Aloha In The Snow

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mokihana

For the last couple of weeks, the Portland area has been experiencing some really cold weather; temps down to 18 degrees at night, gusty East wind, but no rain.  But last Tuesday, we got snow!  It was fabulous. Continue reading →

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Conundrum

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mokihana

I love talking stories in pidgin.  It’s the language most comfortable for me to use.  I think in pidgin, love to write in pidgin.  If I get upset, the first words that come flying out of my mouth are pidgin.  That said, I was an creative writing/English major in college, and have a love affair with learning new words all the time.  Continue reading →

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Sock Knitters Up in Arms… or Should That Be Feet?

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Mokihana

There is this wonderful yarn company outside Portland, Oregon.  They make the most wonderful hand-dyed yarns for socknitting, among other things.  Amazing colorways (that’s the knitting geek term for different yarn colors).  Real nice people, too.  Every year they come to Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, and I bust my budget wide open.   Continue reading →

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The Spiral Baby Blankie

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Mokihana

Finally I got photos of the round/spiral baby blankie.  I was going to mail it to my brother and sister-in-law for when they would holoholo ka‘a [drive] down to California when the baby came.  Only one problem! Continue reading →

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Da Fog Bank

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Mokihana

Dis morning I got up, wen look outsai da window.  I seen dis bambucha fog bank makai from my hale.  One ting I love about da hale facing makai (aside from da emotional kine connection) is dat I can see wat kine weatha stay coming my way. Continue reading →

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Keiki Gifts

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Mokihana

K’den, here’s the photos of two projects that are pau [finished].  One of my sister-in-law’s kids and his wife just had a new baby, so I decided to knit the little one a blanket.  Continue reading →

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Getting a Head Start on Christmas

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Mokihana

My wonderful friend Linda had a great idea right after Christmas.  Let’s all (in our Bible study group) get an early start on making all our presents and meet once a month to start making our gifts during the year so that we don’t end up like we did this Christmas, rushed and frantic to finish our gifts in time for the big day. Continue reading →

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Smashed Finger

Posted on December 9, 2006 by Mokihana

Today I am feeling owee. 

Why?  Cuz my fingah wen get smashed in one door! I was at da kahakai wit my group of friends, staying in one condo.  Da doors so heavy, and pneumatic.  No no, not like sick.  Da kine close by demselves.

I wen try open da door for let in some fresh ocean air, and somehow my hand wen slip, and dat ten tousand ton door wen come crashing in on my middo fingah, trapping it between da door and da frame.  OMG.  Da pain was incredible. Continue reading →

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Ingenuity: Alive and Well At Vista House

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Mokihana

You’ve seen da photos of Vista House, built in 1917.  For da past 4 years it has been going through one restoration process.  Many times I was sitting at da desk on one rainy day, with watah dripping down ontop my head.  But no more!–more–>

Da restoration is now pau.  It is beautiful, restored to its former glory.  More about that in anodda post.

One of da things dat da restorers had to figgah out was how for put in one lift for handicapped peepos to be able to get to da gift shop and restrooms on da lower level without destroying da historic integrity of da building.  Try look wat dey wen come up wit!

Wea is it?

Oh! Dea stay!

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Dis da lift coming up:

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Still coming up:

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Now I going show u photos from da odda sai of da desk. Up it comes! Dat is da State Parks wahine holding da controls.
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Coming up moa far; get 2 peeps insai.

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Alla way up now!

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Da door opens, da peeps go in or out, den slowly we slide it back down to da floor.
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Pretty kewl, yea?

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Pilikia at Vista House

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Mokihana

What I thought was going be one usual day up at Crown Point ended up being full of pilikia.  Driving up dea, I wen take dis photo of da Columbia Riva Gorge. Continue reading →

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