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| Any comments on the name of these gorgeous lilac flowers? Notice the blue center. Wow! |
Whatever plans we may make, whatever thoughts we may enter our minds and whatever experiences we may have, there’s always an “exception to the rule.” The expression is actually “exception that proves the rule” as stated in the following quote:
“Use in English
Henry Watson Fowler‘s Modern English Usage identifies five ways in which the phrase is commonly used, here listed in order from most to least correct.
Original meaning
The phrase is derived from a legal principle of republican Rome: exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis (“the exception confirms the rule in cases not excepted”), a concept first proposed by Cicero in his defence of Lucius Cornelius Balbus.[1] This means a stated exception implies the existence of a rule to which it is the exception. The second part of Cicero’s phrase, “in casibus non exceptis” or “in cases not excepted,” is almost always missing from modern uses of the statement that “the exception proves the rule,” which may contribute to frequent confusion and misuse of the phrase.”
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| A path to the beach in Kapaa. |
Yesterday, after proofreading the post, Tom reminded me of something I’d left out of the post of major importance in regard to our experiences with obtaining visas which was an “exception to the rule.” Now, bear with me if you aren’t interested in visas. This is less of a story about visas and more about an “exception that proves the rule.”
After he read the entire post while instructing me to correct sentence structure, nonsensical use of words all the while fact checking dates and events, he adamantly stated I’d left out a very important aspect to the story.
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| A lagoon at the Kealia Beach in Kapaa. |
In yesterday’s post I implied, or rather emphatically stated, that we either obtained visas at airports, ports or call or at a train station’s immigration desks or online from a company that provides them. This was stated incorrectly. He caught it.
We had one entirely different experience shortly after we first left the US, ending up in the country of Belize, formerly known a British Honduras (reminiscent of what we learned in geography class in grade school). That particular country, unlike most others, requires that tourists obtain a new (or renewed) visa every 30 days.
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This playful dog was with a family loving his/her time at the beach.
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We posted the hysterical (to us anyway) story about the cumbersome process in order to renew our visas once a month, which was required to be obtained in person. For our long time readers, humor me for a moment while I explain this “exception to the rule.”
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| This pale man and woman laying in the sand and sea must be tourists with their pale skin. Hope they took precautions in the heat of the Hawaiian sun. |
In February, March and part of April 2013, we lived in Placencia, Belize on a peninsula, four hours south of the capitol of Belize City. The little village of Independence was home of the immigration office located a long way across the bay to the mainland. As a result, we had to travel on a water taxi, humorously called the “Hokey Pokey” in order to get there to apply for our visa extensions.
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| We surmised this line in the Kapaa Path indicated the beginning and end of the Kealia Beach. |
In the event you haven’t read that story and seen those funny photos, please click here for our original post from February 25, 2013. In looking back, we still laugh over that unique experience. It is those kinds of experiences that add a depth of purpose and meaning to our travels that no tourist attractions can possibly provide.
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| Shallow lagoon at Kealia Beach. |
Anyway, the Belize story was yesterday’s exception to the rule. How I could have failed to mention this escapes me. Sure, I could have gone back and changed it to include it. But, once I upload a post, I’m done, other than to correct any of Tom’s bossy mentions of my errors.
At times, he sounds appalled by an error I’ve made and even throws a jab of “overly grumpy” at me. I always say, “You write an essay every day of the week, every week of the year with photos and never make errors!” Ha! How about that!
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| The Kauai Path has numerous pavilions for the enjoyment of visitors. Once one embarks on the long walk, there are not seating area. For those, picnicking or preferring to sit, its best to stay in the area closest to the multiple parking lots. |
Oh, yes, I make errors and, dear readers, Tom makes errors in failing to find some of my errors. How could we not make some errors. At times, they consist of sentence structure, spelling, punctuation and line spacing. It goes with the territory or perhaps I should say, “Its the “exception that proves the rule.”
Happy Thursday. Today is 5% off senior day at the Foodland. Hummm…
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Photo from one year ago today May 7, 2014:
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| Our time in Morocco was winding down as we were running out of photos ops when many of the shop owners and locals refused to allow us to take photos. We took photos when the shop owners agreed. On this date, we were only eight days from departure and we were excited to be on our way to Madeira, Portugal. For details from that post, please click here. |