Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Reuben Tarn - 1916-1991 V
3. Contents VII
4. Pacific Geology
5. Letter from Kaua'i 1
6. Kealia Lookout 6
7. 'A'a 7
8. Hawaiian Archipelago 8
9. Each Step You Take 9
10. Waking to Makaleha 10
11. To Anahola Mountain 11
12. Looking for Wainiha 12
13. At Ke'e 13
14. Lapping 14
15. Inter-Island Flight 15
16. Tectonic 16
17. Sphere 17
18. Story of an Archipelago 18
19. North
20. Yukon 21
21. Maligne Lake Mountains 26
22. Oregon 28
23. Monhegan, October 29
24. Off Maine 30
25. Sphagnum 31
26. Colony in Rock 32
27. Falling 34
28. Island Night 35
29. Kaua'i from Monhegan 36
30. From Kaua'i to Fundy 37
31. Ways to the Stars 38
32. Sea
33. We Live by the Sea 41
34. If You Think the Sea Alien 46
35. Where the Island Ended 47
36. Adjectives for Sand 48
37. Sandbars 49
38. Ways to the Sea 50
39. Phyla 52
40. Night Sea 53
41. The Band of the Sea 54
42. Waipouli Reef 55
43. Survival
44. Bikini 57
45. Gathering Seaweed 62
46. Shells 64
47. In Micronesia 65
48. From Meadow Rue 66
49. Crawling 67
50. Moon 68
51. The Ironwoods 69
52. High Tide 70
53. The Quiet Side of the Island 71
54. Other Strategies 72
55. Ghost Dogs of Hata 'ula 73
56. In the Vastness of Zero 74
57. Homestead
58. Groundwater 77
59. The Rainbow Shower 82
60. My Kealia Landscape 84
61. The Hills of East KauaH 86
62. Liliko'i 87
63. Humus 88
64. Constellations of Aphids 89
65. Inside the Island 90
66. From Kllauea Point 91
67. Return to First Land 92
68. Full Moon Time 93
69. In the Slant of Morning 94
70. Stopping Before Olohena 95
71. Being Here on the Seventh 96
72. Teach Me Web 97
73. The Dark That Folds the Leaves 98
74. Night on a Hill 100