When you step onto any of the Hawaiian Islands you will smell and see the most beautiful tropical flowers. It seems like the iconic Hawaiian flower is the Bird of Paradise, but my favorite by far is the Plumeria. The heavenly scent from the velvety petals of this flower is amazing. I biked past this […]
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The weather was windy, with some sprinkles each day I was on Kauai. The sound of the palm fronds slapping each other in a stiff breeze is very distinct. There is nothing quite like listening to the surf as you drift off to sleep or awaken from a very restful snooze. And then as the […]
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It has been almost a month since I have done any blogging, as I have been focusing on taking time to get outside to work my body and soothe my spirit. My last blog post was the morning I left for Hawaii. The view flying over Vashon Island was special. The Burton Peninsula sits inside […]
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This past weekend I took the “wettest” road bike ever! And I felt like I was on the “wettest” spot on earth. I have never been so soaked and still had such an inspiring bike. I could not take my eyes off this fence-line along the road. No wonder it is called Misty Isle Farm. […]
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As I swooped back into Seattle last Friday evening, I got a pretty nice view of the moon the day before it was a “blue moon” (the second full moon in a calendar month). We flew above a thick cloud layer (welcome back to Seattle;) and the glowing moon was rising. My mom would have loved […]
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My mom was a night owl and loved to watch the moon rise as she sat on her front porch. However, I am a lark and love to watch the sunrise from my deck. Poet William Yeats stated, “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” Find ways […]
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Last week I took a short trip over to Vashon Island. The weather was far from perfect, but it felt so right to me early one morning. The sun peeking in through the clouds from the east, the twinkling lights of the jets landing and taking off at Sea-Tac, and the call of the morning […]
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We got in very late and just crashed on our arrival to Kauai. When I walked out of our room onto an open grassy area the next morning, this sunrise was the first thing I saw! And again I felt my mom. It was if she was letting me know she was out there behind […]
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Today, Friday 8/25/17, it has been six months since my mom passed away. I first saw this quote, “To forget is vain endeavor, loves remembrance lasts forever” a few years ago on a bike ride. I had stopped at a small cemetery along the road to lie down in the cool grass, and when I […]
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Last week I took an early morning ferry to Vashon Island to get some work done. I was one of the last two cars on the ferry with a great spot right in the middle lane. This ferry spot is a coveted position because you are in the lane of traffic that exits the ferry […]
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