In 1884, King Kamehameha V offered to sell a strip of land running from downtown Honolulu to Diamond Head to Mrs. Eliza Sinclair, a rancher’s widow from New Zealand, for $10,000. She looked at the …
A Global Guide to A Deliberate Life
Update June 2020: We now have a Volume 1 Ebook! When we first started dreaming of this book, we had trouble thinking of it being something you write in. Originally, it was a coffee table book …
Is Once in a Lifetime Limiting Your Options?
I will never forget meeting with my third-grade teacher about missing school for a week. My family had the chance to go to Hawaii and she listened as we waxed on about the educational benefits of hula …
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How Does Your Food Make You Feel?
... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds. ― Michael …
Friday Night Lights in Niagara Falls
I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life… - Harry Houdini My grandmother used to tell me the story of her first trip to Niagara Falls. She was newly married and she had lavender …
What Gifts Are You About to Receive?
Two years ago, as I was backing out of my parents' driveway in Washington, I was introduced to one of their friends. With three tired children in the car and a ferry boat to catch, the conversation …
