The first morning we were on Kauai, I rose at 3 to sit in the dark and appreciate the stars and wind through the palm trees.  I saw four shooting stars.  I was reminded of my visit to Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine, the Ise Grand Shrine.  All is alive and entwined. 

On Wednesday, I took a boat ride that left the beach at Hanalei to explore along the sacred Napali coast.

We entered a cave where a waterfall poured down from an opening above.

Perhaps these photos I took give a sense of the land we share.  All of this moves in us, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and caves.