Grateful for the life and life-givers




The lovely and loving meal with our friends who shared their hearts, their space and their delicious food was a sweet and significant shift in our safety pin sort of life. Safety pins are wonderful tools: moveable and small magic. 

But, sometimes the need for connection that is more binding is the right new, next step. We give thanks for all the safety pins along the way! Above, are our human friends, Dan, Steph, and Jude. Our more than human friends in the videos are: Eclipse, The Hens, The Goats, and the many many tree and plant people of Camp Bamboo.


 



Pete and I are settling into the land we call Ke Kuapa 'o Maxwelton Creek the wall surrounding the water of Maxwelton Creek. With help from Kekuhi Kealiikanakaole and her "audacity" to teach Hawaiian lifeways and oli on the internet, the naming of this space was given a little bit of grammatical correction so I could call out to the land when Pete and I pulled up with our vardo for two. 

Before assuming we are welcome, in the Hawaiian mind-set you ask permission first. This is called a Mele Komo. The chant I was taught during the month of training in Oli Honua I is this one. I asked Kekuhi to help me to prepare us for our move, explaining what we have been doing to respectfully build relationship with the land. Kekuhi has given us learners permission to share what we learn with these cautions:

Teach it the way we were taught.

Do not use any of these teachings to dismantle anyone else's practices.

In the spirit of continuity, and audacity, to share responsibility via blogging, I give thanks to the life we are living and give thanks to the life-givers human and more than human. This new blog begins with a Mele Komo to ask permission to be on the wall of the water of Maxwelton Creek.


Mele Komo

Composed by Kekuhi Kealiikanakaole, August 2020, Pana'ewa for Oli Honua I learners 

He leo aloha keia

Ia 'oe e ka 'aina 'o Ke Kuapa 'o Maxwelton Creek

E 'ae mai i ke komo

I hele a kama'aina kaua, e Ke Kuapa 'o Maxwelton Creek

A he leo

A he leo wale no e

After saying goodnight to Ka La the sun from our home at Ke Kuapa 'o Maxwelton Creek

 E Ola E! Life is grand.


 


Comments

  1. LaraMay 13, 2021 at 1:29 PM

    OH! I love it so much! What a beautiful place... what charming goats. I love bamboo!

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    1. Mokihana CalizarMay 13, 2021 at 2:09 PM

      Yes Camp Bamboo is beautiful, and such a loving place to teach us more about love; and the goats were such great closest neighbors. Only 2.5 miles from our home we'll go visit them all and invite them to come see us at the wall surrounding the water. The goats will probably need to stay up the hill, but ... one never knows. Thanks for the message Satori!! xo

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  2. Aunty EMay 14, 2021 at 9:29 AM

    How blessed you, they, and it all are!

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    1. Mokihana CalizarMay 17, 2021 at 6:24 AM

      Mahalo Elaine. We're due a connect, real soon!! xo

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