☾ she who hears ☽ earth tones, birthstones, and erogenous zones♋Tumblr (3.0; @likealilikoi)http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/ The Lord of the Rings book covers designed by J.R.R Tolkien...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/128d644f881d42e8b7744f2d015c8fb3/tumblr_mirwylS7ig1rasplmo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1606bf4a99a88e8b0d8245b1713d246/tumblr_mirwylS7ig1rasplmo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/256503aefdd2849f2e1b4429ec12c71f/tumblr_mirwylS7ig1rasplmo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>The Lord of the Rings book covers designed by J.R.R Tolkien himself. </span></p> </blockquote>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/52552182930http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/52552182930Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:17:02 -0400this weekend I have to knowingly say aloha forever to the only grandparent I&#8217;ve ever had, my...<p>this weekend I have to knowingly say aloha forever to the only grandparent I&#8217;ve ever had, my tutu, the most solid woman I&#8217;ve ever known. and I am no good with goodbyes. </p> <p>and damn, for so many reasons that I won&#8217;t even begin to weigh you down with, it&#8217;s been a rough fuckin week. life is seriously testing my strength. but, you all know I fight on. </p> <p>after Sunday I&#8217;m unconditionally committed to throwing myself deeply into this work I&#8217;m beginning as an educator (and so much more). strangely, amidst all this chaos and lack of control&#8230; I feel more ready than ever. after all, my tutu once told me &#8220;you don&#8217;t come from a line of princesses Simone, you come from a line of the strongest breed of queen.&#8221;</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/52359303763http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/52359303763Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:02:02 -0400honesty hourdeliverin the realnessyours trulyPololū Valley, Hawai‘i Island. 10 minutes up the road from my...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c80eab4c27a70635dd56bacaa4ac2c19/tumblr_mnodsseJJB1r06vxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pololū Valley, Hawai‘i Island. </p> <p>10 minutes up the road from my new home in Kohala. Exploring the area and getting to know the community yesterday I had so many symbols and signs presenting themselves to me. I can feel it deep in my na‘au (my gut, my intuition) , I am in the right place.</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51817350082http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51817350082Fri, 31 May 2013 14:24:28 -0400yours trulymorning musingscounting my blessingsI Want to Write Something So Simply<p><span>I want to write something</span><br/>so simply<br/>about love<br/>or about pain<br/>that even <br/>as you are reading<br/>you feel it<br/>and as you read<br/>you keep feeling it<br/>and though it be my story<br/>it will be common,<br/>though it be singular<br/>it will be known to you<br/>so that by the end<br/>you will think—<br/>no, you will realize—<br/>that it was all the while<br/>yourself arranging the words, <br/>that it was all the time<br/>words that you yourself,<br/>out of your own heart<br/>had been saying.</p> <p><span>— <strong>Mary Oliver</strong></span></p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51645301931http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51645301931Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400it&#8217;s all happening<p>it&#8217;s all happening</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51547142797http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51547142797Tue, 28 May 2013 04:26:32 -0400i move tomorrowi just got home from the wildest 2 weeks of my lifeholy fuckin shitPhoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3eb0d33002a11309bc27544f9f50da48/tumblr_mhuzryIhdK1r44ytio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51545094633http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/51545094633Tue, 28 May 2013 03:22:53 -0400my perfect best friend graduated today, I’m so fuckin...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c40dfb6e0d672c7034a54796f256b461/tumblr_mn0jv7hmhS1r06vxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my perfect best friend graduated today, I’m so fuckin proud of her<br/> we have da truest love :”)</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50759271510http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50759271510Sat, 18 May 2013 17:33:07 -0400lezbihonestyours trulyI&#8217;m beaming on this beautiful NY day, it&#8217;s good to be back<p>I&#8217;m beaming on this beautiful NY day, it&#8217;s good to be back</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50593090670http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50593090670Thu, 16 May 2013 15:22:24 -0400reunited with my wifeeast coast to island to island to west coast adventurePhoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo5xipQ6U1qeqleio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50408895948http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50408895948Tue, 14 May 2013 04:19:54 -0400Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. — Hafiz  (via dopegalore)<p><span class="quote">Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. </span>— <strong>Hafiz</strong>  (via <a href="http://dopegalore.tumblr.com/">dopegalore</a>)</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50266017130http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50266017130Sun, 12 May 2013 12:16:33 -0400compass sundial watch by Pandeia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef4707036deeabdc66b281a5bdb9a20a/tumblr_mmovr9A5Xk1r06vxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>compass sundial watch by Pandeia</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50258346197http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50258346197Sun, 12 May 2013 10:18:44 -0400wishlistHI madethe social construct of timeKahlil Gibran, The Prophet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7815935da3acec5b382ad919a5ae6a49/tumblr_mlzizn051Q1r06vxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kahlil Gibran,<em> The Prophet</em></p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50141396424http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/50141396424Sat, 11 May 2013 00:07:52 -0400Kahlil Gibranever relevantpossible future tattoo?Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e9d44326fc9647f2a1b1615f882cfa3a/tumblr_mmdz04owQR1qkuw4to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49904516744http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49904516744Tue, 07 May 2013 22:30:05 -0400“I sit before flowers 
hoping they will train me in the art
 of opening up” ― Shane Koyczan, The...<p>“I sit before flowers<br/> 
hoping they will train me in the art
<br/> of opening up” <br/> ― Shane Koyczan, <em>The Student</em></p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49856653000http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49856653000Tue, 07 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400relevantmakalapuadaniellegeo: josh quigley <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8ee2e42731d1a7bc6f2148ef0641094e/tumblr_mlxec9Y8MU1qarr37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://daniellegeo.tumblr.com/post/49154649363/josh-quigley">daniellegeo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>josh quigley</p> </blockquote>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49856379612http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49856379612Tue, 07 May 2013 10:44:26 -0400Photo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb72dreAu41rn1vafo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49756162806http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49756162806Mon, 06 May 2013 01:42:46 -0400and were you being good to yourself?<div class="post_title"></div> <p>[love letter to self]</p> <p>i don’t think so. but, i forgive you, girl, who tallied stretch marks into reasons why no one should get close. i forgive you, silly girl, sweet breath, decent by default. i forgive you for being afraid. did everything betray you? even the rain you love so much made rust out of your jewellery? i forgive you, soft spoken girl speaking with fake brash voice, fooling no one. i see you, tender even on your hardest days. i forgive you, waiting for him to call, i forgive you, the diets and the cruel friends.  especially for that one time you said ‘<em>i fucking give up on love, it’s not worth it, i’d rather be alone forever’</em>. you were just pretending, weren’t you? i know you didn’t mean that. your body, your mouth, your heart, made specifically for loving. sometimes the things we love, will kill us, but weren’t we dying anyway? i forgive you for being something that will eventually die. perishable goods, fading out slowly, little human, i wouldn’t want to be in a world where you don’t exist.</p> <p><a href="http://warsanshire.tumblr.com/"><em>Warsan Shire</em></a></p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49750778236http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49750778236Mon, 06 May 2013 00:09:33 -0400Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkqj08CutE1qzprr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49642769148http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49642769148Sat, 04 May 2013 21:58:01 -0400localkinegirl69: by deni soul<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbslqcetD71qarr37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://localkinegirl69.tumblr.com/post/33439672509/by-deni-soul" class="tumblr_blog">localkinegirl69</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>by deni soul</p></blockquote>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49523771591http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49523771591Fri, 03 May 2013 13:52:55 -0400I wonder how many particles of my soul I have scattered in the sea<p>I wonder how many particles of my soul I have scattered in the sea</p>http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49415846524http://likealilikoi.tumblr.com/post/49415846524Thu, 02 May 2013 00:01:42 -0400yours trulymermaid musings