Money does grow on trees... in the form of mangoes =)I suppose I've always been a bit complicated. Lately though I've looked at the idea of being complicated in another light. Maybe instead of thinking of myself as complicated I can focus on the positive and think instead of being intricate. Lots of moving parts, life on heavy rotation, not easily defined. Hey, whatever makes things easier, right?
Today started off with a visit to the hour long Farmer's Market in Diamond Head. Fresh fruits and vegetables are sold well below supermarket prices by smiling locals from all over the island. The Wednesday market is one of the smaller ones and travels, different location at different times for people without cars to buy their weekly need. Everything from bananas to mangoes to obscure asian vegetables and edamame are on sale. I've never been too big on cooking, at least I wasn't when I was in New York, but with the burstingly bright and tantalizingly juicy produce here it is hard not to be inspired into trying a family recipe ;) I have also observed that buying and eating local organic food is less of a fad than it was in Manhattan and more of a way of life, a way of sustAINAbility. In Hawai'i, ʻāina means land; nothing like a literal reminder to take care and thank Mother Earth, yeah?
While walking back home from the FM I pass the Honolulu zoo and often find myself looking over the ornamental horticulture to find the giraffe. He's almost always there, just chillin' and I swear he looked me in the eye today and smiled. Can giraffes smile? I'm not sure but have decided to name him Guido in honor of the word Giraffe deriving from Italian. The Italian name Guido means "life" and today I learned that Guido d'Arezzo perfected a system for notating musical pitch on paper and was the first to name musical notes. kewl beanz.
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