This Post is a mini-introduction to Hoalablog. It will be made “sticky” so it appears as the top post on the blog and it will remain so for the time being. “Sticky” was removed, 10/31/2025. “Sticky” reinstated on 1/8/2026 after completion of the post Sci Rev II.

Although hoalablog has been quiescent, it’s still sitting out there on the web, surrounded by countless URL’s, making it difficult for searches to find. Putting “Hoala” into a search engine doesn’t do the trick. The word has become popular. There is now a Hoala Salon and Spa in Honolulu and a Ho`ala school in Wahiawa. “Hoala the blog” still works as does hoalablog.com. I’m still around, and as my younger brother says, “I hope to make it to 100. Or die trying.” At my age the necessary “zone” for writing occurs less often and new subjects are seemingly absent. However, in the last few months there is suddenly great excitement for those of us following science: A full-fledged scientific revolution is upon us. Reality is being fractured: The tile is disintegrating, the ice is dissolving; though, in this case it is not our own immediate surroundings, as in the Koan discussed near the end of post, Reality, but our picture of the cosmos which is being shattered.

Note the menu of posts on the upper right (scroll up or click here if it’s not showing) and the Menu of Links (called Categories for now) on the left. Below this Top Post are all the published posts in the blog. The latest post is the first one below this. Below it are all the posts, latest to earliest since the blog began on April 28, 2016 with the publication of the first post, Comfortable Belief.

Although the posts are somewhat scrambled, there are several themes reflecting the “why” of my bothering to write this blog. A summary of the main theme is the link More Thoughts I. This link will appear in a new tab. To get back here, simply delete the new tab or click on this one. This methodology allows you, as reader, to continue in the new tab and its links if you wish.

If one looks at the posts in chronological order by clicking “From the Start” in the menu on the left one can get a feel for what’s in the blog. (The posts will appear below this “sticky” one.) For a more coherent look click on the categories, “Spiritual Journey”, “Philosophy and Western Zen”, or “QM and Science”. At the moment six other items appear in the left menu. “Introduction” gives more details about the blog; “Home” brings up this main page; “About Ho`ala Blog” more specifically covers what I thought, at various times, the blog was about. “Contact” sends me an email (at least I hope it does.) If one comments on a post or page, I’m notified. “Memoir“, just added, links a series of pages and post excerpts, into a possible memoir.

If you are new to this blog, I recommend selecting Introduction or About in the Links menu at the left. Back to Top