Sun sets over Lanai. Below our lanai a slack key guitar and vocalist play Hawaiian melodies.
Kate and I sat on our north facing lanai just 20 minutes ago and watched a pod of whales move between Molokai and Maui, then head towards Lanai. They breached and spouted, flukes slapping the ocean when they dove. The humpbacks come here each year during this time for mating, then they head back north.
The strangeness of the whaling imagery comes into clear relief when these behemoths play. In fact, there is now a small industry involved in whale watching. One way to find the whales from the balcony is to follow the whale watching boats as they head for the pods. Which seems backward and perverse to me, somehow.
Dinner just came. Catch of the day: ono with fruit salsa. Thai chicken wings. Thai coconut bisque. Smells good.
Bye.
Blessings to you, Charlie my friend, as you return to the original home of us all, the ocean, for a celebration and consecration of your birth!