Michele Shields

Hawaiian monk seal today!

“Aloha e ka lā" is a Hawaiian phrase that translates to "Hello sun," or "Greetings, sun." It's a common way to greet the sunrise, expressing appreciation for the day's illumination.

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. - Mary Oliver

youtu.be/lv5HfKLLabE On Memorial Day, remember this about the one who sits in the Oval Office.

Does this remind you of the golden calf from Hebrew Scriptures?

Salmon tostada, with Irish sharp cheddar, heirloom tomato, black beans, mango salsa, guacamole and vegan sour cream!

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. DailyQuaker.com/subscribe Hope has nothing to do with what you think is going to happen, and everything to do with where you point your life, sometimes in spite of the odds, rather than because of them. Citation: David LaMotte, 2025 Quaker musician and author

Need more zen? Watch the sea otter cam livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg9... 🦦

Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.” - Mary Oliver Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal photographed from afar.

Chicken Cacciatore! My culinary achievement today.

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm, but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves. - TS Eliot, 1948

President Donald Trump followed a bizarre rant against Pope Leo XIV with an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ.

One of today’s joys - walking in a light rain and seeing this plumeria and palm tree.

This:

Given what we all have been through this week, you deserve a photo of Kolohe and his squeaky pink pig.

Tostada with Canadian Bacon, sharp cheddar, heirloom tomato, corn, black beans, guacamole,vegan sour cream & mango salsa! Really ono!

Rice pasta, tomato sauce with ground beef and Parmesan - comfort food!

(To have) “Integrity compels Quakers to notice and address what goes against our testimonies of peace, equality, stewardship, simplicity, integrity, and community. That noticing and addressing — that action — is Quaker witness.” — New York Quarterly Meeting

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is preparing for the next eruption of #Kīlauea volcano (ep. 44), increased visitation & potential for lava fountains & a wind shift from the south. If Kīlauea erupts during southerly winds it could cause volcanic gas (vog) & tephra to blanket the summit. IMG: #HVNP

Cooking ‘uala (Hawaiian sweet potatoes) with coconut cream, garlic, butter and apple banana. It will be mashed.

From the Southside to Eastside O’ahu

Who has time for so much beauty? - Barbara Brown Taylor

Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and humanity. Pope Francis

A moment of peace today.

"We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the Divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself? ...This, then, is the fullness of time: when the Son of God is begotten in us." Meister Eckhart

We no longer take up the sword against a nation, nor do we learn war anymore, having become sons of peace for the sake of Jesus. Origen

At Please Come Again Hawaiian Ice Cream shop: a scoop of Mango Sticky Rice and Miso Salted Caramel underneath. It was so Ono/Delicious.

Bought Banana bread, Molasses sourdough bread, Asiago & Romano cheese bread, Strawberry Cream mini pie, Passion Pear mini pie, and Peach Pear mini pie. Veggies too.

Doing a lot of reading with Substack book clubs these days.

Early Quakers (1660) wrote this about war:

A lovely day for paddling, when the rain stopped!

Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...

Truth for authority, not authority for truth. — Lucretia Mott, 1871
Quaker social reformer

Inform yourself on a bill which would radically reduce Americans’ right to vote! Watch this: www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

This was read out today by the clerk at Glasgow Quaker Meeting - an epistle from the Quakers in Minnesota about what’s happening to vulnerable people under the Trump regime - the solidarity and spirituality to which they’re contributing.

I’m holding in the Light AFSC Quaker Engagement's event, “Love as Action: Resisting Authoritarianism” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/afsc/event/8...

Cluster munitions indiscriminately harm and kill civilians. Yet the Trump administration is planning to replenish the U.S. arsenal of these weapons with a major new purchase from Israel. We joined 35 partners urging Congress to oppose the purchase of these immoral weapons ⬇️

www.resistandunsubscribe.com We just dropped our subscription to the Washington Post, after Amazon Czar Jeff Bezos fired hundreds of writers and staff. Go to this website and unsubscribe; join the economic resistance movement from companies supporting ICE. #resistandunsubscribe #resistICE

Donald Trump wants ten billion dollars from the government he runs. And his unmanly obedient MAGA groupies get real quiet. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/combover-c...

“The pastors’ group that I’m in, we got together, and we agreed that if violence breaks out in Springfield, we have a duty to go right to the front of it and to call for peace,” said Rev. Ruby. In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

youtube.com/shorts/tp3AB... This is inspiring.

Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima! Happy Aloha Friday!

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has been allowed to lapse. The expiration of New START does not make a new nuclear arms race inevitable — but it makes the path toward one far easier and more dangerous.

Kailua Bay!