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I am not some marathon running pundit eager to pontificate on life to older people who’d rather be sitting on a couch watching Netflix, especially during a pandemic where jokes of the excruciating wait til wine-thirty are rampant or “the CoronaVirus 10” is jokingly discussed. Julie and Eric discover the joys of sitting under a […]
I recently had an interesting experience on a train in a dining car where a young woman of color was sitting next to me and the waiter was being so condescending to her, that I stood up for her. I wrote a post on Facebook about the experience and received over 100 likes and really […]
Tourism has been on my mind lately. Seeing Moloka’i this weekend, with it’s decidedly ‘We are not going to be a tourist mecca and that’s that” flavor, and watching the hordes streaming onto rental car transportation busses at the Maui airport and being stuck in daily traffic along Alii Drive where everyone likes to cruise […]
Today is September 11th. Today everyone is asking each other on Facebook, “Where were you on the morning of September 11th when the World Trade Center Towers were hit?” Everyone over the age of 26 has some story, recollection or life shifting memory of that day. One memory I shared was of the image of […]
I, along with my fellow Hawaii Island residents, are living through an “eruption event” that is now on its 33rd day. 33 days of not knowing what is going to happen next. Where will the lava turn? What will the SO2 levels be today? Are the state agencies doing what they can to dispel the […]
On Saturday, January 13th, as guests I had invited to join me on a whale watch in Kona were excitedly preparing to board the boat, my phone started shrilly sending out an alarm. We knew Civil Defense had already sent out a high surf warning via email and through the radio earlier in the day, […]
My daughter teaches me something about life just about every day. Right now, she is dealing with having a boy saying unkind things to her in front of her friend. She is upset that her friend does not stand up for her and tell the boy to stop it. I asked her, “Did you ask […]
Last Friday, I put up a post on Facebook about not settling for crumbs, believing in your worth and getting what you deserve. It spawned quite a few comments, many from some of my very wise friends. So, I wanted to share this post on my own website to hopefully lend some wisdom to more […]
I met a real estate coach this week at the Xplode conference (Genny Williams) and her promise is that she can help Realtors make a six figure income. That made me think about what do we do each day to get us to where we want to go so when we look back, we actually WENT […]
Fear is a four letter word. So is risk. Throw in fail to the mix and you have a cocktail that makes your stomach churn. However, out of fear, risk and failure you have some of the most innovative and successful companies and leaders in the world. Sir Richard Branson recently wrote “My Letter to […]
