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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

Throwback Thursday Numba Chree

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Mokihana

Here’s an old photo of me and my brother down at Ala Wai Yacht Harbor again.  I think we were watching our papa-san rowing in. Try look my curly Portagee hair!  Barefoot keiki, hanabata days. Good memories.  I think we … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Twenty

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Mokihana

We were now heading northeast on Highway 86, and as always, I kept my eyes open for pīpī photos for AFK.  I saw these two mama cows with their calves, so we stopped to take photos. Which was really easy … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Numbah Two

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Mokihana

I remembered to do it! This is a photo of my papa-san rowing my brother Kaniela and me around the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.  Our dad loved the ocean, being on the water, and sailing, and I am so blessed … Continue reading →

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Lā Makuahine 2014 – Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Mokihana

My daughter Anela wondered if I’d like to go to Ridgefield for Mother’s Day.  Would I!  You betcha!  My other daughter, Leilani, was out of town, so Anela and I headed out just after noon on Saturday. She bought me … Continue reading →

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Especially for AFK

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Mokihana

I saw this video and immediately thought of you, AFK, my pīpī-loving sista.  Had to post it!  Enjoy!

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Part Nineteen

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Mokihana

Some of the photos from the Battle Ridge area are on my old cell phone.  I have to see if I can upload them here.  There was snow on the ground and I took them with my cell phone so … Continue reading →

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Moving Up In Da World

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Mokihana

At the encouragement from Ryan and Kerrie I got my own domain yesterday.  More geekiness, yeah?  Was kinda scary.  Moving from my blog.wordpress.com was just supposed to take “a few minutes”, WP said.  So I waited about five minutes and … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday Numbah One

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Mokihana

So on Facebook lots of people are doing “Throwback Thursday”, where they post photos of themselves from years past.  So I thought, watdaheck and decided to do it here.  No guarantees that I’ll remember to do it every week, but I’ll try. … Continue reading →

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Cone Sushi-Making Day 2009

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Mokihana

So back in February, 2009, my Gathering friends decided they’d like to have a sushi-making day.  Plenny times I’d bring cone sushi to our potlucks, and they loved it so much they wanted to learn how to make it themselves. … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Eighteen

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Mokihana

Ho.  Weird.  My first real blog post ova hea.  We’ll see how it goes. Everything looks the same as on HawaiiStories, but somehow I feel just a bit unanchored.  Oh.  That’s not a word.  Too bad.  It’s how I feel. … Continue reading →

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