I may come back, from time to time, to the past; in this case to the recent past. I was on my home island of Maui for a month this winter and I am always nicely surprised that the same island never seems to get old no matter how many times I go. When I was a junior in high school I spent an entire 12 months on the island only leaving once (for a school trip to the big island). During this time I was won over by the place (although after a year I did get a bit of the old island fever, or maybe that was wishful thinking because I knew I had to go back to school on the mainland).
The Nene is a descendent of the Canadian Goose. It's fighting to hold on as some of its sister-species have already perished. To spend time near the Nenes is like being Charles Darwin in the Galapagos. It's really nice. The experience can, if you foster it, teach you about what it means, in general, to be an animal on this planet.
The most beautiful parts of Maui are the parts least often seen. This probably holds true for a lot of places.
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