Category Archives: Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin

In a little while, I’m stay going for my afternoon shift at Vista House, overlooking da Columbia River Gorge.  I’ve been a volunteer there since 1989.  Interpretive volunteer.  Dat’s my official title.

So, yesterday I was listening/small kine watching Oprah while I wen hana.  Get small TV in my home office, and if I no listening to HawaiianRainbow.com (which I mostly do), I kinda watch TV if sometin good on.

So wat’s widis??  I was at da gym, wen come back and turn on my monitor.  Hah?  Da buggah all yellow!  Like looking through one yellow filter.  I swear, I nevah wen touch notting!  I wen get jaundice wen I … Continue reading →

My madda wen tell me once dat wen I was still in one high chair, back wen dinosaurs roamed da earth, I was ambidextrous.  Switch which hand I wen use for eat, even if was Cheerios oa watevah.  I get … Continue reading →

Dis ad wen appear in one local online da kine similar to Craigslist.  Are da clothes oni for peeps from da wrong side of da tracks?  Oa wat? White trash bag of girls clothes mostly size 6-7 but there are … Continue reading →

Thursday night, Nolemana, our eldest daughter and I wen hele to da airport to meet our youngest daughter, who was coming home from 3 weeks in Europe.  We were standing right outsai da security checkpoint, so we could greet her wen … Continue reading →

My youngest dottah stay flying home from a chree-week trip to Europe.  Right now she is on one plane in da middo of da US; I tracking her flight on da internet.  I love da internet.  But I digress.

I love springtime in Oregon!  Da winter is mostly gray.  Gray clouds.  Gray sky.  Monochrome wintah.  No get me wrong.  I like it.  I like da cold, cozy days wit a fire in da woodstove.  I love snuggling undah my electric … Continue reading →

I lovehatelovehatelovehatelovehate love my computah.  I cannot imagine my life witout it.  But dis last week, ho, da buggah wen drive me nuts.  Seemed like it had choke menehune insai, each doing deah own ting.

Usually by dis time in da year, Northwest Oregon gets rain, rain and more rain.  But dis year, guess wat?  We wen get snow!  Not a lot, but was snow!