Haleiwa Harbor
O'ahu, Hawai'i
photo: bruce behnke
(c) 2021
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Friday, November 26, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
meditation vs. contemplation
She knows she cannot catch them, yet she studies their every move.
Is gecko watching a form of meditation?
Or is she contemplating other, more important issues?
photo: bruce behnke 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
Moon Festival 2021
明月几时有
把酒问青天
不知天上宫阙
今夕是何年
我欲乘风归去
又恐琼楼玉宇
高处不胜寒
起舞弄清影
何似在人间
转朱阁
低绮户
照无眠
不应有恨
何事长向别时圆
人有悲欢离合
月有阴晴圆缺
此事古难全
但愿人长久
千里共婵娟
When is there moonlight?
Winecup in hand, I ask the deep blue sky
Not knowing in those celestial palaces on high
What year it is tonight
I long to fly on the wind
Yet dread those crystal towers, those courts of jade
Freezing to death among those icy heights
Instead I rise to dance with my pale shadow
Better off, after all, in the world of men
Rounding the red pavilion
Stooping to look through gauze windows
The moon shines on the sleepless
The moon should know no sadness
Why, then, is she always full when dear ones are parted?
As men's grief and joy, parting and union
So the moon is bright or dim, waxes and wanes
Always some flaw, and so it has been since of old
My one wish for you is long life
And to share in this loveliness far, far away.
Su Shi (苏轼）
1037-1101
photo: bruce behnke 2020
Thursday, September 16, 2021
damselfly visits
with damselflies and dragonflies now regularly visiting my pond I feel like they've validated it as part of the natural landscape of the area
photo: Bruce behnke 2021
Pearl City, Oahu, Hawaii
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
giving life
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself;
it gives life to others as it transforms.
~Lao Tzu
photo: (c) bruce behnke 2011
Foothills of Ko'olau Mountains
O'ahu, Hawai'i U.S.A.
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