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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

Haying Time… One Bittersweet Mele Aloha

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Mokihana

Stay haying time in Damascus.  All ova can see da various stages of da harvest.  Some places already wen bale and remove da hay. Oddas jass at da point of threshing.  Oddas da rows of cut hay lying out in … Continue reading →

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Farm Stuffs | 3 Comments

I Need Moa Fingas!

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Mokihana

I am good at multi-tasking.  Sometimes I drive Nolemana crazy because I can talk on the phone and do data entry at da same time.  Data entry with numbers, dates, square footage.  Dat kine stuff. 

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Da Evil Knotweed

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Mokihana

We wen move into dis hale about 18 years ago.  We loved da view, da layout, da view, da fact dat Nolemana’s papa-san could move in with us when he was 84, da view, da amount of storage, da view, … Continue reading →

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Farm Stuffs | 11 Comments

My Angel’s Trumpet Stay Blooming!

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Mokihana

I love Angel’s Trumpet (Datura)!  I know they are poisonous, but they’re also so onaona [fragrant] that I rarely think of da bad stuffs about them. Besides, I get nomo plans to cook and eatum foa dinna!  When I see … Continue reading →

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Island Girl Sock Blockers

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Mokihana

I love knitting socks!  In the past when I’ve washed them (I like to hand-wash my knit socks), I’ve laid them out to dry on a towel.  But when Raymond’s worship socks were pau I wanted to photograph them and … Continue reading →

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Da Midnight Marauder

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Mokihana

Tuesday nite, I was so tired!  Had been one busy, busy day, and when my head finally wen hit da pillow I was all ready foa one good night’s sleep.  Kukui, our Australian Shepherd, who sleeps next to my side … Continue reading →

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What Is Da Color of Pau?

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Mokihana

Pau.  Finished. All done.  El producto final.  Eh!  Pau da sweatah!  Nolemana’s sweater is finished!  Yesterday at Hawaiian Beanz I sewed in the “Made with love by… ” label.  After that, there was nothing else I had to do but … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Season in Damascus!

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Mokihana

Wen I first wen arrive on da mainland, I wen end up in da land of brown hills (except foa one month in March) and smog.  Talk about culture shock, coming from green Hawai‘i!

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Da Puka Tree

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Mokihana

So da odda day driving down da gravel road from our hale, suddenly I wen take one close look at da big Douglas fir tree dat stands down at da corna of da litto road.  Years ago, dis tree had … Continue reading →

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Haiku

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Mokihana

Lately I’ve been writing haiku.  Dunno why.  For some reason, it seemed to be the best way to express some stuffs I was feeling.  5-7-5.  How hard can that be?  Surprisingly hard.  Still yet, I tried.  So I thought I … Continue reading →

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