Love Letters to God

The photos were taken as we approached Ni’ihau on our sailboat Chat d’O.

You’ll notice “I Love Big Boobies” 😉

And they seemed to love us as we were blessed with many of them

flying to see the rare boat approaching their ‘Forbidden Island”.

I was impressed with my camera’s ability to snap such high resolutions photos

while on a rock & rolly sailboat.

Kauai is the oldest Hawaiian island at over 5 million years old, Ni’ihau is a wee bit older still. Notice the details of the erosion that was artfully carved by all those millions of years.

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I recorded this Medicine for the People song live on my sailboat Chat d’O

while anchored at Mala Maui.

This song “Love Letters to God” has many meanings. Here the writer Nahko Bear with

Medicine for the People,

speaks of the Cultural disenfranchisement of his First Nation People in American.

He was born into a traceable 7th generation Sioux Indian lineage

of which he proudly rallies for.

His bit of a religious ‘jab’ towards the mainstream religions

that displaced the traditions of his First Nation Peoples

as he mentions “God” as not a male… But as a woman.

The Mother is often portrayed as ‘God’ in many of the world’s spiritual traditions.

Keep in mind that in most spiritual traditions, this is a metaphorical perspective,

unlike the mainstream religions that demand it to be known that “God” is a man,

complete with reproductive organs, egotistical sensitivities and

those lower evolved reptilian sex drives.

This is how we ended up with so many misogynistic dogmas and doctrines

that the rest of us have to suffer through.

In American,

women no longer have control of their own bodies.!

and, the ‘gop’ is working on removing even more rights for women.

Our nation was founded on religious FREEDOM!

NOT religious nationalism

with the drive to control everyone based on their mis-beliefs.

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The Start of 2020

Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.

After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.

Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.

We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.