Millennials, the “Generation Next”

Millennials, the “Generation Next”

For you scholars and fans of scholars…. The term “Millennials”, like “Generation Next”, is in reference to people born in 1981 and beyond. The Millennials are of age now to discover their trends of behavior, attitudes and beliefs,...
The Courage to Create a Blog Entry

The Courage to Create a Blog Entry

If only….. blogs wrote themselves. Sigh. Storywriting is very different than storytelling, my preferred version. Yet I have been told that I write really good personal, pen-scripted letters (yes – another preference). So facing the laptop, with the...
The Power of Soul Retrieval

The Power of Soul Retrieval

It is the summer rainy season here on Hawai’i Island, and recently, a friend and I were word-playing, revisiting the well-traveled adage “You can never say Never…” This brought us to wonder if it was ever appropriate to write the word...
The Story of the Pumpkin Buddha

The Story of the Pumpkin Buddha

A few months ago, my friend Sally from Montana was visiting us in Hawaii, and she noticed a smallish statue in our garden, sitting amongst the bougainvillea, that is unique and quite the eye-catcher. “What’s THAT?” she inquired, with a growing grin....