Category Archives: Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin

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Dalles Mountain Road, May 2005, Chapter Two

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Mokihana

I know I’m posting a bunch of photos of the wildflowers, but gosh, they’re so pretty! Nolemana and I get our second vaccines this Saturday, April 3rd, and after two weeks, I’d love for us to be able to take … Continue reading →

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Dalles Mountain Road, May 2005

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Mokihana

I thought I’d post more photos (and even videos!) of our Dalles Mountain Road trip. I’d like to make that drive again this year; after being cooped up for so long, it’d be wonderful to see those wildflowers again. So … Continue reading →

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Dalles Mountain Road and Beyond

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Mokihana

To keep myself busy during this time of grieving for my Noelani girl, I’ve been downloading all my photos from PictureTrail. Now I have plenty of food for my posts. Here’s the continuation of our trip up and down Dalles … Continue reading →

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Too Soon Aloha

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Mokihana

Last Wednesday I had to say goodbye to my special girl, Noelani, whose name means ‘heavenly mist’ in Hawaiian. She’d been diagnosed with yet another mammary tumor and as she’d already had two cancer surgeries, I opted against a complete … Continue reading →

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Dalles Mountain Road 2005

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Mokihana

PictureTrail is going bye bye. PictureTrail, where I store ukubillion photos, even paying for additional storage that would be there “forever”. I even took the time to write captions on my photos. Shoots. So I’ll transfer everything over here to … Continue reading →

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Red Sunset Park 1

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Mokihana

Nolemana and I had been doing our walk in Boring and Gresham, and this day we decided to walk at Red Sunset Park, also in Gresham. I’m glad we did, because that’s where I’ve been walking ever since. (Nolemana goes … Continue reading →

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It’s About Time, Mokihana

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Mokihana

I don’t get it. I’m at home more, and have been writing less. It doesn’t make sense, does it? I’m doing different things…like being part of a team that delivers food boxes to farm workers and needy people. How that … Continue reading →

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I Thought I’d Heard the Worst Variation of My Name

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Mokihana

Well, back in 2003 I wrote this post: Anden in 2008, this one: You really need to read those ones first before I tell you the latest. I’ll wait.

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Quarantine Evacuation Chapter Five – The Final Chapter

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Mokihana

We had listened to music all the way home, and were relieved, oh, so relieved, to be home and to see it still standing. I cried driving up our little gravel road.  I was so glad we’d left the hummingbird … Continue reading →

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A Quarantine Evacuation Tale, Chapter Three

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Mokihana

Late Friday afternoon I checked out pizza places where we could get takeout so that we wouldn’t have to eat inside. I found this one, Lexi’s Pizza, in Kelso. It got great Yelp reviews, so off we went, again leaving … Continue reading →

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