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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

“The Bug From Hell”

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Mokihana

Holy crap. We’re being invaded by stink bugs. They are miserable and invasive, and they’re driving me crazy.  Somehow they manage to get into the house through our screen doors. And who knows where else.

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Shipping a Spinning Wheel, Chapter Two

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Mokihana

About two weeks later, Debbie was ready to have the wheel shipped. Keola graciously gave up his daytime perch, and allowed us to move it.

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Shipping a Spinning Wheel

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Mokihana

I don’t have the next Montana Road Trip photos ready yet, so will post this instead. For those of you who wanna learn something about shipping a spinning wheel, this is the place to be. A wahine in my Joe … Continue reading →

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Temporary Wheels

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Mokihana

I took my kawila up to the dealer’s to get the sliding door fixed (yep, it’s under warranty!) on Tuesday. They thought it’d take about three hours, so I went prepared with knitting to while away the time. After about … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Thirty-One

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Mokihana

Auwe. No can believe it’s been all these months since I’ve updated our Montana road trip. Three months!!  Wanna go back? K’den. Before heading over Lookout Pass, we stopped at the Dena Mora Rest Area near Saltese. It was a … Continue reading →

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Dear Teenage Bicyclist

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Mokihana

Hey kid. Assamatta u, eh? I realize you were in the bike lane and I realize that the light was green. Did you realize that I was already in the middle of a right hand turn when you decided to zoom … Continue reading →

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Kawila Update

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Mokihana

K’den, here’s the latest. I emailed my car estimate to Don, the towing company guy; he asked me to go see the guy he uses, which I agreed to do. I know I didn’t have to, but I thought that it’d … Continue reading →

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A Bittersweet Story

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Mokihana

One night, at four o’clock in the morning, something happened that brought tears to my eyes. Bittersweet tears. Tears of happiness, tears of sadness, tears of remembrance. First, you should go here to read the first part of this story. … Continue reading →

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Da Estimates

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Mokihana

I really feel bad for the kid who came out to put on my spare tire. I hope he doesn’t get fired. Here are the two estimates.  Remember, these are only preliminary estimates. If, when they get everything taken apart, … Continue reading →

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Time to Guess

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Mokihana

K’den.  Here’s another photo, from the front side of the damage. And for a refresher, the back side: That da kine in the top photo is broken.  So it has to be replaced. And to fix the fender, whoever fixes … Continue reading →

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