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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

Rescuing Ricky, Chapter Two

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Mokihana

Well, Ricky tried to get up, but he couldn’t. He’d thrashed around so much in the mud that he’d made a kind of trough that he was lying in, with dirt down below him.  He just couldn’t maneuver around enough … Continue reading →

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Rescuing Ricky, Part One

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Mokihana

Remember how, in Part Four of the Riding Virtual Shotgun blog post I had to take a webcam break on New Year’s Day because of a major problem with Ricky, one of the horses we board here? Well, this time I’m … Continue reading →

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Abbreviated (For Me) Road Trip Back to Colorado

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Mokihana

This one is in Utah, before Ogden. Suzette and Owen are back in Colorado, and this time I didn’t get to ride shotgun with them because I was gone almost all day long.  Bummahs, yeah?  But Suzette sent me a few … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter Seven and Pau.

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Mokihana

Well, we salted the curve, and I came back to riding shotgun. How do we do that? I drive the car and Nolemana sits on the tailgate and tosses out the salt. It’s not easy for him as I go uphill … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Part Six

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Mokihana

Let’s see…where were we?  I texted Suzette: “Have you gotten to Creston Junction yet?” Her reply: “Passed”.  Rats. I missed them again. I asked if they’d gotten to Sinclair yet, and she said no. They crossed the Continental Divide again … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter Five

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Mokihana

I better hurry up and finish this journey; Suzette and I text a lot, and if I don’t finish, I’ll never be able to scroll up far enough to find our conversations about the trip! Last time, we were almost … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter Four

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Mokihana

Aloha kakahiaka! Good morning! Suzette and Owen were on their way an hour earlier than our time, and this is what greeted me when I got up and hurried to my computer: “Utah!! Happy New Year!”

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter Three

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Mokihana

I should state, before we go any further, that I had absolutely no intention of becoming the obsessive, wild-eyed, vigilant, hyper, tethered-to- my- computer person that I ended up being on New Year’s Eve Day 2017. Nope.  I was going to … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter Two

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Mokihana

Ho, get photos this time!!  Keep in mind that while all this was going on, I was coughing like crazy, and was so tired all the time. So this road trip helped to take my mind off how junk I … Continue reading →

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Riding Virtual Shotgun to Colorado, Chapter One

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Mokihana

Okay, so you folks already know I’m kinda weird. Call it lolo, call it pupule, watevah. I’m quirky. I’m an out of the box kind of person, right? So maybe you’ll understand what I did this month. No? Well, maybe. Gimme … Continue reading →

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