Da Kamikaze Kakaroach

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Mokihana

In our side yard, up Mānoa Valley, get plenny kakaroaches. Anybody who wen live in Hawai‘i know how bad dem buggahs stay. At night, all u gotta do is open da light an ho, alla kakaroaches run scurrying for da dark places. In da cupboards, in da cracks in da floor, in closets, everyweah! Dey so ugalee an from small kid time I stay sked of dem. Continue reading →

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Chicken Skin at Midnite

Posted on October 17, 2005 by Mokihana

Wen I wuz twelve, my madda wen let me staht babysit foa da neighbas’ keiki. Da one ‘ohana wen call me da most wen stay up around da loop from wea I wen live. Dey get 5 keiki, from one yea old to about 10. Da makuahine, ho, she no like clean da hale, wuz alla time all mess up. So wen I wen ovah dea, I wen clean da kitchen foa her cuz I wen feel bad she get so many keiki an so much hana foa her to do. Wen I stay pau wit dat den I watch TV till dey get home. Continue reading →

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Imua! I have begun again.

Posted on March 14, 2005 by Mokihana

On Saturday I began again to knit the poncho for my daughter. So far so good. I am going more slowly with it this time; knowing that I don’t have to meet a certain deadline is helping, though I don’t want her to have to wait too long. Continue reading →

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Knitting Disaster!

Posted on March 13, 2005 by Mokihana

My daughter had longingly looked at the picture of this poncho, and said she’d love to have me knit it for her. This was months ago. I didn’t get it done for Christmas, so I hoped she’d forgotten about it so that I could really surprise her on her birthday in March. Continue reading →

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Mokihana Wen Get Socked!

Posted on March 5, 2005 by Mokihana

Growing up in Hawai‘i I rarely wore socks. Slippers, yes. Barefoot, yes. The only socks I ever wore were in tennis shoes, and my feet rebelled every moment.

However, my move to Oregon has made it clear that snow and ice were not compatible with either bare feet or slippers. At least not with my feet. I wear slippers or sandals barefoot as long as I can stand it, but eventually, the cold wins out. Continue reading →

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Birthday Cruise on the Willamette River!

Posted on June 20, 2004 by Mokihana

Well, today our daughters treated my husband and me to a Brunch cruise on the Portland Spirit for my birthday, his birthday (next week) and Father’s Day. It was a 2-hour cruise up the Willamette River, on a beautiful Portland, Oregon afternoon, sunny and warm. Continue reading →

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Mokihana’s Hawaiian Quilting Journey: Part Three

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Mokihana

Yeah, yeah, yeah…. eh! Weah stay Part Two anden!!

Well, before I had a chance to finish that, along came the opportunity to take another class with Nancy Lee Chong, this time in Hawaiian Quilt Design. Actually, the class is part of a 3-day one, but as I’ve already taken the rest of the classes from her, I’m going to concentrate on just the principles of design this time. Continue reading →

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The Side-Tracked Hawaiian Quilter

Posted on May 31, 2004 by Mokihana

Well, if only I had all the time in the world and didn’t have to work! My creative energy seems to have taken a different path for awhile. I was with a group of my wahine friends, knitting away on a blanket that I’m making, which contains my very first handspinning (from my own sheep!) and knitting efforts. Continue reading →

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Mokihana’s Hawaiian Quilting Journey: Class and the start of a quilt! Part One

Posted on November 3, 2003 by Mokihana

Oh wow. The class with Nancy Lee Chong was fantastic! I was a great enabler and encouraged my friends Susie and Julie to take the plunge too. The class was held at A Common Thread quilt store in Lake Oswego, a wonderful place filled with absolutely wonderful fabrics.

Nancy is an awesome teacher! She’s friendly, informative and extremely knowledgeable. She made learning fun, and had all kinds of tip and techniques to show us, so that by the end of the weekend we all had a working knowledge of how to begin our quilts. Continue reading →

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Variations on a Hawaiian Name

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Mokihana

I love my name! It sings to me when I say it or hear it… singing to me of my island home, of ku‘u one hānau. Singing of the cool trade winds, the rainbows in Mānoa Valley where I was born and raised, of the scent of flowers, the sounds of pidgin, the ono grindz, the Hawaiian music. I love that back home everyone knows how to pronounce it! Continue reading →

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