Reflection On A Death Too Soon

(Warning: Photos may be disturbing.)

Hearing a loud thump, I race to the front window where I think the sound is coming from, and as I feared, you have hit the window, hard. Was something chasing you that you would fly so fast into the window and instead of finding escape you found glass? Or did you think you saw the sky, open and free before you? Continue reading

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Sumida Watercress Farm

This is just wonderful! Mahalo to my auntie and uncle who forwarded it to me.

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Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

I had so much fun doing the first video that I decided to make another one. This one is of the trip that my wonderful daughters and I made on Mother’s Day this year.

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Nâ Manu i Ka Nahele

Thanks to Debra at Sparrowgrass who helped me be able to do this, may I present for your enjoyment Nā Manu I Ka Nahele, or, The Birds From the Forest (outside my office window) with one tiny hamajang (text wea not supposed to be). OMG. My blog neva going be da same!

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Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed, Part Twenty-Three

K’den. This time I’m not gonna say much, because the videos will speak for themselves. But do me a favor and turn your volume down so you don’t get blasted out by my whoo-hooing. I sound stupit. Sigh.

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Da Humu Gets a Friend… for Awhile

So da humu wen get his latté, right? But Mike thought da pooah fishie stay kinda lonely, so he wen get one idea. First, I gotta explain dat when Mike gets one idea, den watch out! Continue reading

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Da Coffee Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

So eh. Remembah dis humuhumunukunukuapua‘a I wen knit foa Hawaiian Beanz Coffee Shop, my home away from home? Everybody ova dea loves him.

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And yet another reason (or two) why…

The other evening Nolemana and I were driving home from town along Tillstrom Road, which is probably our most frequently travelled road. That’s the road we take to get to Portland, to Clackamas, to church, and most everywhere else heading makai. I much prefer this road to highways, because it winds through the hilly forested areas around where we live and is semi-rural, similar to where we live. Continue reading

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‘Ono For Maui Pineapple

A couple of weeks ago I stopped in at my neighborhood New Seasons grocery store. Well, food and all kine da kine, too. Walking through the produce aisle, something gold caught my eye. No, it wasn’t 14 karat anykine, but to me it was moa bettah. Continue reading

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Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed, Part Twenty-Two

K’den. Back to Yellowstone. Warning: If you don’t like water and steam as well as lots of photos of it, turn back now. You have been warned!

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