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About Mokihana

Born and raised Hawaiʻi girl who misses home and loves the Pacific Northwest. I’m a free spirit and love the serendipitous events that bring people and places together. My philosophy about knitting and life in general: “It is good to have an end to journey toward,but it is the journey that matters in the end.”Ursula K. Le Guin

Tropical Beans In Oregon?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Mokihana

As an experiment this year, I ordered some pole beans seeds from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Mokihana

Here is my offering for today. I took this photo of an old barn up near Lyle, Washington, when Nolemana and I took a drive up in that area. I love the look of the barn, and thought this scripture … Continue reading →

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Da Chinese Chest

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Mokihana

In her closet, foa alla years dat I can remembah, my mom kept one old, old, hand-carved Chinese chest. Inside it she kept all her treasures, like letters from my papa-san, old photos, stuffs lidat.

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Oh Wow!!!

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Mokihana

I am speechless… which is a pretty difficult thing to do foa one Portagee. LOL.

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Trip to California, Chaptah Five

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Mokihana

We wen decide to stay and wala‘au wit Nolemana’s ‘ohana even doe we knew it meant we were going get into commute traffic. Cuz we neva know when we going see dem again, and ‘ohana is ‘ohana. If we had … Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Mokihana

Amy over at The 100-Acre Woods has this neat thing she does every Wednesday. This is my first offering; I love the idea, and though my Photoshop Elements skills are only at the beginner stage, I hope to learn more … Continue reading →

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Trip to California, Chaptah Four

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Mokihana

I wen leave da motel reluctantly; I coulda watched all nā manu and da koi much longer. But we had to be in Walnut Creek around noon foa visit Nolemana’s sistah dem and have lunch. So off we wen go.

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Comic Relief

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Mokihana

I had one hard weekend. And da buggah no stay pau yet. So I offer some comic relief. Gotta be local to fully appreciate but. Rap Reiplinger

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Trip to California, Chaptah Chree

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Mokihana

At about 10:30 p.m., we wen pull into da motel wea we had reservations, da Best Western in Red Bluff, CA. We alla time get good experiences wit Best Western, and I coulda chosen one in Redding.

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Trip to California, Chaptah Two

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Mokihana

K’den. By dis time, we had been on da road foa five hours. Poor Musubi. He no stay used to alla travelling, and he wen decide…

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