• Let’s Talk About Cremation

    When is a good time to talk about cremation? Before Christmas? No. At the start of the new year? No again ...

    When is a good time to talk about cremation? Before Christmas? No. At the start of the new year? No again. How about during a pandemic? Forget it. And it’s hardly an ideal theme at Easter—given the ho ...

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  • A Vision That Is Mine

    “I have too many fingers,” she said, with sleepy eyelids drooping as she stood by the bathroom sink. I la ...

    “I have too many fingers,” she said, with sleepy eyelids drooping as she stood by the bathroom sink. I laughed for a change, and teased her for being a wimp. Imagine complaining about having too many ...

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  • Dancing Into 50

    “Are you a dancer or here for the leadership program?” someone asks at the communal breakfast on the firs ...

    “Are you a dancer or here for the leadership program?” someone asks at the communal breakfast on the first morning of the five-day Hollyhock Dancing from the Inside Out workshop.  “I’m not really ...

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  • A Very Strange Fisherman

    A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiia ...

    A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiian fisherman known locally for his abundance of fishing derby awards, took a detour in high scho ...

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  • Joyful Aging on an Island Getaway

    Rob Selmanovic may be a brilliant somatic yoga teacher, but when you hear the Hollyhock chef peal the bre ...

    Rob Selmanovic may be a brilliant somatic yoga teacher, but when you hear the Hollyhock chef peal the breakfast gong, you drop your relaxation pose and dash like an upward facing dog to the dining hal ...

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  • A Tasteful Awakening on Maui

    After 18 years of living without a sense of smell or taste because of a rare fungal infection, extensive ...

    After 18 years of living without a sense of smell or taste because of a rare fungal infection, extensive sinus surgery reclaimed two long-forgotten sensory pleasures. ...

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