Author Archives: Mokihana

So much wen happen since da last chaptah! I get tons of photos of all kine stuffs for post… den we wen get snowed in here foa two weeks. I shoulda updated da blog den! Anyways, dis da final chaptah … Continue reading →

Let’s see. How many days I stay stuck up hea? Nine? Ten? Da snow is beginning to look like one padded cell!

We’re in the midst of the most severe winter storm in about forty years. Gresham, just North of us, has been declared in a state of emergency; 50% of the roads are impassable and the National Guard has been called … Continue reading →

Got this from my friend ova hea… lucky her, she’s in Hawai‘i while I’m in the middle of snow, ice and 18-degree weather!

On this day, sixty-seven years ago, my mom and dad were in their house (which would be considered a shack today) up on Tantalus, high above Honolulu, when the attack on Pearl Harbor began. From ‘way up there, they could … Continue reading →

First of all, I would like to say that: 1: It was NOT ME who was cranky on Sunday. 2: It was NOT ME who ate too much at our church’s Thanksgiving potluck dinner. 3: It was NOT ME who … Continue reading →

Nolemana’s papa-san was an amazing man. Vitally interested in anything mechanical and not afraid to try anything, when he was eighty-four years old, shortly after Nolemana’s mom died, Roy built an ultralight aircraft for my brother in law. He built … Continue reading →