Category Archives: Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin

I was hoping that when my odometer hit 1000 miles I’d be somewhere where I could take a photo of it. And I was! On Hattan Road in Oregon City on my way to Beavercreek, with no one behind me! … Continue reading →

I really miss my dad. He was an awesome man, so full of life; he loved music, taught me how to play guitar and ʻukulele, passed on to me (and my brother) his love of old cars, had the voice … Continue reading →

  Okay, try wait. This truck is on the road. It’s stopped at a light. I come up behind it. I am also turning left. How can I not follow it? And what about after we turn the corner? Do … Continue reading →

  In the pasture around the corner from us, the lupine is blooming. It is so beautiful!!

Nolemana and I had an appraisal to do up in Government Camp; it was a gorgeous day, and the mountain was out!

  We’re having GW Construction in Gresham build a carport for my new kawila; we should’ve done it years ago, but didn’t. And as a result, my white van was hard to keep clean; she’d get fir sap, fir pollen, … Continue reading →

  Eh. Try look! Stays snowing outside! In June! Nah nah nah. It’s da fluff from da cottonwood trees. LOL.

  I can’t put my license plate on yet because I haven’t gotten my new registration, but in the meantime my license plate frame tells the world that I’m a local girl to the core! But I don’t have that … Continue reading →

  I can remember the old Honolulu Airport, where we could walk up to the chain link fence to either say “aloha ʻoe” or “aloha!”, depending on whether someone was leaving or arriving. I have a photo of two of … Continue reading →