did she get to see what she looked like!  She had no idea what hairstyle … Continue reading →

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Neither Good Nor Bad

Posted on August 14, 2013 by GOvideoHAWAII

Last Sunday one of my parishioners gave me a Peanuts cartoon strip in which Linus reveals that he has a sliver in his finger.  Lucy, never bereft of an opinion, informs Linus that the sliver is proof that he is … Continue reading →

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