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Love this piece. I have to say, most of my work has been written with the medium mindset of leaving the writer with, for lack of a better word, an action item. Writing for the reader, so to speak, so we get curated and noticed and paid - some combination of those, which can never really be unlinked from each other. My eye is always towards the takeaway these days, the purpose of the story. Obviously that’s open to interpretation for a lot of creative pieces. But what would you say is the purpose/takeaway of this one?

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Thank you for this piece, the photos, and the story. I drifted along with you, the cadence feeling like a gently rocking boat.

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This was lovely. Thank you. I wish I lived around water but I'm pretty landlocked. However, we were in Seattle last month and stayed by the water. It was great. I understand why you need it.

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Oct 14, 2021Liked by Ramona Grigg

Ah, Maui No Ka Oi. Three years teaching there, learning, loving, leaving.After school, if Haleakala was clear, I would drive my little VDub up to watch the sunset, and if I was lucky, the moon rise over Mauna Kea. Most weekends I'd head to Lahaina side with a book and my mat to read and nap on the each. There were so many little spots that I would visit - the streams near Iao Needle, the road to Hana and the Seven Pools, th public beaches (that have now disappeared) in Kihei, from Kahalui around the northern tip of the island and the same from Hana around to Kula and a stop for Portuguese Bean Soup. It's so special, and once we ar further along toward a safer end of the pandemic, I'm headed back. In the meantime, I no longer can drive, so I am dependent on the kindness of strangers and the buses to get to the shores of Lake Champlain, to just sit. There are a lot of private places along the shoreline that if I still drove, I could get to...and I will. I have to plan and that makes it all the sweeter. Thanks for your great memory.

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