Still Feeling Junk

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Mokihana

Right about the time the huge snowstorm hit at Christmas last month, I started feeling junk. I thought I was getting a cold. But if that’s what it was, it was sure a weird one. Continue reading →

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Applesauce!

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Mokihana

Back in Octobah sometime, Nolemana and I wen holoholo ka‘a to Hood Rivah, Oregon, to get some apples. We wen come back wit ukuplenny, and wen decide foa make applesauce. I get dis antique apple peeler dat makes da job go fass! Continue reading →

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Mokiwarmers

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Mokihana

During the Arctic Blast of December, I also knitted some handwarmers for myself. I love these things!! Kukui was my cooperative background; I think she makes a great contrast for the yarn colors. Continue reading →

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Birthday Handwarmers For Amanda

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Mokihana

Amanda is my hānai mo‘opuna [granddaugher]; her folks own Hawaiian Beanz Coffee Company, my favorite home away from home. Her birthday was December 30th, but because of all the snow we had I couldn’t get them to her till today. Continue reading →

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Trip to California, Chaptah Fourteen, Da Final Chaptah

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Mokihana

So much wen happen since da last chaptah! I get tons of photos of all kine stuffs for post… den we wen get snowed in here foa two weeks. I shoulda updated da blog den!

Anyways, dis da final chaptah of our trip to California. Continue reading →

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They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha, Hee Hee, Ho Ho!

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Mokihana

Let’s see. How many days I stay stuck up hea? Nine? Ten? Da snow is beginning to look like one padded cell! Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Mokihana

We’re in the midst of the most severe winter storm in about forty years.

Gresham, just North of us, has been declared in a state of emergency; 50% of the roads are impassable and the National Guard has been called in. Continue reading →

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Meme… But I Should Be Knitting Christmas Pressies!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Mokihana

Got this from my friend ova hea… lucky her, she’s in Hawai‘i while I’m in the middle of snow, ice and 18-degree weather!
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Pearl Harbor Day

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Mokihana

On this day, sixty-seven years ago, my mom and dad were in their house (which would be considered a shack today) up on Tantalus, high above Honolulu, when the attack on Pearl Harbor began. From ‘way up there, they could see the bombs falling, the smoke, the planes and the fires. Like everyone else, they were completely unprepared for the catastrophe. Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Mokihana

Several weeks ago Nolemana and I drove up to Hood River to get more apples. It was a rainy day but we didn’t care. We decided to drive along the Historic Columbia Gorge Highway because it’s so lovely in the fall.

Despite the rain, there were a lot of people out; hikers in their shorts and hiking boots headed up the trails, some with babies in backpacks. Oregonians don’t stop their activities just because it’s raining!

At Horsetail Falls, which is right next to the road, I was captivated by a rainbow of dazzling color in front of me: the pink of the greyhound’s raincoat which was reflected in the road, her owner’s umbrella, the leaves turning from green to gold, and the waterfall cascading down with a roar.

Lately I have felt “afflicted and not comforted”, but the colors filling my eyes reminded me yet again that ke Akua will give me beauty for ashes, and that this gray season that I’m in will not last forever.

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