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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

Ingenuity: Alive and Well At Vista House

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Mokihana

You’ve seen da photos of Vista House, built in 1917.  For da past 4 years it has been going through one restoration process.  Many times I was sitting at da desk on one rainy day, with watah dripping down ontop … Continue reading →

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Pilikia at Vista House

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Mokihana

What I thought was going be one usual day up at Crown Point ended up being full of pilikia.  Driving up dea, I wen take dis photo of da Columbia Riva Gorge.

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Vista House

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mokihana

In a little while, I’m stay going for my afternoon shift at Vista House, overlooking da Columbia River Gorge.  I’ve been a volunteer there since 1989.  Interpretive volunteer.  Dat’s my official title.

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Class

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Mokihana

So, yesterday I was listening/small kine watching Oprah while I wen hana.  Get small TV in my home office, and if I no listening to HawaiianRainbow.com (which I mostly do), I kinda watch TV if sometin good on.

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Da World Through Yellow

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Mokihana

So wat’s widis??  I was at da gym, wen come back and turn on my monitor.  Hah?  Da buggah all yellow!  Like looking through one yellow filter.  I swear, I nevah wen touch notting!  I wen get jaundice wen I … Continue reading →

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Boring/Keiki Blankies

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Mokihana

I gave up on the ugly acrylic yarn.  Not the double-pointed needles.  Just the yarn.  Red Heart.  I hate it.  Life is too short to knit with ugly yarn.  I bit the bullet and wen holoholo to my LYS (Local … Continue reading →

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Double-Pointed Fingers

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Mokihana

  I am trying to knit a baby blanket. The pattern is easy. Cast on 5, join in a circle. Move onto 3 double-pointed needles, just like I use to knit socks. Knit one round.  Then increase in each of the … Continue reading →

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Left Hand, Right Hand

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Mokihana

My madda wen tell me once dat wen I was still in one high chair, back wen dinosaurs roamed da earth, I was ambidextrous.  Switch which hand I wen use for eat, even if was Cheerios oa watevah.  I get … Continue reading →

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Da Case For Good Sentence Structure

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Mokihana

Dis ad wen appear in one local online da kine similar to Craigslist.  Are da clothes oni for peeps from da wrong side of da tracks?  Oa wat? White trash bag of girls clothes mostly size 6-7 but there are … Continue reading →

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Wat Makes Us Local?

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Mokihana

Thursday night, Nolemana, our eldest daughter and I wen hele to da airport to meet our youngest daughter, who was coming home from 3 weeks in Europe.  We were standing right outsai da security checkpoint, so we could greet her wen … Continue reading →

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