Winter Solstice

"Na Anela" by Dietric Varez 2002

We're keeping it simple this year for the holidays. 20 months later from the life-changing events of Kilauea's lava eruption that altered the lives of so many Puna residents and those we love in Leilani Estates, frankly we are still recovering. 2018 was a hard year, and 2019 was spent accomplishing a lot of necessary and beautiful construction of our new home. We have no particular plans for 2020 other than to limit the news we consume and focus on our respective artistic endeavors.

As both our interests include history, cultural anthropology and archaeology our reflections at this time of year include the ideas embraced by many world cultures long before the birth of Jesus. If you are interested in learning more about SOLSTICE -- here's a link to a short article:  ABOUT SOLSTICE

We're not sending out cards or even a year-end email; we figured that anyone interested in our lives would take an occasional peek at our blog which has been up-and-running for over seven years now. Here is our "card" -- a lovely art piece by Dietric Varez, a local Volcano, Hawaii artist who died on Lunel's birthday last year. (Na Anela is the next street north from ours, and means the angels). Take care, enjoy life, and may the angels be with you!

Winter Solstice

Words are inadequate to describe this image or, there are so many I drown in them. 

I am floating in warm olivine waters under the full moon at Ahalanui staring deep into star studded skies limned by back lit clouds. A few feet away waves crash over the sea wall and with my eyes closed I feel the power of the wave sweep under and lift me and my body merges with all that surrounds me.  I stare at the moon so long that even when I close my eyes the curved image remains illuminated on the cave wall of my eyelids.  As the boundaries of my body dissolve I wonder, fleetingly, just how does one artistically express the shear enormity and intimacy of this moment as the photons of moonlight invite my DNA to dance.

Winter Solstice 2013