Wastin’ Away Again in Sockville

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Mokihana

I started the second sock last night! I didn’t have as much knitting time because there some interesting competitions to watch, especially the ice skating. I’ve worked on it a bit more today but am feeling tired and kinda sluggish. Not enough sleep, I suspect. Please pass the salt! Continue reading →

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Let The Games Begin!

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Mokihana

Today I was joined by some new Team Hawai‘i Nei members! What a great start to the day. E komo mai (welcome) to:

Carol, who’s making a child’s Warm and Wooly Vest.
Maile, who’s knitting a cable- lace afghan of her own design.
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New Members, A Button, and Tita Cheerleaders!

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Mokihana

Today I got a new team member; her name is Emily and she’s going to be knitting Kate the Cat! Welcome, Emily! Kate is absolutely adorable!

Bonnie is our honorary member who will be knitting socks and other stuff while watching the games and cheering everyone on.

Another friend of mine is a cheerleader, and we have a whole crew of tita cheerleaders! It doesn’t get better than this! (For those of you unfamiliar with the term “tita” (TEE-tah), it is usually a large, well-proportioned, always tough, very local (Hawaiian Islands) female… a woman with an attitude!) Continue reading →

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I Must Be Crazy!

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Mokihana

One of my favorite bloggers is Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, from Canada. She’s an amazing knitter and a wonderful writer. In January, she wrote about the Olympics and how knitting is her sport. Then she got the brilliant idea to have a “Knitting Olympics”, which would start during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, and end before the flame was extinguished. You can read about it here. Continue reading →

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Da Oregon Rain

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Mokihana

Da Hawaiian language get ukupila words for rain: kili, kilihune, (fine, light rain), ko‘iawe, light, moving rain; lelehuna, fine, windblown rain. Ua, da rain, was beloved by early Hawaiians because it preserved da land, and was called kāhiko o ke akua, adornment of deity. Lots of rains had specific names and were associated poetically wit particular places [Hawaiian Dictionary, Pukui and Elbert]. My middo name, Anuheaikauatuahine, refers to da cool, refreshing rain Tuahine in Mānoa Valley on O‘ahu, weah I was born and raised. Continue reading →

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Da Christmas Tree Conundrum

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Mokihana

For da lass couple of weeks I been listening to all da debates about da “holiday tree” vs da “Christmas tree”. For da first time evah, da City of Portland, Oregon, in deah wisdom loloness decided dat da huge tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square was to be called…. drum roll….. “The Holiday Tree”. How stupid is dat. Well, anyway, I was thinking about dat, and decided for turn on da radio in da lua while I was taking my shower lass nite. Usually I listen to http://www.hawaiianrainbow.com or one Hawaiian Kalikimaka CD, but I nomo in da lua. Continue reading →

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Da Sketch From Hell… Umm…. My Masterpiece!

Posted on December 3, 2005 by Mokihana

My hubby and I own one real estate appraisal company. Part of my job is to input da sketch of da hale into our appraisal software proggy from da sketch dat my hubby does on-site. Usually stay pretty easy: 15 right, 24 left, 36.5 up, etc. Occasionally I get one real challenging one cuz of da lolo angles in da hale, but usually I no end up bolohead from tearing my hair out. Wen come close, but so far I stay okay. Today, though, I wen meet da sketch from hell. Continue reading →

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Da Coyote

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Mokihana

We wen have some excitement around here a couple of days ago. Was early in da kakahiaka (well, early foah me!), about 7 a.m., and just getting light. We get two Maremma Livestock Guardian doggies, Puakea and Pikake, who been bred just to guard and protect our sheep and goats. Dey big and white, and do a great job. Continue reading →

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Ti-Leaf Sliding Down Motorcycle Hill

Posted on October 22, 2005 by Mokihana

No ask me why da hill behind my hale stay called “Motorcycle Hill”. Part of da Koʻolau Mountain Range, and not too far from Waʻahila Ridge, rumor had it dat sometimes da kāne would race dea bikes from da top down to da bottom. Adunno if I believe dat, cuz I wen grow up in Mānoa Valley, wea we wen get over 100” of rain a year. U know wat dat means: choke rain. Choke slippery paths, yeah? How going even get one big motorbike up dea? No can do, I think.

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Da Yardman

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Mokihana

One time, up at our hale in Mānoa Valley, my fadda stay working in our yard, cutting da grass an using da edging da kine around by da road. We had one pretty big yard, and wen he go for cut da grass, all he wen wea was cut-off shorts an slippahs an one lauhala hat.

Dis one time, he stay down by da edge of da road, workin’ away. Dis big ole Cadillac convertible, driven by dis rich, white-haired haole wahine, wen slow down near by wea he stay workin. She wen lean outsai da car an call over to my fadda.

“Excuse me, young man. Could you please tell me how much you charge to do yardwork?”

My fadda, witout blinkin his eye, well tell her in his best English, “Oh, I work for free here… but da lady of da house lets me sleep wit her!”

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