tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post7263865093201055950..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Old and NewJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28001355070060960502010-06-09T20:14:19.671-10:002010-06-09T20:14:19.671-10:00There has got to be something positive somewhere i...<em>There has got to be something positive somewhere in your mind.</em><br /><br />It started out as a pale kind of morning, with a silvery light coming in through windows left open to a non-existent breeze and a faint rain falling almost imperceptibly when Koko and I went out walking. The air was thick and perfumed with spider lilies....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-2960274704582136362010-06-09T18:45:10.759-10:002010-06-09T18:45:10.759-10:00"can you find something positive to write abo...<i>"can you find something positive to write about? doom, gloom and complaints - there has got to be something positive somewhere in your mind."</i><br /><br />250 years after pro-British colonists said the same thing in quill and ink, modern colonialists publish it in pixels on the internet.<br /><br />Different time, same whine.Dawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-32835949121484740902010-06-09T05:27:53.756-10:002010-06-09T05:27:53.756-10:00can you find something positive to write about? do...can you find something positive to write about? doom, gloom and complaints - there has got to be something positive somewhere in your mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65396337778494960252010-06-08T08:18:22.349-10:002010-06-08T08:18:22.349-10:00The barking dogs, the crowing roosters, the Harley...The barking dogs, the crowing roosters, the Harley's with straight pipes dashing down the road at 1 m, the ambulance/police vehicles with sirens blazing... The point is that noise pollution also "kills" the environment, and our sanity. <br /><br />I like to read the first two paragraphs of Joan's early morning walks, usually so peaceful and quiet, one can actually hear non-artificial things. Noise pollution, it sucks too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65564690068091005602010-06-07T19:00:00.195-10:002010-06-07T19:00:00.195-10:00"on what it means to be haole in Hawaii... sp..."on what it means to be haole in Hawaii... sponsored by a Nonviolent Communication group."<br /><br />How can that go well...<br />One suggestion, suck it, hang in there for the duration and remember the golden ruleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28519738605637978862010-06-07T16:40:14.195-10:002010-06-07T16:40:14.195-10:00Constantly barking dogs is almost like torture, an...Constantly barking dogs is almost like torture, and if you have never had to put up with it you have no idea how miserable it can be. It has even had me think of poison, But then who would feed the dogs, and they would probably bark all the more!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-42238684239994554572010-06-07T13:53:45.912-10:002010-06-07T13:53:45.912-10:00I think the homeless parking lot idea is FANTASTIC...I think the homeless parking lot idea is FANTASTIC. Hopefully it won't get shut down by tourism boards. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFULAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com