Taking in the history of where I’ve just put my toes… while my teenage daughter makes faces & says, “You’re such a Mom” 🌺🏝️🌋
At ʻĪao Valley, where Kamehameha’s warriors once clashed with Kalanikūpule’s, son of Chief of Maui King Kahekili, I dipped my toes into the stream, and the water felt ancient.
The Battle of Kepaniwai (1790) “the damming of the waters” when the river ran red with sacrifice & ambition.
In a quiet moment, I thought of “Mean Jolene,” how love, like war, can leave both beauty & wreckage in its wake.
Dolly wrote the first chapter. I wrote the echo. “Mean Jolene,” coming soon!”