Trip to California, Chaptah Seven

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Mokihana

When my dottah and I stay down my mom’s da first time, we wen notice had one Farmer’s Market across da street from our hotel. But was aftah my mom wen mahke [die], and everything stay so hamajang I neva even wen try go dea. Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Mokihana

I see my life as being on a journey. I’m not so much about the destination as I am about the journey. I don’t want to ever just arrive; I think if I ever arrive I might be mahkediedead. Now obviously, if my destination was my mom’s hale [house] down in California, then ultimately I want to get there. But I don’t want to miss what ke Akua [God] might show me along the way. He has a way of surprising me a lot of times. Like seeing all the crape myrtles in Red Bluff. Or the koi pond. Or maybe even the puka tree as I holoholo ka‘a down my gravel road.

I see myself as a pilgrim. Sometimes I don’t like what I see (or can’t see) up ahead, but I will keep going. It can be a very difficult process much of the time. Like now. I don’t want to be pau grieving tomorrow. I want to be aware of the process, to be open to what ke Akua will teach me as I holoholo [walk] along. Is it fun? Heck no. This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. But don’t give me the instant destination please. Let me be aware of what You want to teach me.

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Trip To California, Chaptah Six

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Mokihana

Da first couple of days in Los Gatos, we wen get started on da enormous job of deciding who was going get wat, how we going hando if two peeps like have da same ting, and how much we going do. Our maddah was not one packrat (like me, but I wen learn my lesson!), but still had plenny stuffs. Continue reading →

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Tropical Beans In Oregon?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Mokihana

As an experiment this year, I ordered some pole beans seeds from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Mokihana

Here is my offering for today. I took this photo of an old barn up near Lyle, Washington, when Nolemana and I took a drive up in that area. I love the look of the barn, and thought this scripture went perfectly with it.

*** Alla stuffs hea on my blog stay copyrighted. Dat means photos, words, typos, hamajangs of any kine. If u kakaroach [steal] um, den I going hunt you down and give you da giant slippah and whack u wit um until u promise u nevah going do dat again. And eh! I whack hard and I get plenny menehunes can track u down. And eh! I whack hard and I get plenny menehunes can track u down. Copyright © 2008. The content on this blog is the sole property of the author. Dat would be ME! ***

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Da Chinese Chest

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Mokihana

In her closet, foa alla years dat I can remembah, my mom kept one old, old, hand-carved Chinese chest. Inside it she kept all her treasures, like letters from my papa-san, old photos, stuffs lidat. Continue reading →

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Oh Wow!!!

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Mokihana

I am speechless… which is a pretty difficult thing to do foa one Portagee. LOL. Continue reading →

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Trip to California, Chaptah Five

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Mokihana

We wen decide to stay and wala‘au wit Nolemana’s ‘ohana even doe we knew it meant we were going get into commute traffic. Cuz we neva know when we going see dem again, and ‘ohana is ‘ohana. If we had known wat was going happen, den we woulda stayed chru dinnah. But u know wat dey say about hindsight. Continue reading →

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Word-Filled Wednesday

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Mokihana

Amy over at The 100-Acre Woods has this neat thing she does every Wednesday.

This is my first offering; I love the idea, and though my Photoshop Elements skills are only at the beginner stage, I hope to learn more as I go along.

I took this photo of my hibiscus just before I left for California for my mother’s memorial service/clearing out her house time. We were gone for 11 long days, and while going through everything I was going through, it helped to know that ke Akua [God] never let me stray from His shadow.

*** Alla stuffs hea on my blog stay copyrighted. Dat means photos, words, typos, hamajangs of any kine. If u kakaroach [steal] um, den I going hunt you down and give you da giant slippah and whack u wit um until u promise u nevah going do dat again. And eh! I whack hard and I get plenny menehunes can track u down. Copyright © 2008. The content on this blog is the sole property of the author. Dat would be ME! ***

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Trip to California, Chaptah Four

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Mokihana

I wen leave da motel reluctantly; I coulda watched all nā manu and da koi much longer. But we had to be in Walnut Creek around noon foa visit Nolemana’s sistah dem and have lunch. So off we wen go. Continue reading →

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