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The 'Ole Moons of the Kaulana Mahina are times when traditional farmers and fisherfolk rested or mended their gear and their tools. I found this exquisite painting on WikiCommons. Earlier today I was writing comments on my on-line writers group that began a few moon cycles ago. That group is now blossoming into a place where words play, writers work and play, and in the process all sorts of mending happens.
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Each time I come to the page here the Hawaiian Fisherman is there, `upena (net) over his shoulder and in his hands. Today, a Saturday mid-stream the Ku Moons Mahina is out though the heavy rains in the Pacific Northwest make it impossible to view her in the daylight. The vegetable starts I bought from Pam the local garden goddess will have to wait to be put in the dirt. Puddles of rain collect between the vardo and the orchard gardens. The whole picture of things include this energy that is potent, but must wait. I think of Pete out there anyway, helping with the Hearts and Hammers work-party fixing someone's something. Rain isn't preventing that potential.
I feel the saturated parts of me: sad to think of my 'ohana on O`ahu who are dealing with harsh lessons of the physical body. Maybe, it's the rain saturating me, maybe it's the moon in Cancer. I wish there was more to do to ease their pain, but know prayers are the best watery energy I can send. I stand at that shore's edge with the beautiful brown kanaka and send the prayers as I throw my metaphorical net .......out there~
As you look at those two images of a man and a woman with a net, how might you complete the following lines and what thoughts fill your mind and heart?
"Mending the nets, she ...." or "Mending the nets, I ..."
"Looking at the ocean, I ..." or "Looking at the ocean, he ..."
