what I haven't been doing much of on my vacation...

[aithne]

...writing.

To be fair, I knew that Maui was not going to be a writer's retreat. I've been doing too much, and coming back too tired, to get any real writing in. (Though I've caught up on the latest Shades of the Silent installment--I'm still trying to decide if it's got enough in it to be posted on its own. Stuff happens, but not really enough for a full chapter. Maybe I'll call it part one of two.) I've written an outline for Salal, but actually getting into the mindspace to write Eugenia and Vancouver Island is just not happening right now. It's a misty, chilly place, and I'm in the tropics. I've got a couple of short stories in my head that I might get to writing down, though.

This morning: the beach. This afternoon: kicking around Lahaina town.

Breakfast was a fresh papaya. Mmmmm. I'm hoping this avacado I have will be ripe by tomorrow. It's an amazing avacado. It's the size of a softball. I'm going to have to take a picture of it, at least. There were bigger ones--I saw several that were grown on the slopes of Haleakala and were a bit larger than your average grapefruit. Unfortunately, bringing them back is a no-go. Much as I'd like to.

I can't beleive I've only got two days left on Maui! I haven't done either of the classic Maui things--Haleakala, and the road to Hana. Might do at least part of the road to Hana tomorrow, might not.

I'm a little sunburned depsite all of the sunscreen, but not badly enough that it hurts. Silly fair skin. I managed to find a hat, though, so go me!

Comments

[arielblue.livejournal.com]

I've been to Maui twice and still haven't gone up to Haleakala. I figure that way I have an excuse to go back. As if I need one... :)

I hardly write at all there, either. Though I've never gone alone, which would be more conducive to writing. Still, I just get too dang *relaxed* to do much more than make notes in my journal. Maui's popped up in a bajillion poems written on the mainland, though -- so it's fertile ground in retrospect.

Say hi to the banyan tree in Lahaina for me. :)

[silenceleigh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figure I'm gathering up inspiration. I tend to do this when I go places. About the only place I write when I visit is the Oregon coast in the wintertime. mostly because it's usually not inviting outside. :)

[arielblue.livejournal.com]

I write like mad in Provincetown, even when I'm not there for a writing workshop. I'm not sure why that's so different from Maui. Provincetown feels like home, though -- it feels like my own skin. Much as I love it, Maui hasn't felt quite like that to me.

Can't wait to see what you end up writing from this trip! :)