I'll be honest, I never know when my writing is good and when it's just being pretentious. I guess I'm a little pretentious, and therefore the writing is honest.
I think you just squared the circle. I also don't think you are pretentious! My mother grew up in Hawaii, and I asked her last night about. Moloka’i and she said that when she was growing up the island housed a leper colony — part and parcel of the remoteness, I guess?
That is correct! Father Damian is still a revered figure there for ministering to the colony. It's now a national historic park, but permits are needed because there are still some former lepers, or relatives of former lepers, living there.
Gorgeous -- a love letter to unspoiled place.
I'll be honest, I never know when my writing is good and when it's just being pretentious. I guess I'm a little pretentious, and therefore the writing is honest.
I think you just squared the circle. I also don't think you are pretentious! My mother grew up in Hawaii, and I asked her last night about. Moloka’i and she said that when she was growing up the island housed a leper colony — part and parcel of the remoteness, I guess?
That is correct! Father Damian is still a revered figure there for ministering to the colony. It's now a national historic park, but permits are needed because there are still some former lepers, or relatives of former lepers, living there.
Thank you, Erin!