09-05-2005, 04:42 PM
Aloha all!
I’ve just finished reading all your diverse and fascinating stories and was inspired to post too. Last year I bought a fixer upper house within walking distance of the ocean in Hawaiian Beaches. This summer I quit my job as a sign language interpreter in California and moved here permanently.
The life style is so much more gentle than it is in CA, the drivers more courteous, the people less hurried. Every window in my house has a wonderful view of the surrounding jungle. Everything is so green and lush. The weather is an exciting mystery. One never knows when it will rain or the sun will come out. It changes almost minute to minute. In CA I loved feeling the sun on my skin, but here I love the rain, most of the time it is warm and nourishing.
There have been a few bumps in the road since I arrived. I had a bad bicycle accident last month and broke my jaw in three places and my hand in the bargain. My mouth is wired shut while the bones heal. It could have been so much worse: no broken nose, neck injuries, or nasty scrapes.
I still feel blessed to be here and walk (no more bike riding for a while) to the ocean almost every day to reassure myself this in not a dream.
I’ve just finished reading all your diverse and fascinating stories and was inspired to post too. Last year I bought a fixer upper house within walking distance of the ocean in Hawaiian Beaches. This summer I quit my job as a sign language interpreter in California and moved here permanently.
The life style is so much more gentle than it is in CA, the drivers more courteous, the people less hurried. Every window in my house has a wonderful view of the surrounding jungle. Everything is so green and lush. The weather is an exciting mystery. One never knows when it will rain or the sun will come out. It changes almost minute to minute. In CA I loved feeling the sun on my skin, but here I love the rain, most of the time it is warm and nourishing.
There have been a few bumps in the road since I arrived. I had a bad bicycle accident last month and broke my jaw in three places and my hand in the bargain. My mouth is wired shut while the bones heal. It could have been so much worse: no broken nose, neck injuries, or nasty scrapes.
I still feel blessed to be here and walk (no more bike riding for a while) to the ocean almost every day to reassure myself this in not a dream.