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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

Escape from quarantine, but…

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Mokihana

My escape from quarantine wasn’t for anything fun, though.  A couple of months ago my dentist told me that a molar with a root canal and crown had fractured over the years and would need to be removed. I’d hoped … Continue reading →

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CV-19 Quarantine Day Twenty-Four

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Mokihana

Okay, the last time I was out in public was March 12th to go shopping at New Seasons with Nolemana. It was there and back, no other place. It feels longer than that. Since then he’s been totally at home, … Continue reading →

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Talking Story Again

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mokihana

It was another beautiful day in the neighborhood; Nolemana and I walked outside again. I heard Hummingbirds, Nuthatches, Mourning Doves, Robins, and Dark-Eyed Juncos. Like others I’ve talked to, staying home like this I lose track of days. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Talking Stories

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Mokihana

Today Nolemana and I went out to New Seasons to do a massive shopping to last us for awhile. They’re being so good about keeping things sanitized and we felt more comfortable going there than to the bigger stores. Everyone … Continue reading →

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CV-19 and Stuffs

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Mokihana

I have no excuse now for not writing more. Because of CV-19, we’re not going anywhere much. Not that I want to. I’m not going to the gym…even though it’s easy to stay 6′ away from people, I have been … Continue reading →

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A Year Ago Yesterday…

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Mokihana

…we drove up to Salmon Creek Hospital in Vancouver at dark-thirty for my second knee surgery. This is crossing the Columbia River at 5:00 a.m. I was amazed at how much traffic there was at this early hour.

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Da Kine Numbah Eight

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Mokihana

I’m trying hard to keep up with taking a photo a day for 365 days again; I pretty well fell off the wagon doing it last year along about September.  So some of what I’ve done this year will be … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Forty-eight

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Mokihana

Hilahila au to da max. No can believe I’ve ignored my poor litto bloggie for so long. In many ways, it’s been a really difficult year, but I gotta pau this road trip! The last time I wrote was back … Continue reading →

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A Heartwarming Beginning to the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Mokihana

Nolemana and I were on our way to the gym yesterday, and stopped at a red light at Burnside/Division  (four lanes plus turning lanes each street) heading northwest. Traffic was very heavy. I was about 3 cars back from the … Continue reading →

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Stories, Number Four

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Mokihana

Well, for this story, I’m going to re-blog a post I wrote ‘way back in 2005, and all in pidgin. Cuz no can write stories about hanabata days in Hawaiʻi without getting da pidgin in dea, yeah? No ask me … Continue reading →

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