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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

Omiyage

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Mokihana

I bet lots of my mainland friends have no idea what omiyage means. So here, I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up: In Japan, souvenirs are known as meibutsu (products associated with a particular region); and omiyage, candies … Continue reading →

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Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed, Part Twenty-Nine

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Mokihana

So sorry foa da delay. We just got a new client with extremely demanding and complicated ways we have to do our appraisal inspections and uploads. I have been building new brain cells for the past two weeks. At least … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Decisions…And Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed, Part Twenty-Eight

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Mokihana

K’den. Should I post about our trip to daboonies or continue with da Mystery Road Trip Revealed? Mo bettah I think stay on track. It’s hard to believe that this trip started a year ago almost to the day. We … Continue reading →

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Out To Da Boonies Big Time on Thursday!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Mokihana

We wen get one appraisal request dat is so far out in daboonies! We neva even wen hea of dis town befoa. Is dis tiny town surrounded completely by forest, wit one population less den 500. Get stoa. Get post … Continue reading →

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No Adobo Comments, Please! LOL.

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mokihana

When we get an appraisal request in, we never know exactly what to expect when we do the inspection. This last one really gave us a surprise!

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Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival!!!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Mokihana

Whoo hoo! Tomorrow is OFFF! Fiber! Yarn! Llamas! Sheep! Color! Friends! Fiber! Maybe even a camel! I stay going! Been waiting all year for it! I love the environment, our small county fairgrounds filled with so much eye candy I … Continue reading →

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Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed, Part Twenty-Seven

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Mokihana

Southeastern Idaho. About as different from Montana as you can get. The land is pretty flat and quite desert-y. There are a lot of craggy rocks and sagebrush and not a whole lot else. It looks pretty barren. But the … Continue reading →

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Jammin’

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Mokihana

Last month I was able to get quite a deal on apricots, something like 99 cents a pound. So I decided to make apricot jam, something I haven’t done in what seems like forever.

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August Sunsets

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Mokihana

We get some pretty incredible sunsets around here, and I keep a close eye on the makai sky when I think we’re gonna get one. So much of the time it’s cloudy and/or rainy… well, from about October through June… … Continue reading →

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Wassap Wit Dat 1950’s Style

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Mokihana

I know times were different then. But from today’s standpoint it’s really hard to believe women bought into all this. Yet at the time, it was normal. Though I expect there were more than a few nay-sayers even back then.

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