The 'Green Flash' Calabash

This book comes as your ticket to a virtual vacation inviting you to dive into the heart of the tropical island of Kaua`i Hawai`i U.S.A. Please come especially if you are a capital 'T' Traveler who digs deeper than surface pleasures of a new place connects with people of the land and celebrates differences as well as similarities.You may explore from front to back vice-versa or spot-read whatever pages fall open to your touch. All will be right. By accepting the author's invitation you're assured of eventual enjoyment of thought-provoking segments categorized as Outdoor Discoveries Island Celebrations Eyes to Sky & Sea Umbilical Ties and more including a drink from The Water of Life.Kaua`i island could be considered your adventure to Anyplace World. Aside from particularities of discoverers and settlement the foundational needs and desires of all peoples of the world hold true: A homeland-a place of freedom and peace; a place to work and sustain a healthy life to play and recreate; a safe place to raise and educate children; a place to protect preserve love and pass forward to coming generations.The time span covered draws from the onset of swift modern development and increased tourism that threatens a cherished lifestyle to the threshold of COVID-19. The Afterword deals with the isolation the life-threatening pandemic imposes and the economic and emotional challenges that stem from an isolation severely underlined when an island home already lies as a far speck within the wide Pacific Ocean.The guiding mantra throughout-Believe in the Unexpected!-from the author's Green Flash experience shared with her Dear Readers holds truer than true as we move with hope and courage into our globally-connected future.