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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

Trip to California, Chaptah Seven

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Mokihana

When my dottah and I stay down my mom’s da first time, we wen notice had one Farmer’s Market across da street from our hotel. But was aftah my mom wen mahke [die], and everything stay so hamajang I neva … Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Mokihana

I see my life as being on a journey. I’m not so much about the destination as I am about the journey. I don’t want to ever just arrive; I think if I ever arrive I might be mahkediedead. Now … Continue reading →

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Trip To California, Chaptah Six

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Mokihana

Da first couple of days in Los Gatos, we wen get started on da enormous job of deciding who was going get wat, how we going hando if two peeps like have da same ting, and how much we going … Continue reading →

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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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