Green Papaya Salad - Aridoi Restaurant, Okinawa Japan

My favorite salad, namesake of my blog.  Found at a wonderful restaurant in Okinawa, Japan.  Dad cooks, Mom waits tables.  I eat.  Life is good.

Brave Princess

My granddaughter moved to Okinawa, Japan this past January. I always knew she was a brave little girl, and this photo just reinforces my belief. Life on the beach is hard to beat. I see a lot of Pennebaker in her. Fearless, independent, and if I may say so blessed.

...and if you notice the sky above in the top picture...well there's a heart. Exactly where I asked God to leave it.

Uruma-shi

Far to the east, the brown earth yields

to towering stands of bamboo fields.

Where women walk in silken gowns

and karma makes their world go 'round.

Jasmine scent wafts through the air.

Children play without a care.

The sun sets low and dusk is nigh,

as elders chat of days gone by.

This village known as Uruma-shi

between the Pacific and China Sea,

and on a hill high up above

lives a little girl I dearly love.

I'll look to the east when all is quiet,

like I do most every night.

And of course you know I'll send my love...

straight to that hill high up above.