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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 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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Trip to California, Chaptah One

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Mokihana

Warning, graphics intensive. K’den. I know I like to take ukubillion photos. Everytime we go holoholo ka‘a I take plenny. I know when I go odda peeps blogs I love seeing plenny photos. Adunno how many chapters dis journey going … Continue reading →

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Back Home Again

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Mokihana

We are back home in Oregon. Back to the green, the mountains, the clean air, the rivers… and where I don’t have to pump my own gas!

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Despite…

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Mokihana

Despite the fact that my mother just died and my life is full of conflicting feelings…

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Da Garden

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Mokihana

Every year, all our veggie gardening has to be done out on the lanai. We had such a cool spring in Oregon that I’m not sure how the veggies are going to do, but the flowers sure are nani!

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