sometimes you just have to be a kook in order to have a little fun
All in Kook Aunty Science
“What is a meadow?” She asked, the hiking boots I bought her walking down the path past wildflowers, “why don’t trees grow here?” It was a question I’d never thought to ask, but now that it was out there, floating in the air fresh and delicious to sip as we moved, I had to know.
As I paddle out clumsily to Flat Island in Kailua, I hear a goodbye call from the shore, “go, Turtle!” He’s using the nickname he gave me because of my love for the ocean, and how I look when I try to paddle out with my weak arms. It turns out, I may have something else in common with turtles. We both cry. A lot. But for very different reasons… here’s more about why turtles cry and why their tears are Thicc!