Frantic Friday

it (friday) really was frantic! meetings in the morning, noon, evening. aargh! but of course, it's never all bad! met with mel, clyde and mona in the morning. then on to school for faculty stuff. then on to the aquarium for the 'changing of the seasons' event. that was very nice. i took photos of the sun every couple of minutes until it was just about to set in puu o palailai, i think behind puu o kapolei. i'm exhausted! sam gon and kumu lake's halau were excellent, as always.

yesterday was the last day of school for me. i took photos of two of my classes and realized that i would, indeed, miss my students. in my evening class, i took a bunch of scripts of "ka lei maile alii--the queen's women" to school with me and had the students do the reenactment. they had a couple of minutes to prepare and then we went right into it. i think it went well. in the debrief they talked about the need for education and 'out of the box' thinking as ways to resolve the sovereignty issue. they liked the idea of connecting large issues, like sovereignty, with on the ground folks like those who respond from the audience. i think we can fix it by next week, given the range of recommendations offered! no problem!