Da Sheep Doctor

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Mokihana

U like hear my hospito funny?

Dis was about 8 years ago. Nolemana had to have surgery foa someting. I knew was going be one long wait, so I wen take my portable spinning wheel along wit some dyed, purple wool foa spin. Continue reading →

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One Picnic at Eagle Fern Park

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Mokihana

So yesterday I wen tell Nolemana, “Eh, let’s go on one picnic dis aftanoon!” So we wen decide on Eagle Fern Park, one cool, shady park in Eagle Creek, about 20 minutes away. We really like dis park cuz is right by da rivah. Continue reading →

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Tropical Color in Damascus!

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Mokihana

Every Fall, when temperatures begin to drop dangerously low foa my tropical plants (of which get many!), Nolemana resigns himself to the fact that our dining room, which really isn’t a dining room at all (because it’s filled with all my creative stuffs like yarn and fleece and beads and Hawaiian quilting and… oh, nemmine!), will now be crowded with the plants that can’t winter outdoors. Continue reading →

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Blessed, Blessed Rain!!

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Mokihana

I woke up several nights ago to the sound of rain falling.  I lay in bed, just listening as the parched land soaked up all the glorious water.  I felt some wild thing in me that had been unleashed in the 100+ degree heat of just a few days before quiet down and relax. Continue reading →

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Da Outlook: Not Too Good

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Mokihana

So dea I was, getting ready foa back up all my Outlook folders.  I try foa do dat regularly.  Cuz I get so many emails dat I saving foa remind me of passwords, important emails, spesho kine emails from friends dat I like keep foa da dark days to remind me dat dey care. Continue reading →

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Ho, Da HOT!

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Mokihana

Today I wen holoholo ka‘a into town (Gresham) for go gym.  I like go gym early cuz I knew was going be choke hot today.  Sweat at da gym, den go out and sweat moa?  I no tink so! Continue reading →

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Da Sheep’s In Da Meadow, Da Cow Is Wea?

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Mokihana

Eh, anybody rememba dis nursery rhyme?

“Litto Boy Blue, come blow yoa horn, da sheep’s in da meadow, da cow’s in da corn!”   Continue reading →

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Haying Time… One Bittersweet Mele Aloha

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Mokihana

Stay haying time in Damascus.  All ova can see da various stages of da harvest.  Some places already wen bale and remove da hay. Oddas jass at da point of threshing.  Oddas da rows of cut hay lying out in da hot sun waiting foa da tractor to come along and rake um, leaving da rows full of fluffy hay. Continue reading →

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I Need Moa Fingas!

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Mokihana

I am good at multi-tasking.  Sometimes I drive Nolemana crazy because I can talk on the phone and do data entry at da same time.  Data entry with numbers, dates, square footage.  Dat kine stuff.  Continue reading →

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Da Evil Knotweed

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Mokihana

We wen move into dis hale about 18 years ago.  We loved da view, da layout, da view, da fact dat Nolemana’s papa-san could move in with us when he was 84, da view, da amount of storage, da view, da pasture for da livestock, da view, da forest behind us, da quiet of twelve acres and no nearby neighbors, and oh, I wen menshun da view? Continue reading →

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