Hawai‘i Wisdom — February 2019

The full lunar eclipse over Kaua‘i on Jan. 20 produced a pink full moon for a few moments. Here, the moon is appreciated during a fundraiser event for the Kaua‘i Resource Conservation Program at the Kekaha Boat House on Kaua‘i’s Westside.

O ʻOlepau ka mahina; o palaweka ka mahina; o hina wale ka mahina; o hāhā pōʻele ka mahina.

“ʻOlepau is the moon phase; hazy is the light of the moon; quickly goes the light of the moon; one gropes in the dark.”

Said of one who is vague or hazy in explaining his thoughts, or for one whose knowledge is vague. Source: ʻŌlelo Noʻeau, by Mary Kawena Pukui.