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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

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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Flying Home Wen High Security

Posted on August 10, 2006 by Mokihana

My youngest dottah stay flying home from a chree-week trip to Europe.  Right now she is on one plane in da middo of da US; I tracking her flight on da internet.  I love da internet.  But I digress.

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Springtime In Oregon

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Mokihana

I love springtime in Oregon!  Da winter is mostly gray.  Gray clouds.  Gray sky.  Monochrome wintah.  No get me wrong.  I like it.  I like da cold, cozy days wit a fire in da woodstove.  I love snuggling undah my electric … Continue reading →

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Da Love-Hate Relationship Wit My Computah

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Mokihana

I lovehatelovehatelovehatelovehate love my computah.  I cannot imagine my life witout it.  But dis last week, ho, da buggah wen drive me nuts.  Seemed like it had choke menehune insai, each doing deah own ting.

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Small Kine Cast Socks and Community

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Mokihana

Sunday nite I finished the first small sock for my friend; she was at church with me, so I could measure her foot as the knitting progressed (we have a casual church).

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We Get Snow!

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Mokihana

Usually by dis time in da year, Northwest Oregon gets rain, rain and more rain.  But dis year, guess wat?  We wen get snow!  Not a lot, but was snow!

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Kate Da Kat!

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Mokihana

One of my teammates, Emily, wen finish Kate da Kat by da time da Olympic torch wen go out.  Dis litto pōpoki is so dang kewt!

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Small Kine Socks For a Friend’s Cast

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Mokihana

Tonight one friend of mine, who just broke her ankle in a kinda freaky snowmobile accident, asked me if I would be willing to make her a half sock for go over her toes, so they wouldn’t get cold.

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Da Kakaroach Watamelon Keiki

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Mokihana

On dis day, my friend Judy wen invite me to go wit her ‘ohana to dis cabin dey had in Kahuku. I wen go wit dem before for da weekend, an we alla time had good fun. Dis weekend stay so … Continue reading →

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