(July 2018) We lost a place this week. Ahalanui, I say with respect and humility, because only now I am learning that Ahalanui is “the great transgression,” a land division. I am not the one to write the obituary for the warm ponds, their history, the coastal trees, the shoreline facing the Pacific winds. I… Continue reading Of placenames
Tag: lava
September 21, 2001
We went to see the lava flowing into the sea. I had not ventured to see the lava since Mayon’s mother, Nancy, died in November. The flow had veered away from the Park toward Puna, so it was time. We drove to the end of the highway and over the now-cold lava that had flowed… Continue reading September 21, 2001
The Singing Forester 