Back Home Again

We are back home in Oregon. Back to the green, the mountains, the clean air, the rivers… and where I don’t have to pump my own gas! Continue reading

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Despite…

Despite the fact that my mother just died and my life is full of conflicting feelings… Continue reading

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Da Garden

Every year, all our veggie gardening has to be done out on the lanai. We had such a cool spring in Oregon that I’m not sure how the veggies are going to do, but the flowers sure are nani! Continue reading

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Old Photos 5

K’den, hea one moa. Continue reading

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Old Photos 4

If u stay bored wit dese, no need look, k? I stay having fun wit dem. Continue reading

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Old Photos 3

K’den. Hea’s anodda one. I stay about sixteen months old hea. Continue reading

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Onaona Ka Pua

I survived da day. And now, sitting here at my computer, da onaona perfume of da Night-Blooming Jasmine outside my window wafts in. I could get drunk on dis fragrance. Can hardly stand it, it’s so wonderful. Not da same as pikake, but eh, u know wat? Has its own amazing scent. Everytime a breeze sends more fragrance in, I stop. Inhale it like I’m dying of thirst. Nice end to a difficult day, yeah?

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Old Photos 3

Still going chru photos. Still gotta hana. Dis is one hard day foa me. Hard foa concentrate. I look at alla photos and think about alla wasted potential foa one good relationship wit my madda. Continue reading

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Old Photos 2

I wen drag out da third album foa scan and transfer to CD. Dis latest one da one from small kid time. Continue reading

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Old Photos

I stay busy scanning alla old photos so I can put on CDs and give to da rest of my ‘ohana in chree weeks. I stay da self-appointed Family Historian (my bradda and sistah wen gladly turn it ova to me). Continue reading

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