The Brown Book Commentaries

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Image 188 (Page 78a - top & bottom) … These pictures (which I call ―Night & Day‖) show two views
from the ―office‖ where I lived at Borders Books for almost two years straight during my days in
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (2004-2005). Essentially, I would finish whatever part-time work was
offered to me each morning (primarily a prep-cook for an Italian restaurant in 2004, and primarily a
teacher‘s aide at a local elementary school in 2005) and then head to Borders to spend the remainder
of each day out on the bookstore balcony – writing until visited, speaking about Life & love with
whomever might show up, and then writing thereafter until the bookstore closed. It quickly
became my own personal ―sanctuary‖ of sorts, and word pretty quickly got around town that I
was essentially residing there – which encouraged even more folks to visit and engage in even
more profound conversation. It really was a special time & a special place – a time & place of
Great Transformation for myself and a time & place of Great Awakening for many others.
Indeed, how delightfully fitting (and deliciously ironic) that these days had me living in a store
called ―Borders‖ across from a shopping center named ―The Crossroads‖ …
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