Renata

Other Job
Journalist & Travel Writer

Affiliation to Hawaii
Fell in love with Hawaiian proverbs in the 1990s...arrived in 2000 and found home; I grew up on a farm in the Murray Malley right on the Murray River in outback Australia. Saltwater dreamer, emigrated to Australia from Holland in 1972 and have loved to travel ever since!

Favorite Book
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

Favorite Author
Deepak Chopra, Michael Rowland

Favorite Children's Book
The Senses Series (by me)

First Book Ever Read
A children's picture book in Dutch...

Most Memorable Book Read
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, Do It Anyway by Dr Kent M. Keith and all books by Deepak Chopra

Fiction or Non-fiction
Both - seem to read a lot of non-fiction

What inspires me to write
It's like it just has to come out - I talk so much this is a better way than repeating myself !

Hobbies
Beach lover, traveller, yoga, fitness, health, organic movement, slow food movement, energy healing, energetics, our living breathing planet.

Favorite Music
World music

Favorite Movies
The Notebook, Titanic, Wizard of Oz

Favorite TV Shows
The Amazing Race, Seinfeld

Favorite Quotes
Some of need to sleep a little longer, to make our dreams a little stronger.

Favorite Hawaii Places

Favorite Restaurants
Indian, Morrocan, Seafood

Favorite Activities


Favorite Beaches
Beaches everywhere...so we can connect to other continents just by dipping our toes in !