tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45535101487346183622024-03-04T22:50:32.924-10:00Follow My DreamThis blog is about starting over and following your dreams. I left a 25 year career in the television industry to move to Hawaii with my husband. Our only intention was to downsize and lead a simple life. This is the story of how it unfolds.Alohahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683936932286207698noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553510148734618362.post-73029654170888240402012-02-15T09:47:00.001-10:002012-02-15T10:00:41.011-10:00One Door Closes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome to the last post for this blog. Thank you mom and dad, and treasured friends for supporting us during this adventure. You're encouragement has made the process easier to navigate, and I appreciate all the comments and long conversations!</div>
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I'm happy to say that writing, in particular about local food, has taken off for me. Every month, I write eight articles for <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/author/marta-lane/" target="_blank">MidWeek Kauai</a>; two for <a href="http://www.jazzercise.com/fitness_articles.htm" target="_blank">Jazzercise</a>; and 12 for my new website <a href="http://www.tastingkauai.com/" target="_blank">Tasting Kauai</a>. That's 22 articles a month! </div>
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In between, I am writing text and editing videos for the farm bureau's <a href="http://kauaigrown.org/" target="_blank">Kauai Grown</a> campaign. Their site is still under construction, but so far, we have provided 35 videos, 37 text documents, and over 200 images. And there's more to come!</div>
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You can find me over at Tasting Kauai writing about Kauai's food scene. I'm also working on a book, creating a marketing plan, and having Dan design an ad for <a href="http://www.ediblecommunities.com/hawaiianislands/" target="_blank">Edible Hawaiian Islands</a>. </div>
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If you want to read about life on Kauai, <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dan's blog</a> offers funny and thoughtful commentary along with his stunning photographs.</div>
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Of course, if you like his images so much that you want one on your wall, you can go to <a href="http://www.ponophoto.com/" target="_blank">his website</a>. He also does private photo tours and scenic portraits, so if you are coming, or have some friends visiting and want to snap shots of the island, or capture your wedding, anniversary or vacation with Kauai's gorgeous land and seascapes in the background, be sure to give him a call!</div>
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No matter what, well be having fun surfing the waves of life!</div>
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Well dad, it was another beautiful morning yesterday. Dan and I got up to catch the sunrise. He had to make up for lost time the day before! The video shows the sunrise, it gets really colorful at the end. This time we were at Kialea Beach. It's really close to the house, it's the beach with the big waves you can see from the highway coming into Kapaa. We even got to see some whales breach! I feel so lucky to be able to live here!<br />
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<i>Lucy was pau (finished) when we got home</i></div>
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I love you and I miss you and I hope you have a productive day! Mom says you'll be out of the rehabilitation facility in a week or two!!</div>
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P.S. Susan and Micah are coming February 20 through the 25! They have everything booked, and are staying in Kilauea. That's where the farm I used to work at is, as well as the lighthouse.</div>
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We got up three hours before dawn, and decided to go to the 24-hour laundry mat. While the clothes dried, we munched on Burger King bacon and egg croissants. I read while Dan played chess on his iPhone, Lucy napped on my lap. The laundry was folded just as dark was giving way to light, so we decided to go to Baby Beach. </div>
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The beach is a narrow strip, about 30 yards long, fronted by a two-lane road. Tucked in between two trees, an older couple s<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">louched in camping chairs</span> and warmed their hands with a cup of coffee. A young lady sat in the cab of her old Chevy pickup and stared at the ocean through the windshield. Across the street, sea weathered and red-dirt stained houses face the beach. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am doing a story on <a href="http://www.akamaijuice.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Akamai Juice</span></a>, and there are only two places to get it. One is the Hanalei farmers market. It’s one of the prettiest markets on the island, and today it was glorious! The sun was shining, lighting the grass field on fire. The field is surrounded in a semi circle by those giant mountains. There was music, food and lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The juice booth was slammed and buzzing with energy. Cas, the juice maker is electric with happiness and is Kauai’s first female helicopter pilot. She’s been a photographer, producer, actress, a caterer on Hollywood films directed by Martin Scorsese, she built and managed West Virginia’s first indoor skate park, and owned a skate shop. I totally have a girl crush on her!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We were full of juice, but a little peckish so we went to the Garden Cafe for lunch. Anne, the lady I owe my new career to, was there. She is the one who forwarded my letter of introduction to the editor of MidWeek, and he called to ask if I wanted to write the food column.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He was stretching his back out and Anne asked him what was wrong. She was so concerned over his back (she’s in her 60s) she recommended he take care of it because he’s not getting any younger. We brainstormed ideas about how we could get a desk in our tiny home. We were so inspired, we went to look at tables and chairs after we left. I think we’ll use the fold-up plastic table we have and get some nice, padded leather back dining chairs. They have a high back and will provide excellent support. It’ll be even more snug, but we need to get Dan a better working space.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Today is the last day of 2011. I'm lying in bed, it’s 6:30 and still dark, and thinking about all I have to be grateful for. The first thing that comes to mind is you. When I came home from Colorado, it was with a heavy heart. I was afraid it was the last time I was going to see you. Alternatively, I wondered if the dad I grew up with was going to be replaced by an impostor, and was mom going to be OK?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">You are the thing I am most grateful for this year. I am grateful to be your daughter. I am grateful to know you. I am grateful you are such a good person. I am grateful you are alive. I’m grateful that you are still you, maybe even improved. I am grateful you can see how loved you are.</span></div>
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<i>To get this shot. It's on the North Shore, next Ke`e Beach. It's the wet cave, and the entrance to the "Blue Room", you have to swim to get there!</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Tears fill my eyes and spill onto my cheeks when I think of Baxter Brown. Nothing brings tears to my eyes quicker than thinking about that dog. I miss him. I think about him everyday, especially in the morning. We used to wake up with a good snuggle. Me, on my side, he spooned in the curve of my body. He would softly nuzzle my ear, moaning in delight, as he inched to get closer. I haven’t went on a good walk since I lost him. It’s just not the same. I’m grateful that I got to know him, that I got to love him. His kind of love was really special.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Besides being grateful for our health, Lucy Lane, the jeep that gets us around, the roof over our heads, warm clean water, a full refrigerator, money in the bank and bills paid, I’m grateful for how my husband shows up in adversity. He is a natural leader, an optimist who sees the good in people. He is my crutch when I doubt myself, my solid partner who makes me laugh. The one I hold hands with at night, the one who sits next to me when I write.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Sitting next to Dan while he works on his photographs is a dream come true. The creativity sparks between us as he asks my opinion about a shot. Do I like “A” or “B” better? “A” I say, I like how it’s composed. Words have always mattered to me, but now, even more so. As I struggle to find the perfect word to express the exact sentiment, I ask him if word “A” or “B”, has more impact. “B” he says, it has more meaning. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We spent Christmas Eve driving to the North Shore, and back to Wailua to finish getting the Jeepstyle shots. I am his assistant, and I appreciate the excuse to get out of the house. Every time I get out, I remember how lucky I am to be living in such a beautiful, inspiring place. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I still pinch myself when I think about getting paid to write about food. Unbelievable. I’m glad the island has contrived ways to feed Dan and I so well. We’ve had numerous free dinners we couldn’t have afforded otherwise. When I think about how it came to me, I know the best thing to do is the best I can, and then surrender. I’ve learned to get caught up in the flow of life and let it’s current wash over me and take me where it will. Even the writing is not mine, God and my spirit dance inside me and words come out. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I have come to believe that’s our purpose in life. To live it fully so God and my spirit know what it feels like to be alive and thriving. I learned it from Baxter and Lucy and the ocean and trees and flowers and birds and plants. They thrive because they can. God and spirit want to experience the expression of joy and love through me. Knowing it affects the people I interact with, is the way I can make a difference in this world. One smile or kind word (or both!) at a time. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In our conversations, I’ve noticed a happier man. Despite the physical challenges, you’ve come out on top. You choose to focus on what’s right in your life. Namely, your marriage, family and friends. You know that you are one loved man. That your wife is unflinchingly devoted, and stronger than you realized. That you raised your kids to be loving and kind. That you have dear friends who will do whatever your heart desires to make you comfortable. </span></div>
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<i>The taro fields in Hanalei (This is a <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/">Dan shot</a>, the rest are from my phone)</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We went to a restaurant called The Feral Pig the day before, so I spent the morning writing the article for <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/entertainment/tastes-of-kauai/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">MidWeek Kauai</span></a>. Dan culled though those shots, and made them pretty. My other column, <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/lifestyle/famers-markets/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Farmers Markets</span></a>, is featuring romaine lettuce, so Dan processed those as well. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know you don’t like raw fish, but it was delicious. The ahi tuna was tender, and really fresh. It melted in out mouths. There was a spicy sauce made with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">sriracha</span></a>, a Thai hot sauce, and slivers of raw onion. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sometimes, like today, he sits with us and fills us in on what’s cookin’. “Oh Marta! You gotta try this lamb we just got in!” he tells me, his eyes gleaming with excitement. “They’re from our fields, we hung them to dry for 14 days.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Rodman is a gregarious local boy, around 35-years old, with dark hair and eyes, and golden skin. His lanky frame leans against the chair-back, one leg crossed over his knee, and his white T-shirt is damp with sweat.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“We took those bad boys to Medeiros this morning and they had both of them cut, ground and packaged in 25 minutes!” He smacks the back of his hand into the palm of the other to emphasize the butcher’s speed. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I ask him how the lamb is going to show up on the menu. “After Christmas, I’m going to make rack of lamb, I’m going to roast it with cinnamon and some other spices. You gotta try some of it! I’ll be right back.” He disappears into the kitchen, the screen door closing behind him with a whack!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Several months ago, the restaurant had bought some of Dan’s photos for their <a href="http://cgkauai.net/the-garden/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">website</span></a>, but Dan wasn’t happy with the burger shot. So he snapped about 40 shots of it while I tucked into my tacos. I learned not to wait for him, because my food gets cold. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Everyone sits on these long, wood communal tables with tops that are about three inches thick. There are eight chairs to a table. We had one to ourselves, and it was situated right in front of the kitchen door. Lucy napped under the table. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Rodman, with plated lamb patty in hand, opens the screen door with a flourish just as the actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000507/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Rob Lowe</span></a> rounds the corner. They almost collide. Rob stops, looks down, and says, “What’s that?” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It’s been raining a lot lately. Big, gushing storms with thunder cracks that vibrate the house, and lightning flashes at once through the east and west windows. This morning we woke to a steady rainfall, and a monster muddy puddle in the middle of the driveway.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Dan and I are sleepy-eyed and crunchy because we’ve got a handful of clients who want stuff now. Yesterday, Dan spent his time on the couch hunched over the cedar chest you and mom gave us, processing photos for the <a href="http://www.kauaicountyfarmbureau.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Farm Bureau</span></a>. I wrote two <a href="http://www.jazzercise.com/articles/11_trim_calories_during_holidays.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jazzercise</span></a> articles, and did some price negotiating on Dan’s behalf. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We are up early because we have to drive through the tree tunnel and into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloa,_Hawaii"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Koloa</span></a> town, just before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poipu,_Hawaii"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Poipu</span></a>, to shoot a video and some photographs of a beekeeper. Dan was a little cranky by the time we got in the car. Turning the ignition, the voice of <a href="http://chriscornell.com/songbook/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chris Cornell </span></a>filled the jeep, singing, “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXC6diph3to"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">To be yourself is all that you can be</span></a>.” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The rain had stopped as we headed out, and the sun was starting to break through the silver clouds, the ocean winked in the distance. Warm tropical air tousled our hair, and Lucy’s ears flapped in the wind. She likes to stand on me, her paws hanging over the lip of the jeep’s window, and surf the scents floating on the air. As we splashed down the wet roads, the island started working it’s magic on us, and soon, Dan was singing along. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">By the time we got to Koloa town, the rain was back and I was wishing for my hoodie. I didn’t need to worry though because Chris, the bee whisperer, has us get into zippered bee suits complete with veils. We had one pair of gloves, and since Dan is allergic to bees, I gave them to him.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">A wide swatch of loam, it’s topsoil loose and scattered with leaves, stretched out before us. Twenty stacks of bee hives lined the perimeter. We stood under the canopy of trees, and pointed our cameras to Chris. Dappled sunlight danced across his forehead as he talked about bees.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Chris has five bee yards; one in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waimea,_Kauai_County,_Hawaii"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wiamea</span></a>, one in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaheo"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kalaheo</span></a>, and three in the Koloa/Poipu area. In one hive, there is a queen, and about 15,000 bees. He hasn’t noticed a decline is his bee population, which he has been maintaining for 10 years, and he thinks it’s because he doesn’t use docile bees.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">As Chris smoked the bees, he said it calms them down. The bees think there is a fire, and begin to suck up honey before taking flight. If you want to see a bee tongue, check out the picture Dan posted on his <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/12/bee-friendly.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">blog</span></a> today. It’s the bee on the far right, if you enlarge the picture (by clicking on it) you can see his little tongue. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The bees happily slurped up their sweet nectar and paid us no mind. Dan and I had our camera lenses in there, and got some great video and photos. Chris is a pretty funny guy, and he was not taking this “<a href="http://www.kauaigrown.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kauai Grown</span></a>” thing seriously. I’ll post the video once I finish it which should be this Thursday.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I moved around front so Dan could get some shots, and a bee slammed into the knuckle on my left index finger. “Don’t freak out!” I said loudly, more for myself that anyone else. “I just got stung!” I watched the bee bear down, inject his venom, and fly off, leaving his stinger in my finger. It hurt.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It’s been just over six hours, and my finger is swollen, as well as my middle finger and thumb. It has also spread to my bottom knuckles and I can barely flex my hand. It still hurts. Dan keeps telling me to take Benadryl, I keep forgetting. </span></div>
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I was overjoyed to be able to talk with you this morning. You sound really good. I know you don’t think so, because you want to be that guy right before the stroke. That guy who could wake up in the morning, get of out bed, and take a shower and shave. That guy who would kiss his wife good morning, maybe give her a little pinch on the butt, and sit down to a homemade breakfast. Maybe a cafe au lait, definitely a half grapefruit, neatly sectioned and sugared.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I was there in the early days of your recovery, when you mostly slept. You’d wake up, full of energy, speak animatedly, and get frustrated because we didn’t understand what you said. Five minutes later, you’d fall back asleep.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the first 12 days, all you could do was move your right arm and your right leg. You’d try to get up, and I come rushing over because you had already tried to take out all the tubes and plugs that were keeping you alive. We’d clasp hands, and you’d try to lift your self into a seating position. I knew you wanted to get up. I knew you couldn’t get up. So, I figured I’d “help” you, make you feel like you were doing something for yourself. Mom scolded me for it, she was afraid I was teaching you bad habits, encouraging you to escape.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Every now and then mom would glance up from knitting, and tap my arm. I’d drag my eyes away from my computer, my work, and a smile would spread across our faces. Your left hand or foot would tap to the beat of the music in your ears, put there by your fully loaded iPod. You’d get lost in the music, and let your body go. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I’m sorry this happened to you.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You sounded so good today. You have passion in your voice. Frustration too, because it takes you an hour to take a shower. Guilt because you’re not there to “protect mom.” Fear because you think you’ll be a burden, and because you don’t know what the future holds.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I had no idea you enjoyed reading this blog so much. When you told me you missed reading it, with yearning in your voice, I decided that from now on, I’d dedicate these entries to you. It’s been hard for me to write here since you got sick. Things continue to unfold for Dan and I at an unbelievably fast pace. I couldn’t figure out how to write about that, while you are laid up in the hospital. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What you don’t realize, is that even though it takes you an hour to take a shower, you’re taking a shower! That’s progress! You can’t protect mom in the way that you are accustomed to, but you have planted seeds and she is safe. You have created a beautiful home in which she is warm, safe and comfortable. You have built a nest egg that provides for your care as well as the bills. You have raised two children who love you very much, and are happy to step in where we are needed, in what ever way we can. You have meaningful relationships with friends who care deeply for you. These friends call mom to see if she needs anything. They shovel her driveway, in the early morning light, before she is even awake. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You and I were smart, we married great people. It may have been the smartest thing we ever did. I know it’s the best decision I ever made. You are right to be scared, angry, and frustrated. You’re life as you knew it changed in a heartbeat. But, thank god, you are still here. And your wife is strong. Strong in spirit and strong beside you. She doesn’t see caring for you as a burden, she sees it as an extension of her love. A natural inclination to take care of you, just like you would do for her. In sickness and in health.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Life is different now, and we don’t know what tomorrow will bring even in the best of health. We can fret about the future, or we can fantasize about the future. You can visualize yourself being rolled into the front door of your home, or you can visualize yourself walking through, unaided. They both require the same amount of effort, but I think the latter is more fun to think about.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have never experienced anything like what you are going through, and I can only imagine how difficult it must be. Moving here was the hardest thing I ever did. I can remember many nights, around a year ago, when I would wake up fearful about the future. Fearful about not being a contributing member of society, about my family so far away, about feeling so alone. Luckily, I married a good man, and he held my hand, and gave me the strength to get through it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have also decided that this is the last time I will bring this up. If you want someone to listen, not judge, not tell you how you should be feeling, how you should be doing, I will lend an ear. I will listen. But this space is dedicated to you now, and you have always celebrated life. I think you’re religion is Mother Nature. You always found such peace within her bosom. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My posts will be about the splendor, and amazing beauty of Kauai and the people who live here. Dan and I are grateful for our work, because it takes us to some amazing places, and we get to meet some special people. I will be your guide. I will give you something to dream about. Dan’s pictures will give you a look that only his eyes can see. We will celebrate life, in your name, and be grateful for every second of it. </span></div>
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“It’s 11/11/11, Veteran’s Day. Thanks for your support,” the ICU nurse tells my father who is a retired Air Force veteran. He’s answered the latest round of questions wrong. He thinks it’s 1966, but this time he got the month right. “Thank you for your support,” he answers, and closes his eyes.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He got off early, and on the way home his vision got blurry. He saw three of everything. Weaving between lanes, he managed to make it home, open the garage door, and get out of the car before falling, face down. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mom was leaving, she was waiting for dad and was running late for her bingo game. She was going to lose her favorite seat. She walked into the garage and saw dad lying on the floor. “Call 999,” he told her. “I’m having a stroke.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My brother Greg bought me a plane ticket the next day. It was the first time I’d go to Colorado since Dan and I moved to Kauai. I was scheduled to stay for a week. Mom and I went to the ICU every morning, and wondered if dad would recover. How he would recover. We’d go home every night, and try to sleep. It was good for mom and I, in a strange sort of way. It brought us closer together.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My brother extended my stay, and I came home yesterday, the day dad left ICU. Dan picked me up at the airport with Lucy in tow. I saw him waiting. I whistled “who whoo who whoo,” but with an s sound instead of a w. He turned. Tears of joy filled my eyes, and the anxiety of the last 10 days began to melt away. We walked towards each other, faster as we got closer, and embraced for a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Today mom called, the first daily report. She said he’s doing well, he sat up and then stood, assisted, for a minute. Later, she sat silently in his room and watched as he fumbled with the TV remote. He didn’t know she was there. His left side is no longer paralyzed, but very weak. Her heart filled with hope and pride as he used his left hand to retrieve the remote.</span></div>
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Dan and I were just having a discussion about the word <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">pono</span></a>. In Hawaii, words have multiple meanings, and it seems that it's meaning is the equivalent or close to, the Indian word karma. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">One meaning is rooted in personal accountability. For example, if you are in a bad mood, and you take it out on the waitress who may be slower than you’d like, she may be receptive to it and pick it up. Now she is in a bad mood, and every one of her customers feels it. Some may forget about her as the walk out the door. Others may take it on, and pass it on throughout their day. Maybe they get home, and the normal joy and energy of their three-year-old child is too much to bear. They may yell at the child, who will most certainly internalize it. This could naturally extend to everything: the way you take care of the land, water, air and animals.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So being pono is being right with the world and your place in it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Another meaning of pono suggests going with the flow. Surrendering to life. Looking for open doors and going through them. Harmony. Following your dreams. Noticing and tapping into what feels good and following that. Having faith that, as long as your in the flow of life, everything will work out. Even better than you could have designed it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Being pono means not fighting what life gives you, and looking for the lessons. It means embracing that traffic jam because maybe it’ll make you late, and maybe because you are late and you are being pono, you will meet someone who can help you in some way. Maybe you just get to turn up the radio, and they play your favorite song, and you get the lift that you needed. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This form of living pono shows up in Dan and my life on a regular basis, and this week, things have exploded. We have been writing and taking pictures, for very little money and sometimes nothing. We do it because we love it, we know that things will get better. We don’t try to map out what is going to happen, rather, we embrace the unknown and comfort ourselves by creating inspiring words and pictures. Just for the joy of it. Both of us have ideas for books that are slowly coalescing in our minds. A book is a huge project, and overwhelming to someone who has never done one. So far, I have two ideas, and Dan has one.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the meantime, we landed a big contract with the Kauai County Farm Bureau. It came to me because I was just doing my thing. Cooking ten meals for Larry every two weeks earned me not only money, but a friendship. Turns out Larry works for the farm bureau. When his partner needed a writer for her <a href="http://www.kauaigrown.org/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Kauai Grown</span></a> project, he recommended me. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It seems that life wanted me to do this project. Another recommendation came from someone I’d never heard of. She has been doing work for the farm bureau and couldn’t take on any more. She also reads my <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/entertainment/tastes-of-kauai/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">weekly columns</span></a> in <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/lifestyle/famers-markets/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">MidWeek Kauai</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Kauai Grown project is perfect for me because it celebrates local food. The website will go live in December with profiles of farmers, value added product makers, retail outlets and restaurants. To become a member, businesses have to use 51 percent local ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I met with Melissa, the woman who dreamed up Kauai Grown, over a slice of pie at <a href="http://rightslice.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">The Right Slice</span></a>. These are the best and most unique pies on the island, and I have covered them for MidWeek. It's ironic that Melissa and I are both local food supporters and we both ordered the Caramel Apple Pie. We were craving apples, because they don’t grow here, and we both agree that all anyone should do, is the best they can. Neither one of us is militant on the idea, but we are passionate about local food. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">At the time, Melissa wanted me to write an 80 word bio for each of the 30 members, and for Dan to take pictures. I told her that would be no problem, and since I do that every week, I already had the information I needed for one-third of the bios and Dan had the shots. As I told her about my background, she glommed onto the word video as soon as it left my mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These profiles will consist of a short video, text and five photographs for each member. Someone has already done most of the <a href="http://www.hawaiistream.com/video/776"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">videos</span></a>. Our agreement is 17 videos, 30 written bios and 150 photos (five for each member). Once the site launches, we will continue to do them as new members join. It looks like we’ll need to be purchasing a real video camera, as our consumer one isn’t going to work as well as we’d like. She has seen what our camera looks like and has heard the sound it produces. Since she is on a tight deadline (November 30) she is willing to go with what we have. If this turns out to be more work, we’ll buy another camera.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the last three days, Dan has sold shots to four clients. <a href="http://cgkauai.net/the-garden/">The Garden Restaurant at Common Ground</a> bought his shots and put them on their <a href="http://cgkauai.net/the-garden/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">website</span></a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HulaBabyBiscotti"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Hula Baby Biscotti </span></a>has asked for shots to put on a website that sells their product. <a href="http://www.kauaifreshfarms.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Kauai Fresh Farms </span></a>wants his shots for their website, and a friend is putting together an intimate dinner to connect farmers with consumers and wants shots for the flyer. This morning, Dan got hired to shoot cocktails for the <a href="http://www.koloarum.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Koloa Rum Company</span></a>, plus there is more work needed down the line. These are all contacts we have made while doing MidWeek stories, which Dan has never gotten paid for. These folks have been seeing his beautiful shots every week and now, it’s paying off!</span></div>
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The day after Baxter died, Wednesday, there was a pinprick feeling piercing the agony of loosing him. It was barely perceptible—just a wisp of a thought—but I did notice it. A glimmer of hope. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">During the night I woke at 2:30 feeling scared and alone without him. Heart racing, jaw-clenching, stomach churning. I can see him behind my closed eyes; feel him near me. I call out to him in fear, and he answers by giving me peaceful sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thursday morning dawns beautiful and hollow. I miss my boy terribly. My head aches as bad as my heart. At my husband’s suggestion, I lay on the couch all day and cry. Sleep. Watch the Oprah Network. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The sun brings Friday morning and more thoughts of Baxter. But that pinprick feeling has slowly rolled over the agony, and created a sea change. This morning I feel a little more grown-up. I feel calm. Sure. I feel hopeful about the future. I know that I am a good writer and I know I will earn a good living by it. Adversity brings Dan and I closer. His work is picking up,he has a new <a href="http://www.ponophoto.com/">website</a> and we have Lucy. Everything is going to be okay.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I sneak out of bed to write. As I walk to the living room, I feel Baxter happily trotting beside me, and know he will always be by my side.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I remember his final hours, before the vet opened. As I laid down with him, his head on my chest and the pain evident in his eyes, I surrendered. I thought, “God, I don’t know what you have in store for this dog. If you take him from me, it’s your will. Today, I will wait to see what happens.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We go to interview a chef and I find myself surrendering even more. Even though everything was prearranged a month ago, there is no food. Without a tasting and photos, there is no article. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Moments of happiness intertwine with sorrow. Lucy always makes me laugh. Since we took this risk, my life has been rewarded a thousand-fold. The relationship with my folks is better than ever. We talk more, we accept each other more, we miss one another. My mom and I are like old friends, but she still takes care of me. She looks out for me like great moms do.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In Colorado, I wouldn’t have been able to put my life on hold for a week to be with Baxter. </span>Dan and I know we can weather any storm. Baxter’s passing seems to have softened our edges. We are kinder to each other, softer with our words. Not wanting to take each other for granted. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I get to pursue my dream, not someone else's. The hard work is for me, not the President of Cuts and Dissolves. If I want to take a week to comfort my dying friend, I can. Hours dissolve as I pour passion into my work, because it is truly my work. </span></div>
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You would think I could write about losing my buddy, my sunshine, my dear four-legged friend. But I can’t. After a long night of watching him suffer, Dan and I took him to the vet this morning. I had found an internet group that is for dogs with renal disease. They sent me some kind words, so I’ll borrow them.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">All I can say is that today dawned a beautiful pink sunrise, but it quickly turned grey and cloudy. It matches my mood. All the color has gone from my dream, especially brown. I don’t know what to do with myself, and I wonder how people choose to participate in life when they lose a loved one. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>I'm still here, though you don't see.</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>I'm right by your side each night and day,</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>I have many things to show you yet, </i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>Then come to be with me. </i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And if you’re not feeling my pain yet, watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgbO5Db9Ns&feature=youtu.be"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">this</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I miss you Baxter Brown, I’ll see you in my dreams.</span></div>
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Last Sunday we went to a ranch to interview and photograph a local rancher who raises grass-fed beef. It was a beautiful day, just big blue skies and endless emerald mountain ranges. The rancher invited us to his weekly family BBQ later that afternoon, so we went to interview a local sprout grower before heading over to eat cow’s tongue and Rocky Mountain oysters. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Wednesday I took Baxter and Lucy for a walk. Baxter seemed kind of down, and I figured he needed to get out and run along the beach. He did what he normally does, with as much vigor as usual. He retrieved the padded frisbee from the ocean for about 15 minutes before we took a 45 minute walk along the shore. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As I drank in the view; big blue skies, puffy clouds, crystal clear water the color of lapis and turquoise, the long expanse of white beach, Baxter and Lucy frolicking in the sand and surf, I thought, "I am living my dream. This is it. Right here, right now, I am living my dream." And I felt my stomach do a summersault.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Baxter usually runs about 20 feet ahead of me, runs back to make sure I’m ok, and then runs back out. He probably walks three times more than I do. He started to look back at me pretty frequently, something I learned to recognize as his way of wanting to turn back, but at the same time, not wanting to. So we turned around.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">On the way home, he yacked. Not unusual, I thought it was because he drank sea water. He slept when we got home, not unusual. But he wouldn’t eat and yacked up foam in the middle of the night and first thing Thursday morning. I made an appointment at the vet. I had one for a week later, because he was being really finicky about food. I thought his teeth hurt, plus, his breath was awful.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I was working on my computer before my workout with Paula. Baxter rested his head on my chest and passed out. Normally when he does this he’s awake and moaning, wanting me to pet him. He doesn’t ever fall asleep there.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tears streamed silently down my face when the vet said he had chronic renal disease. They were coming so fast I couldn’t look at her. My tears dripped onto Baxter laying by my side. They wanted to keep him, and put him on an IV, to try to flush the toxins out. They wanted to keep him until Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The disease is common in dogs and cats. It slowly destroys the kidneys until they are close to failure. The symptoms are so subtle, that some folks don’t notice until it’s too late. Symptoms are nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, bad breath, and drinking lots of water.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have never cried so much in my life. In retrospect, at 45, I guess that’s a good thing. But, all I could do that night was cry. I couldn’t help myself. A simple thought or image of him would pop into my mind and I was wracked with tears. After a couple hours of sleep I woke with eyes that were swollen and puffy.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got up and made some lemon-ginger muffins. This is a purely selfish but nifty trick. People love baked goods, and I don’t think our doctors and dentists get enough love. Several years ago, before my eye surgery, I brought the staff big fat chocolate chip cookies I made the night before. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The lemon-ginger muffins were delivered with a note that said, “Baxter and his family thank you for all of your TLC. Please enjoy these lemon-ginger muffins.” The staff was thrilled, the muffins disappeared, and Baxter was not going to be forgotten about!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Friday was my cooking day for Larry and I was thankful for the day-long distraction. Dan, Lucy and I went to see his B-ness first thing in the morning, then Dan took us home so I could get cooking, while he drove to Kilauea to meet with a new client. We went for another visit that night before they closed. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The plan was to get his “blood levels” (whatever they are supposed to be at) normal. If we can stabilize him with a special diet, he may live one more month or one more year. Roxanne, our vet tech and daughter of a friend, printed several pages from a book she just got (she has a book for everything). The copies contained recipes for the new diet Baxter needs to be on. Of course they have dog food for sale there, but hey, I’m cookin for my dog!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">From now on Baxter needs to be on a low protein diet with simple carbs like white rice, tapioca, and potatoes. This will make it easier for his kidneys to process the food, which is what he needs since he’s running on about 25 percent of his kidney’s normal 100 percent.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Saturday morning I woke at 1:30. The house felt empty without him. He was not snoring softly by my side. He was not laying on the ground for me to trip over on my way to the bathroom in the dark. I went outside to smoke my e-cig and cry without waking Dan. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">While Dan processed his photos, I haunted the east side of the island for the necessary ingredients. I needed chicken fat, and a lot of it. About three tablespoons a day. I asked the meat guy at the grocery store if I could have the rendered fat from the rotisserie chickens. Once I explained why, he did his best to get me some. But, he was overruled by the store manager because she didn’t want anyone getting in trouble. So, I bought a $12 whole chicken to rotisserie myself.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got jasmine rice, tapioca, potatoes, ground beef and multi vitamins. A side effect of this disease, drinking a lot of water, means he is trying and compensate for what his kidneys can’t do. Since he’s going to be peeing a lot more he needs vitamins. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the checkout line, I saw a friend. She was there with her assistant who said, “What’s wrong? You look sick.” I’m sure I did. Tired, puffy-eyed, sleepless and put together just enough to not get arrested for streaking in public.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When I told her what happened, and of my search for chicken fat, she took matters into her own hands. She knew the store manager and went to ask her. The manager was a little miffed because she already said no. My friend’s persistence and reminder that, “It's going to pig farmers, why not a dog?” and “Come on, just a little, please? It’s for her sick dig.” Won the manager over, but my big mouth made her turn back. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The manager said she was going to go and see what the meat guy had. In my state of mind, I didn’t notice she was going to break her rule. Probably just to get my friend out of her store. As she walked away, I said, “He doesn’t have anything for sale. I asked. He only has the rotisserie fat.” With that, she turned around and walked behind her desk, and without another word, went back to work. My friend gave me the stink eye.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was raining, and she and her assistant had walked over, so I drove them to the bakery across the street, which my friend owns. In the parking lot, her assistant—who is still in high school—felt compelled to help. She said she didn’t like chicken fat, and had some chicken breasts in her freezer. She said she would bring them to the bakery for me on Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Armed with all the ingredients I came home, got the rotisserie out of the shed and the chicken in it before putting the potatoes on to boil. And I went to pick him up! They pumped the rest of his IV fluids under his skin, and we came home.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He is home now. He still hasn’t eaten, but he will drink. This morning (Sunday) he walked out by himself and sniffed around the yard for 15 minutes before coming back up. I take this as an excellent sign. Although, he turned his nose up at my home made meal.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The vet said he could live for another month, or another year. I found a <a href="http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9KIDNEYS/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">website</span></a> dedicated to people who will go to great lengths to keep their best friend around a little while longer. This includes making home cooked meals, and putting fluid under their skin every day.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am so grateful to Kauai for taking my dreams and spinning them into reality. Things are lining up so nicely, I couldn’t have planned it better myself! A big concern of mine, and a recurring theme on this blog, has been money. Not only are we sustainable, but we can actually save. Plus, we both have health insurance. We will be staying in the treehouse for another year or so, and stockpile money and toys, before we find a bigger place.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After I post this, I’m going to get cleaned up and head down to the farmers market in Lihue. I’m going to pick up some locally made feta cheese (made with goat milk-Greek style) and do some networking. My client Larry works there, he is part of the farm bureau. I can't remember if I wrote about it, but I cook 10 meals every two weeks for him. It pays for my twice weekly workouts with Paula.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here’s some of the feed back I’ve been getting from Larry. They come in the form of a quick email and go like this, “The pork chop dinner was to die for. It's like living in a restaurant and you don't have to talk to or tip the waiter and there is no dress code . . . The chicken dish was fabulous last night. Now, instead of thinking of dinner as something I need to do in order to survive, it gets my attention and I stop every now and then and think about the wonderful taste, texture, aroma, etc. It is like culinary sex. This was such a smart idea!”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">How excellent is that! Of course I’m happy that he likes my food, that he thinks it’s worth the money, but to know that he is enjoying it so thoroughly is really satisfying! He’s the perfect client; easy, easy, easy. He likes all kinds of food, so I get to cook what I like and not worry about it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">People are starting to contact me to cover their restaurant or event. Last week I got an email from the Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Association. They were having a fund-raiser (they’re a non profit) and they were showcasing local food. The president of the Kauai chapter happens to read my column, so she knew I was into local food, and she asked if I could cover it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got to sit with the former mayor of Honolulu Mufi Hannemann, and a farmer from Oahu who works with Alan Wong and Roy Yamaguchi, two legendary Hawaiian chefs. I also sat with the president of the Kauai County Farm Bureau, and I got to interview local boy and executive chef of the Kauai Marriott resort. It was an awesome night, and Dan and I ate really good.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thanks to Facebook, and my weekly chats with mom and dad, I know the weather is turning for cooler temps on the mainland. Here on Kauai, as summer turns to fall, I don’t notice a difference in temperature. I am basking in sunshine and trade winds in the land of Forever Summer. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Next to less money, balance is the biggest adjustment for me to make on my path to actualizing dreams. Since we are recreating our lives with intention, it helps when I pay attention. I have yet to cultivate patience and have crammed the last six weeks with change, and yesterday it came to a head. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Six weeks ago, we quit smoking. Yea! It finally stuck. The trick for us was electronic cigarettes, and now I find myself using it less. When we quit, I immediately felt more energy, maybe because the stress of feeling so bad about smoking was eased. Plus, I am getting more oxygen. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Five weeks ago, I started seeing Paula, a personal trainer. I lift weights twice a week for 90 minutes, and try to hike Sleeping Giant three times a week. I didn’t get a picture of me to post, but I do feel like the weight is coming off. Although there is no need to buy smaller clothes yet!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Wednesday, I went with Dan's boss Michele, to a Women Empowering Women networking meeting. It was really great to meet women in my community, but the pupus were atrocious. I was invited to cook for the next one, as long as I bought all the food!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Thursday, Dan and I went to interview a farmer. He farms on 45 acres and gave us about 30 pounds of papayas that he just picked off the tree, along with some limes, avocados, and about 10 pounds of ginger. We had to stop by Tutu's Soup Hale and give them some ginger and avos! I made ginger-ale, and ginger popsicles. </span></div>
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<i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span>Darrell, on the left, is a bail bondsman. But on Sundays, he is a commercial fisherman. Bruce, on the right, is a friend who helps him out. </i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Yesterday, I was supposed to go to maha`ulepu for a beach clean up, stop at a farmers market for some networking, and go to a friends party. But when I got up, I felt like I was getting sick. I think someone at Paula’s said they were getting sick. So I decided I would write this blog post, and two articles for the paper, and make sure I called my niece to wish her happy birthday. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thursday morning I woke up feeling blue. I spent a lot of energy doing the homework my writing coach assigned me. On Tuesday, I submitted a cover letter and resume for a local food magazine. My coach says I’m perfect for the job, but I still haven’t heard from them. Fine, I know freelance writing is going to be tough, and I know I need to do something else to supplement writing.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After the exercise and support I felt better. I came home to get the dogs and take them to hike Sleeping Giant, when I found love notes all over the house, six of them. On my mirror, on the bathroom morror, in the shower, inside my laptop, in the book I’m reading, and on the water pitcher in the fridge! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Whew! I am pooped. I have been writing since 8 a.m., and we have a restaurant to do tonight. It’s at the Hyatt in Poipu, an upscale resort serving Italian food with an ocean view. Sucks to be me! But, that’s in two hours and Dan still has to come home from his photo tour.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I hired a <a href="http://www.diannej.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">writing coach</span></a>, and she is the real deal. I bought her book, <a href="http://www.diannej.com/Book.shtml"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">“Will Write For Food”</span></a> in 2005, when I was thinking about switching careers. Somehow, the book made it to Hawaii. I have been reading it because it covers restaurant reviews. I decided I needed to hire a big gun to help me take my writing to the next level. Sure, I could have done what most writers do, send out pitch after pitch, and saving up to 100 rejection letters like a badge of honor, but I really don’t have time for that.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">She’s got me coming up with ideas and condensing them to two sentence pitches. I need to find markets for those ideas and explain why each market is appropriate. In the meantime, I have my two MidWeek columns due, and Thursday night I helped a friend cook for the monthly Chamber of Commerce mixer—Hawaii style; outside, no shoes and lots of aloha.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I also hired a personal trainer. I love going to her house because she has a girlie gym. It’s tough and soft at the same time. Weights and weight machines fill two rooms, colored tapestries and scarves hang from walls and windows, upbeat music plays from her iPad, and older women work out. I’m older now! My workout partner last Thursday was 69-years-old! Awesome! It’s a real communal feeling, and the women are so nurturing. They all support, and recommend each others services. I’m hoping I can lose weight, build muscle, make some friends and get some work! Bummer is, I may have to quit if I can’t find a way to pay for my new habit. Speaking of, yes! We are still smoke-free, but still depending on e-cigs!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well, I have to get cleaned up and do a little research before we go. It’s been hot here, not as hot as on the Mainland, but the trade winds have subsided so sweat drips down my body as I write. Ew! Good thing I work from home, alone.</span></div>
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<i>The owners of <a href="http://www.hawaiianphotos.net/Kauaitours.htm">Kauai Photo Tours</a> and Dan's bosses, Michele and Vince. Last Saturday, they took their employee's and their wives/girlfriends out to a nice dinner. </i></div>
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<i>Dan's <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/08/panoramas-of-hanalei.html">panorama</a> of Hanalei Bay.</i></div>
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Two years ago, we returned from our vacation in Kauai and began the process of moving. In the six months it took us to move, I spent every night “feeling” how my new life would be. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>This week we went to a cafe for a <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/entertainment/tastes-of-kauai/">restaurant profile</a>. There was a jazz band, it's a charming place to eat!</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I didn’t get into specifics like, “On April 25, 2012, I wrote an awesome book and earned $2,000,000,000.00.” But, I was specific about how I wanted to feel, and what my life would be like. </span></div>
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<i>Dan always takes the pictures for my articles, and while we waited for our food, he took pictures of the table! <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/08/dining-on-broken-plates.html">Here's what he shot.</a></i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I believe thoughts become things. Thoughts reflect how you see the world, and how you see the world informs your actions. Everyone faces the same stresses, fears and insecurities. It’s what you tell yourself that makes the difference. If you say to your self, “I could never do that!” Then you’ve already decided. It’s like my mom used to say, “If you don’t ask, you already have no for an answer.”</span></div>
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<i>I also interviewed a <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/lifestyle/famers-markets/">farmer</a> who grows green chilies! YES! I do miss the green chilies that are going off right now in Colorado!</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In order for me to get some really juicy thoughts going, I have to feel really good. Luckily, I have a dog who likes to snuggle. I move the sheets back, pat the side of the bed and he silently hops in. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m on my side, and he is on his—we are both facing the wall. He cinches himself closer until there is no space between my skin and his fur. Soon, he is softly snoring, and I am happily feeling his love.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I also believe that love is the most powerful emotion, and the only thing worth living for. You can give love to your cat, neighbor, spouse or a stranger. It’s as simple as a heartfelt wish for the other to be happy, a thanks for making you happy. </span></div>
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<i>I ended up doing two weeks of stories this week, <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/08/candid-portrait.html">Dan</a> got this shot at a cake tasting we went to.</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I love my dog very much, and petting his soft fur while he nuzzles next to me makes my heart and spirit soar into realms of possibility. I feel what it would be like to be creative everyday. To be challenged in my work; to have interesting work; to have days filled with fun and laughter; to have more money than I need to pay for my life; to make connections; to see the beauty that surrounds me; to be curious and adventurous; to rely on my instincts—of how I feel, to dictate my decisions. If it feels bad, I won’t do it. No matter how good it sounds.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Every morning I wake to the sun rising, the roosters crowing, and somewhere in the night, Baxter has jumped back up to my side. I think about all I have to be grateful for. A loving husband; two awesome dogs; a warm, safe and dry roof over my head; health; work I am passionate about; new friends; a fridge loaded with fresh, local food; the rugged glory of the mountains and the tranquil power of the sea; a soft bed and warm water.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Everyday is a gift. I’ve always known this, but living my dreams makes life delicious. Everyday I get to wake when I want, write about what I like, love and be loved, I get paid to be me, and walk in the astounding nature that surrounds me. It’s amazing, and I created it!</span><br />
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<i>My book club meets at <a href="http://www.kauaiexplorer.com/kauai_beaches/lydgate_beach_park.php">Lydgate Beach Park</a>. This month's book was called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289692/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313890197&sr=8-1">Infidel</a>. You can see my shadow in the picture.</i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday was an amazing day at the beach. Yes, they pretty much are all amazing, but normally there is a haze in the air, and cloudy skies. It was crystal clear, the sky was bright blue, and the water was perfect.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Besides death and taxes, the only thing you can be sure of is change. As you might imagine, my relationship with my folks has changed significantly since I left. What was once punctuated with misunderstanding and hurt feelings blossomed into strong connection and a better understanding of the other.</span></div>
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<i>The dogs had a great time at the beach.</i></div>
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<i>Last weekend Dan decided to get his surfboard wet.</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dan and I are settling into our downsized lifestyle more and more every week. Just when it seems like we’ve got it down, another little gift shows up. Showing that for us, living with less offers many blessings. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The dogs were groomed twice a year in Colorado, and we could see they were going to need three times that here. After spending over $100 for one grooming session, we peppered our old groomer with questions, and bought some gear.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Armed with the tools of the trade, Dan and I have been shaving them regularly, and the clippers have more than paid for themselves. Dan usually does the clipping, while I comfort the dogs and try to keep them still.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Between his day job, setting up his company <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/08/pono.html"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">Pono Photo</span></a>, and tending to my needs, Dan has been busy. So I decided I’d give him the gift of time, and shave the dogs myself. Something he thought would be impossible! It turned out to be one of the most treasured times I have had with them, and I think they enjoyed it as well. I got into a meditative state of mind, and as I watched Baxter’s silky fur fall from the clippers, I heard him snore! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">While Dan is in the process of setting up his website, he is finding that he needs more pictures for prints. So we went up to Queen’s Bath for a <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/08/setting-sun.html"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">sunset shoot</span></a>. Other than offering some suggestions for angles, and giving my opinion on a shot, I didn’t have much to do. I cozied up to a boulder, and watched the sun go down over the clear, blue sea. As the waves crashed against enormous black lava rocks, a turtle came up for air, his head and neck a silhouette against the darkening sky. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love to watch the orange-pink glow dance on the water while the sun sets, but I really get excited when a big wave crashes, sending cascades of foamy water across the rocks and sand. It’s like I’m watching a football game, “WHOA! Did you see that? Here comes another one! Wow! That was awesome!” The power and beauty completely take me over, and it’s better than dinner and a movie anytime!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have been fortunate to make a friend who was the editor at Kauai People, the weekly paper that is now <a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/category/entertainment/tastes-of-kauai/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">MidWeek Kauai</span></a>. Last night, she had all her girlfriends over. We were asked to bring a pupu, some clothes that we liked but no longer wore, and any good books or knick knacks. The idea was to swap clothes, books, or hair-clips, while drinking, eating and having girl time.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was a creative way to get new clothes without spending a dime, and everyone brought really nice stuff. </span>I got rid of all that when I left Colorado, a short 18 months ago. My offerings were slim, but I did have two cute, barley worn capris to contribute. I knew they were too small, but I lugged them across the pacific anyway. I had visions of loosing weight because I was going to be on an island, eating fruit and romping around beaches all day! This has not been the case. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Being the biggest person there was only slightly depressing. Most of the women were over 50, in very good shape, and very actively living their lives. So, it was an inspiration to be with them. I was able to fit into a shirt. I also got a yoga DVD, and three books—one on writing.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We started smoking <a href="http://dreamecigs.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b22a2; text-decoration: underline;">electronic cigarettes</span></a> on Friday, and they seem like a fantastic replacement. You just put nicotine juice into a cartridge and push this little button on the “atomizer”, and bam! it’s like you’re smoking. They have some juice without nicotine, so you can add a drop of that, and eventually taper down to no nicotine. We are happy because we already feel better, and the dent in out wallet is significantly less!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Right now, I’ve got 6 weeks of good work, and she’s put Dan to work fixing her computers and designing the packaging for her products. And that’s good enough for us. It’s tricky not making plans, and going with the flow, but it turns out that life is juicier that way!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">They are in their element as we walk along a secluded beach that stretches for miles. In their version of heaven, Baxter and Lucy run in the surf, duck their nose in the water to catch a floating piece debris, roll around in the sand; it’s pure bliss. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As I walk, I think about what John said. For some reason his poverty in paradise comment doesn’t sit right. Even though I have said that on this blog, and it’s true. We count every penny now, carefully considering how it will be spent. I could probably get food stamps if I wanted to. Still, his comment doesn’t feel right.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When it comes down to it, I don’t feel poor. I feel rich. My life is abundant with love, beauty, growth, inspiration, health, and time. Weeks fly by as Dan and I rebuild our lives, start new careers, and adjust to life on a small island.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There is time for exploration. Exploration of rocky tide pools, of professional photographers and writers, of what works and why—the crushing why nots. Exploration of spirit and the depths of love. There is time for sunsets, walks on the beach, snorkeling, and visiting with friends.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There is also a lot of stress: learning a new career, networking, the isolation of writing and living on this island. Being the new kid in town. Making new friends. Worrying about money, and making the time for those sunsets. I have a gratitude prayer that I say every morning and night, it keeps me going, but sometimes I forget.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mostly, I’m happy about our life choice. It’s like working out; getting all sweaty and feeling my heart pound against my chest makes me feel alive. Everything isn’t perfect, and that’s OK because, for me, perfect is boring. We made this move so we could be challenged, pushed to our edge, perform or go home. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I think about my friends and family. Most have significantly bigger incomes than us, but they also have a big mortgage, loans to pay off, credit card debt, and lots of stuff. And as I learned from John, even health insurance isn’t a guarantee that everything will be taken care of. Are they really better off? Are they wealthy? Or, are we all dealing with the same thing? Survival, and trying to have a good time while we’re at it . . . thriving. Thurvival!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I’m not saying that living in poverty in paradise is the way to go. It’s tricky business, and certainly not for everyone. When John met Dan’s new boss he said, “You’re so lucky to live here!” She kind of tilted her head to the side, looked out of the corner of her eye, and said, “Are we?” No one said anything. “I guess we are, we’re just too busy trying to survive!”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My point is that no matter where you are, how much you make, or how much you have, we are all in the same boat. We all worry about money, health, work, relationships and thurviving. We just have a better view.</span></div>
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The is the bathroom. The windows are screened in and the it feels like you are showering in the lush, tropical outdoors (which you can't see because my iPhone blew out the outside part).</div>
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Athena loves trees. Once we learned that, we had to take her to one of our favorites (the other is at the Hindu Monastery, Dan guesses it's at least 50 times the size of this one) Athena loved it, of course Dan and John saw it as a photo op and while they took pictures Athena relaxed in the strength and power of this tree.</div>
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Dan took us to Shipwreck Beach after that. None of us had been, but this is on the south side tour he does. Dan wants a telephoto lens, right now he has a 105mm, he wants a 300mm. John had a 200mm with 2x teleconverter, so it was equivalent to a 400mm. Dan had to check it out! John has been a photographer for five years now (I think) so he has lots of toys!</div>
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Here Dan gives it a test drive. Dan, Athena and I hiked down to some sea caves and had a funny adventure. Click <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/07/athena-vs-poseidon.html">here</a> to see Dan's shots and read the story.</div>
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Wednesday night at 9pm, Athena called and wanted to know if we wanted to do a little night shooting at Hanalei Peir. John's favorite thing to do, is shoot at night. You'd think you wouldn't capture anything, being pitch black and all, be we got home at 1am with some cool shots. To see what Dan got, click <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/07/taking-our-time-in-dark.html">here</a>.</div>
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Dan had Wednesday off, so he took us to places on his north shore tour. This is on the way to Queen's Bath. Dan has been shooting this waterfall for weeks, unable to get a shot he liked. Finally, he decided he needed to get into the water. John quickly followed. To see the shot he got, click <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/07/many-thanks.html">here</a>.</div>
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Then John decided the waterfall needed a shot of light from the left, so the two of them set out to get the perfect timing (about a 15 second exposure) and lighting. Dan hit the button while John held the flash. Here are links to John's <a href="http://www.freeman-fotos.com/">shots</a> and <a href="http://freemanfotos.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. I see he blogged about us =)</div>
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Dan's ready to hike down to Queen's Bath. I had fun being John and Dan's assistant, but Athena preferred her book. She's sitting behind Dan.</div>
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Queen's bath on a nice day. Somedays the waves are so big, they crash in and carry you away. On our way in, there was a sign with hash marks representing 28 deaths. John and Athena went for a swim. Dan and I, not having brought our swimsuits, explored.</div>
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We found a great secluded tide pool and spent about an hour getting shots. It's an amazing little sweet spot!</div>
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It has a little waterfall, and big waves crashing over the lava rocks. That's Bali Hai in the background.</div>
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Another angle of the tide pool. I'm impressed with my iPhone 4's camera! Every shot on this blog is from it.</div>
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John and Athena are standing on that outcropping. John saw me and we waved and he and Athena headed over.</div>
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There was a inlet that Athena wanted to swim in. But the waves were coming in, the rocks were slick, and she was afraid she couldn't get out. John got in the water and showed her that there was nothing to be afraid of, and showed her how to get out. I was a beautiful moment of intimacy between and husband and wife, and I was happy to have witnessed it.</div>
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Athena got in with her husband and had fun swimming, she was like a little girl. It was awesome!</div>
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We hiked down to Secrets Beach to catch the setting sun. Dan got a fantastic shot, click <a href="http://photo365at42.blogspot.com/2011/07/secrets-and-setting-sun.html">here</a> to see it. We had to hike out in the dark, a steep uphill half mile, but it was worth it!</div>
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I'm going to miss our friends, but I treasure the time we had together. Maybe now they understand why we gave it all up for a new life here. Well, time to get ready for the luau!</div>
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<i>The lilikoi are here! The is the result of research for an upcoming passion fruit article. We called it Orange Passion Love Juice. It has fresh orange juice, lilikoi, vodka and perrier. Dan's concoction will be the featured recipe in the paper.</i></div>
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<i>I interviewed a farmer that produces eggs loaded with omega threes from the fish they feed the chickens. They get off-cuts from the fish market and freeze them. When we got there, he was whacking a chunk and throwing the fish flakes out to the chickens who, in one big flock, chased the flying fish. She gave me 18 eggs to sample and take pictures of, for the article =)</i></div>
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<i>This week for 20 bucks I got bananas, carrots, beets, eggplant, lettuce, kale, basil, oregano, cilantro and spring onions from our farmer </i><a href="http://www.midweekkauai.com/2011/07/crisp-kale-is-a-super-green/"><i>Levi</i></a><i>! I used the bananas and eggs for this mornings breakfast: whole wheat banana, walnut and chocolate chip muffins.</i></div>
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<i>With the carrots I made a salad and served seared mahimahi over it, delish!</i></div>
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<i>We sampled 9 pies (!) for an upcoming article on an adorable and young <a href="http://rightslice.com/2010/02/the-right-slice-kauai-fresh-pies-growing-growing-growing/">pie lady</a>. This one is my favorite loaded with </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_samarangense"><i>mountain apples</i></a><i>. They have a delicate flavor and a sweet rose smell. She left the red skin on so it turned the white flesh a nice pink color.</i></div>
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<i>Dan's print is at the top.</i></div>
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<i>The king and queen, flanked by their chiefs, wait for the voyagers to dock. This is a shot from my iPhone, not from Dan's camera.</i></div>
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<i>Some spears have feathers from Native American tribes. They gave them in honor of </i><a href="http://atooination.com/index.htm"><i>The Kingdom of Atooi's</i></a><i> quest. This and the next shot are also from my phone.</i></div>
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