Michele Shields
@micheleshields.bsky.social
United Methodist Minister. Quaker. Writer. ACPE
Certified Educator. Director of Spiritual Care Emerita @UCSFHealth. Married. Lives in Hawaii. Paddles canoes.
Certified Educator. Director of Spiritual Care Emerita @UCSFHealth. Married. Lives in Hawaii. Paddles canoes.
If we take some space for silence this season, we will hear the Voice that speaks not only in words, but also in gentle tugs on our hearts and in the beauty our eyes behold in the lights, the sights, sounds, and people surrounding us this season.
- Brent Bill
- Brent Bill
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If we take some space for silence this season, we will hear the Voice that speaks not only in words, but also in gentle tugs on our hearts and in the beauty our eyes behold in the lights, the sights, sounds, and people surrounding us this season.
- Brent Bill
- Brent Bill
New York Times Street Corn Pudding. Added Feta to the top and served warm. Very good.
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New York Times Street Corn Pudding. Added Feta to the top and served warm. Very good.
Curious monk seals approached the canoe. We did not approach them. They were playing.
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Curious monk seals approached the canoe. We did not approach them. They were playing.
A very calm ocean off Lanikai, Windward O’ahu!
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A very calm ocean off Lanikai, Windward O’ahu!
I cannot move. Kolohe fell asleep on my feet.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I cannot move. Kolohe fell asleep on my feet.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
- Albert Schweitzer
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
- Albert Schweitzer
The Happy Thanksgiving Crew!
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Happy Thanksgiving Crew!
Hau’oli La Ho’omaika’i🦃🍗🦃
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hau’oli La Ho’omaika’i🦃🍗🦃
Thanksgiving dinner. Clockwise from the top right: roasted Brussels sprouts with ōhi’a honey jus, prune mui cranberry sauce, garlic and herb roast turkey, smoked meat and sage stuffing, sweet land farm chèvre & chive potato purée, and turkey gravy! Pumpkin pie with a flan bottom for dessert!
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thanksgiving dinner. Clockwise from the top right: roasted Brussels sprouts with ōhi’a honey jus, prune mui cranberry sauce, garlic and herb roast turkey, smoked meat and sage stuffing, sweet land farm chèvre & chive potato purée, and turkey gravy! Pumpkin pie with a flan bottom for dessert!
Our mini Golden Doodle Kolohe is keeping us busy! He is 5 months old and almost 25 lbs.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Our mini Golden Doodle Kolohe is keeping us busy! He is 5 months old and almost 25 lbs.
Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!
Happy Aloha Friday!
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!
Happy Aloha Friday!
We are under a religious obligation to speak and live truthfully, peaceably and simply.
- John Punshon, Quaker, 1987
- John Punshon, Quaker, 1987
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We are under a religious obligation to speak and live truthfully, peaceably and simply.
- John Punshon, Quaker, 1987
- John Punshon, Quaker, 1987
(1 of 2) The Light “calls us to stay watchful, not in fear, but in hope. We keep awake by refusing apathy, by living in love, by holding fast to the light even as darkness presses close. We trust that…(the Light) is even now at work making things new, even when we cannot yet see the fullness of it”
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
(1 of 2) The Light “calls us to stay watchful, not in fear, but in hope. We keep awake by refusing apathy, by living in love, by holding fast to the light even as darkness presses close. We trust that…(the Light) is even now at work making things new, even when we cannot yet see the fullness of it”
One can see the Light in everything.
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
One can see the Light in everything.
Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!
Happy Aloha Friday!
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima!
Happy Aloha Friday!
Happy Aloha Friday!
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, b.1821.
What’s that? Swordfish BLT with Avocado on top! Delicious/Ono.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What’s that? Swordfish BLT with Avocado on top! Delicious/Ono.
Happy Veterans Day!
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Happy Veterans Day!
What’s for dinner? Chicken Cacciatore over rice! It has tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, green onion and basil. Quite good.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What’s for dinner? Chicken Cacciatore over rice! It has tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, green onion and basil. Quite good.
Paddling Kailua Bay today! Take a look!
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Paddling Kailua Bay today! Take a look!
We have to learn to quiet the loud voices of our selves within, to be silent and open, to hear the still small voice of God.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We have to learn to quiet the loud voices of our selves within, to be silent and open, to hear the still small voice of God.
I’m grateful to be enjoying paddling an outrigger canoe with friends on this beautiful ocean!
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I’m grateful to be enjoying paddling an outrigger canoe with friends on this beautiful ocean!
I was early convinced in my mind that true religion consisted in an inward life wherein the heart doth love and reverence God the Creator and learns to exercise true justice and goodness not only toward all…but also toward the brute creation.
- John Woolman
- John Woolman
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I was early convinced in my mind that true religion consisted in an inward life wherein the heart doth love and reverence God the Creator and learns to exercise true justice and goodness not only toward all…but also toward the brute creation.
- John Woolman
- John Woolman
Pan-roasted scallops, green onions, tomatoes, white wine, coconut cream and chives served on sticky rice!
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pan-roasted scallops, green onions, tomatoes, white wine, coconut cream and chives served on sticky rice!
Chilean sea bass in nut crumbs, applewood smoked bacon-lettuce-heirloom tomato-avocado salad!
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Chilean sea bass in nut crumbs, applewood smoked bacon-lettuce-heirloom tomato-avocado salad!