Nâ Lima ‘Ekolu

My friend Haumana posted a photo on da Lanai at Alohaworld and challenged all of us to write a story about it. So you know me, yeah? Gotta write a story! I got Haumana’s permission to post the photo along with the story; most of it is true. I just took a couple of liberties with the locations. Continue reading

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Spinnin’ Through The Grief

Last Thursday Julie and I did some spinning out on the deck again. The weather was wonderful, bright sun shining, birds singing, leaves of the Oregon Big-Leaf Maple rustling in the breeze. Continue reading

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Blackberry Season!

Last year we had almost no blackberries to speak of; the ones we did have were small and had almost no flavor. So this year I waited anxiously for what I hoped would be a better season. Continue reading

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Spinnin’ With Julie On Da Deck

My dear friend Julie came over today; she picked me up where my car was getting a lube/oil. We’d planned to do some spinnin’ out on the deck, and spinnin’ we did. No, not on bikes. Spinnin’ wheels! Continue reading

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Out On Da Lānai

Out on da deck last Sunday, I:

…picked a bunch of ripe tomatoes.


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Getting Carded

I love handspinning fleece from my own sheepies! My favorite ewe, ‘Ele‘ele died several years ago. She was a Salish/Romney cross and looked black as coal. Her ears were so tiny that they could hardly even be seen, a characteristic of the Salish breed. I loved her dearly and cried buckets when she died of old age. Continue reading

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Da Bug Dat Almost Wen Eat Mokihana’s Brain

Early, early Thursday morning. 3:00 a.m. to be exact. I woke up from a sound sleep by the sound of scratching in my right ear. Wassap wit dat? Continue reading

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Ho Da ‘Ono!

Last Saturday Nolemana had to do two appraisals on da makai side of town. Kinda near Uwajimaya! Too bad, yeah? Continue reading

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Da Kine Saturday

Today is da kine Saturday. Litto bit dis, litto bit dat. Continue reading

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Rest For The Weary, Update

Remember when Ricky and Poem came to live with us? It was rainy Spring when they arrived, and some days they had to wear their raincoats. But now summer is here and they have settled in so well! Continue reading

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