Kefe!
Fia Poko Onga Kia ...Oufa! ;-)
That got me thinking about my days in Samoa alright! I loved the Black Sand
Beaches of Western Samoa. The scent of frangipani in the air!
Fa Fatai Tele Lava Micheal!
I loved pisupu [corned beef/spam] and pilikaki [canned mackeral]... umu lava
pisupo... " No More Corned Beef"
I was head of the graphics department for the Samoa News for 2 years.
In Samoa you don't tan... you rust!
Did you make it to the Pago Yacht Club?
All trips must come to an end.... Kalo Fai!
CM
"Michael" wrote in message
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| As I fly, motor, or rail off into the sunset, having finished my tour on
| this particular ship and well worth it it was, I am compelled to comment
on
| one other geo-climactic miracle more to Katy's liking. I do this, not to
| entertain, nor to educate, but to keep Katy from hiding out up the mast
| armed with various galley implements, as she is wont to do in times like
| these.
|
| A bit of Spencerian Style I think, just a touch, is the prescription
| required here.
|
|
| The scene took place in the harbor of the capitol of Samoa. The real
| country of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa where they practice the
| Samoan Way (Fa'a Samoa) and assuredly not in the territory of American
Samoa
| where they only talk of Fa'a Samoa while cashing their welfare checks and
| eating their shipping subsidized 'pisupu' and Spam. But I digress as
usual.
|
| It was the summer rainy season meaning every day it rained like clockwork
at
| thesame time. So hard that from the shore one could not see boats anchored
| nearby nor from boats see the shore. As this vertical wall of water, and
| some air I presume since I was able to breathe successfully the entire
time,
| finished flooding streets, roads,sidewalks andthe underside of houses the
| equatorial sun returned to highlight the cloud formations and at the same
| time began it's final descent to the western horizon.
|
| Steam billowed upward in clumps and wreaths from the land and massive
cloud
| formations, there high altitude cousins, drifted by in haphazard
formation.
| The surface of the earth seemed predominantly greens of various bright
| tropical shades, dotted here and there by a passerby or a large flower,
| pointillist in effect. The sky was of course blue but how to describe
that
| particular blue I don't know. Massive Blue. Overwhelming Blue yet
softened
| by the clouds.
|
| Sun sinks further to the horizon and there will be no green flash here.
The
| clouds are strewn over the ocean like cotton balls scattered on your
| grandmother's rug and out to the horizon in all directions save those
| crowning the hilltops behind us where rests the man who wrote "Home is the
| hunter . . . " Now the sun sinks to the earth and the light of it shoots
| upwards and outwards in daggerous rays, striking deep and ripping through
| the clouds above. The colors, aahhhh, the colors of it all are a silent
| symphony as all the colors of the rainbow, so beautiful to see take turns
in
| bidding us good evening. But this particular day the golds and purples in
| their various shades predominate and the quiet music turns more Wagnerian
| with a touch of the two "B's" for effect.
|
| It's not something easy to describe as they parade past and finally give
way
| to the evening but when the final assault, the final salute ends it
reminds
| one of what the Boston Pops try for at the end of their annual concert
each
| July.
|
| Best way perhaps is to describe the effect on humankind, at least on those
| of us standing open mouthed witnessing the display. The word is tears as
in
| 'from the eye. Such was the effect on me and I thought "Hope no one
sees."
| But turning I saw the same from the others. All of us hard-bitten open
| ocean sailors each with a moist trail of appreciation from eye to chin.
|
| And that .. . .was the best sunset I've ever seen.
|
| OK Katy, come on down!
|
| M.
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| "katysails" wrote in message
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| I think it's all a hoax.....
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