Category Archives: Other Creative Stuffs

Beadwork and Sewing

365 Days 2024, May 6-10

I love supporting this company in Fiji. I bought several of these ladybugs, and they’re adorable. This sewing machine is hand-cranked and I thought it’d be interesting to post a photo of this.

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365 Days 2024, May 1-5

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaiʻi … and here’s a mokihana lei.

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365 Days 2024, April 21-25

April 21st It’s a secret! I sewed this blanket for Jake and Sara’s baby! When we found out they were going to have a baby, I asked my friend Kerrie if she’d ever done cow artistry. She hadn’t, but within … Continue reading

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365 Days 2024, January 16th/Icemaggedon – Tuesday

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365 Days 2023, Numbah Ninety-Seven

…in which Mokihana posts at lightning speed in order to catch up before the end of the year! December 16th

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365 Days 2023, Numbah Ninety-Chree

December 7th I can never write this date without thinking of Pearl Harbor Day, knowing my parents watched the bombing from their tiny house up Tantalus. It was a terrifying time for them, because the radio reports indicated that the … Continue reading

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Moʻolelo

I posted this years ago in 2007, but Photobucket kakaroached my photos, so I’m posting it all over again. My one and only children’s story. Mokihana’s Nani Sailboats See Mokihana’s nani sailboats. See them on a rainy day. See their … Continue reading

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365 Days, Numbah Sixty-Seven

December 16th

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Finding Spiritual Whitespace

I just received my copy of Bonnie Gray’s (Bonnie blogs over at Faith Barista) “Spiritual Whitespace – Awakening Your Soul to Rest”. I’ve read the introduction, and already I can see that there is very little whitespace in my life. … Continue reading

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They Multiply In The Night

I wanted to learn to spin for years. It seemed like something so wonderful, so creative. Nolemana and I had taken a drive over to Tillamook, and in a myrtlewood store I’d seen a lovely wheel made out of myrtlewood, … Continue reading

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