Comments for The Aloha Bear

Comment on When in Doubt, go up! by Rod Perry

Rod Perry — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:17:10 +0000

Hi Rik! I just finished encouraging a couple of my oldest, dearest friends Drs. Gerry Thomas and wife Beth Collings, who spend a lot of time on Molokai, to contact you. I told them that you used to encourage me to winter with you on the ranch, but it was during those years when the rich adventure that was the pioneering Iditarod was absorbing my full attention, time and resources. Here and there through the years I’ve kept loose track of you and remain a fan of your work. Hope your knee replacement went well. A couple days ago X-rays confirmed what I had long suspected, that I need a new hip. Even so I carried my full pack and kept up with my two eldest sons (25 &26)while on a long pack in for moose last month. Loved, simply loved your encouragement to follow your excitement! God has blessed us each with special talents and He sees to it that we are able to find His gifts not only by what we are good at, but what lights our fire. It’s taken me a lifetime to conclude that I am, even more than a hunter and fisherman, adventurer and entrepreneur, a storyteller. Very niche y, but my passion is for what I call “Romantic Old North.” You might like to check out my very simple, friend-built website to see where following my excitement has led me. By the way, after reading one of my works, Pete and Claudia recently wrote.
Best to you, old friend, Rod

Comment on Beautiful healing moments by Melony Price-Rhodes

Melony Price-Rhodes — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:15:41 +0000

Wishing you a successful and speedy recovery from the surgery. Have thought of you all week as you were preparing for this. May the doctors have great success with their operation. Keep us posted on how you are doing.
A hui hou and malama Pono!!!! Aloha!
Melony

Comment on Beautiful healing moments by Theresa Airey

Theresa Airey — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:04:36 +0000

Hey Bear: It was indeed a wonder-full week and I am also inspired and rejuvenated. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself and the beauty of Molokai. The Hui is so special.
I am sending you good ju ju for a very successful knee operation. Much love and hugs, Theresa

Comment on Bungalow Bill – The Real Story by A Hui Hou | The Nomadic Photographer

A Hui Hou | The Nomadic Photographer — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:50:21 +0000

[...] think we are healing the planet when we appreciate beauty. - Rikki Cooke Wave #3, Mo'omomi Nature Preserve, Molokai, [...]

Comment on Showing up in neutral by Penny Robertshaw

Penny Robertshaw — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:28:12 +0000

Riki, Thanks for sharing this amazing photo the other night. I loved seeing it on the big screen especially as I often long to return to India… and I will.
Happy Halloween, Penny

Comment on America at Home- Bronwyn in the garden by Jonathan Kingston

Jonathan Kingston — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:33:39 +0000

Rikki – Great to see your blogging again!!

Comment on Seeing Simply by Tina Kelly Green

Tina Kelly Green — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:23:13 +0000

Hey Bear…So glad that you posted ‘Seeing Simply’. A thought provoking, inviting and timeless piece! Thanks also for the special reading…and a week that has truly ‘rekindled my creative spirit’. There is so much beauty and there are so many expressions of seeing ‘simply’. Sending Aloha from T & T.

Comment on Seeing Simply by Steve Bunderson

Steve Bunderson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:45:46 +0000

Thanks for rekindling your creative juices on the blog Rik. You words and thoughts have been missed from those few blogs that I constantly return to. It is good to hear the heartbeats and snippets of the soul behind the frame. It looks like I am not the only old friend who has missed the “heartbeats of your soul”. Sunrise at Mo’omomi is almost a spiritual experience. And one that is never forgotten. I look forward to the many ways that you “see simply” and beautifully. The millions of pixels that we now have in our cameras, hot wired for speed and color, are still nothing without the soul and eye of a photographer turning those cameras in the right direction.

Comment on America at Home- Bronwyn in the garden by Tom Ackley

Tom Ackley — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:22:00 +0000

it had been a while since i visted your blog site. i guess i’ve not paid enough attention to how well you write, as well as you “see”. it’s seldom that i get to share this sensitivity with you, and it’s a joy.
Hugs.. you make me proud.
tom

Comment on Seeing Simply by Jim N Joy Coffey

Jim N Joy Coffey — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:17:34 +0000

The picture is gorgeous!!! Wish I could have been there to see the sun come up!