awaken at 3:33 for quite a day of thanksgiving…at 4:44, floating through a pacific northwest dawn of cold rain… at 5:55, a big bird flies us high into the sky where the sun shines brightly on this potent day of 11-22-11 with a moon waxing full tonight…

while winging our way across the vast sky sea, i re-member today is the 55th anniversary of the assassination of JFK and contemplate his words of peace…

“What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children–not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women–not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.”

as we land in the state of aloha at 1:11, i am feeling such peace and love and joy that amplifies with every breath as we cruise down route 11 hugging the sunny coast and bright blue sea making our way toward the now stillpoint of creation…

rainforest gives way to lava beds as we approach Volcano National Park to watch the sun set in the caldera, womb of creation…

we are at the dawn of creation bathed in the steamy vapors pouring forth from gaia’s womb and kissed by the rays of the full moon and welcomed with flowing aloha by the islanders born of fire and sea…