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A most beautiful gift of an 'umeke ki'i 'aumakua skillfully carved by a beautiful friend, Likeke Howell. So much Mana to be shared with the beautiful 'opio of the World. Mahalo piha ia 'oe e Likeke. I am truly humbled...

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I let my son know that it isn't everyday that you get to perform a public hula in the presence of the Hawaiian akua Kū...

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He akua...

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I count my many blessings each and every day.And for those less fortunate. A Smile. Lots of Love. Pray...

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This is what Clinical Depression looks like. At least in birds...

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So after I dropped my boys off at school, I noticed steam rising from my hood. A quick glance at my temperature gauge made me realize my engine was overheating. I was leaking coolant. I walked to Walgreens which was nearby and bought coolant. I filled the radiator and let the car cool for awhile. Then I proceeded to work. I didn't get very far before the car overheated. I pulled over on the side

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I guess when you have an interior shot at night and you need to make it look like a daytime scene. You bring in the heavy guns...I mean lights...

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Grace and beauty from the 'opio...

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Sweet soft sacred wonderful you...

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As I gazed upon the sacred pa'u of Nahi'ena'ena...I descended into the deep sorrow of her two tragic Worlds of Light and Darkness...

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As I beheld Mo'i, Mo'i Wahine and Ali'i ma...I pondered he kua a kānāwai. Kua i ke kapu. The burning back kapu...

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I was very proud of my son as he danced different hula today to honor our beloved Ali'i and kupuna at Bishop Museum with his classmates. Mahalo to his beautiful loving Kumu Tatiana...

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The 7th and 8th grade hula and chant classes from the Kamehameha Schools took a rare opportunity to perform hula in the recently renovated Hawaiian Hall at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum to honor Ke Ali'i Pauahi and her husband, Charles Reed Bishop. It was profoundly beautiful to see them perform in a place with so much Mana and Spirit...

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Akua hulu manu. Feathered god...

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Elongated meat platter with support figures from the Queen Emma Collection...

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Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation, January 17, 2012 at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki, O'ahu. Honoring our Beloved Queen Lili'uokalani. Praying for everlasting World Peace...

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Past the Twilight of Life and into the eternal sleep of Redemption...

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I was definitely too close to the action as my ears were ringing, acrid gunpowder smoke filled my lungs and blinded my eyes and I was pelted by hot paper wads shot at me at high speed...lol...but I know you feel like you were there with me...

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Some scenes from the beautiful performances tonight at Kamehameha Schools...

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I hobble along in pain. Slow to move. Using up all my energy to push my wobbly cart with my wobbly legs. Stopping at every trash can to sift through the waste of others. It hurts to bend down to look for plastic hope. Every bottle means a nickel of food. To satiate my painful hunger. Only to burn up the little energy gained searching for more waste. I recycle not to save the World. For it is the

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Chinatown was blasting tonight...

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Pahu Pūlo'ulo'u. E Kapu Moe... Lay face down...lest you die now...

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As I walked in silent gratitude with humility. Grateful for the incredible gift of life. Of love. Of light. With head bowed. I caught a glimpse of the Heavens in the life giving waters of Kane...

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The Setting of the Sun...

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I stopped by Lanikai beach tonight to spend some time with Mahina in all of her bright beautiful almost full glory...

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Ku i ka Pono. Ku'e i ka Hewa. E Ho'okanaka Pono...

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No creature great or small can escape my lens...

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At lunchtime today, I just had to get out of the office and into nature. Luckily, Foster Botanical Gardens was the perfect place to reflect on more Godly things...

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Yet a third face in my shaving cream watching me from on top of the shelf...complete with eyeball giving me "side-eye" action...

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We take some of the most gentle, fragrant, and profoundly beautiful lifeforms ever created by Ke Akua to express the depth of our undying love for each other...

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Her 175th Birthday...

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Homemade Ramen on a beautiful New Year's Evening...

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I noticed this face watching me in my parking garage cement floor...

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This was the "forgot to take off the slippers, straighten out the palaoa, and don't look at the camera" shot while the boys were saying "hurry up before someone in our building sees us..." They mean the girls in our building...lol...

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I tried a new flash on my camera and it totally overexposed the hallway and Koa. Either that...or 2012 is really going to be a spiritually powerful portal kind of year...

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I didn't know what to tell Koa...other than...hang in there...it only gets better...

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Looks like a Boar or Dragon was moving in to consume the Rabbit today. Goodbye 2011...

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The gourd of bitter water...

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More Kamehameha Schools Middle School Christmas hula...

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Koa's hoop dreams...

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Prayers for Everlasting World Peace where love, forgiveness, redemption and Aloha pau'ole...reign supreme...

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Maniacal forces at work...

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Our new giant Safeway...

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Wonderful soft fatty Ahi (Tuna) belly. Just what I needed for lunch. More belly...

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Chicken Katsu from Shirokiya. Good. Good artery clogger...

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Always a wonderful frozen reward for the boys...

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Carrying pole...with carved face. A wooden bowl, or 'umeke, in a koko, or netting...hangs from the 'auamo ki'i...

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A beloved Birthday celebration...of light, love, forgiveness and Aloha pau'ole...

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I stopped by Mauna 'Ala right before closing to Aloha Ke Ali'i Pauahi in a more private conversation on her birthday this past Monday. I thanked her for my education which I didn't truly appreciate at the time and thanked her for providing my two beautiful beloved sons a profound education as well. Tears flowed. I did an oli honoring Pai'ea. I took some photos. I took my dinner (ahi limu

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The giant Gingerbread Village at the Sheraton Princess Ka'iulani Hotel in Waikiki...

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I made a simple bologna sandwich with mayonnaise and mustard like my Mother and Grandmother used to make me when I was small. Then I looked at the ingredients and composition of my sandwich. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0

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I close my eyes and the distraction of reflected light ceases. But I can still see. Even clearer. As I reflect on the Light...

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I have had a glimpse of the bright glorious future. All is forgiven. Everything is done out of love...

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A lifetime of giving. Over 40 years dedicated to our beloved Queen, Mo'i and kupuna ma. Mahalo piha ia 'oe e ku'u hoa Aloha. He inoa no Palani...

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A beautiful father. A beautiful son...

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Altar...

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The boys have good study habits. Homework comes first...

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Tiny dreams...

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Udon at Pearlridge food court...

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Koa playing on his Nintendo DS. I wonder if I grew up with a Nintendo DS and other game systems, how my life would be different today. For better or for worse...

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When I go to sleep...I have my two boys stand guard outside our building. Elliott takes it serious. Koa thinks it is downright funny...

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It is definitely coming...

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Paleka made our beloved kupuna proud. Quiet humble dignity...

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Hoʻihoʻi i ke ea o Hawaiʻi. Restore the sovereignty of Hawaiʻi...

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Mana Inoa...

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A site visit today. To discuss Hawaiian things most sacred...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-26206429974438078802011-12-11T00:02:00.002-10:002011-12-11T00:03:04.095-10:00

The kind loving soft face of a hulu kupuna. A lifetime of memories. Pain. Suffering. Love. Laughter. Choices. Wisdom. Sacrifice for future generations. We treasure our elders. Not because we are supposed to...but because they truly deserve it...

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Kamehameha Schools 7th and 8th grade Christmas hula performance...

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Never forget. Always forgive...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-61169074580695905882011-12-07T19:35:00.002-10:002011-12-07T19:36:44.496-10:00

A beautiful Hawaiian carrying pole with carved figures on each end. Mahalo piha e Kaha...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-63489171865677624862011-12-07T19:29:00.001-10:002011-12-07T19:30:56.087-10:00

Zippy's Portuguese sausage, fried rice and scrambled eggs. Oooooh....

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-83097469044255472172011-12-06T17:25:00.003-10:002011-12-06T17:25:47.985-10:00

Elliott working on his Science homework and Koa serving as Artistic Director...

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Sometimes when I boil water to make spaghetti, I am able to communicate with the spirit World...

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Brothers. Sons. Precious gifts of loving life from Ke Akua. Entertaining as well...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-3505210404302168362011-12-04T13:47:00.003-10:002011-12-04T13:48:08.866-10:00

Elliott dancing hula in his first public performance. Making me proud. Making the ancestors proud...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-65485591177141672922011-12-04T13:46:00.002-10:002011-12-04T13:47:19.840-10:00

Always a long line outside. Always worth the wait...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-69518623708253508912011-12-02T21:51:00.005-10:002011-12-03T11:17:47.911-10:00

In the old days, a Chief, like Kamehameha, could send two stones, a black stone and a white stone, wrapped in kapa cloth, to another Chief, like Keawemauhili. If you chose to send the black one back, that meant, you bring your god, I will bring my god, and we will meet on the battlefield and fight to the death. If you sent a white stone back, it meant, let us live in Peace, as hoa Aloha, as

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-57125688290244480752011-12-01T22:18:00.004-10:002011-12-01T22:21:25.522-10:00

I promise you my sweet child that I will do my best to leave you a beautiful kind loving World without War...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-25679634809912619542011-11-28T20:02:00.002-10:002011-11-28T20:29:44.591-10:00

You don't have to wait until you pass from this life to ascend towards the Light...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-83032461538053541762011-11-27T21:03:00.002-10:002011-11-27T21:05:04.440-10:00

I found a face in the concrete underneath my hallway. Just staring at me. Asking for something. I just couldn't figure out what...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-33232238270273385382011-11-27T21:02:00.003-10:002011-11-27T21:03:17.348-10:00

I really enjoyed the non-stop 300 truckloads of concrete starting at midnight and continuing through the next day to pour the foundation of a nearby condominium project...

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Day after day. Marilyn hangs on my wall. Watching. Watching my every move. Longing for another chance at life. Wishing things were different...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-22881198848381658002011-11-26T20:10:00.002-10:002011-11-26T20:11:25.930-10:00

The best part of pounding your own kalo into pa'i'ai and eventually poi...is the quality control testing and tasting part...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-24031158842525770312011-11-26T20:08:00.004-10:002011-11-26T20:10:07.442-10:00

Koa's ku'i kalo at Waipao...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-22425279521025541132011-11-26T20:07:00.001-10:002011-11-26T20:07:59.559-10:00

An altar of pig...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-78172161175841682962011-11-25T19:57:00.003-10:002011-11-25T19:59:21.842-10:00

Famous last words. Don't worry...we'll catch you...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-36388934638164868322011-11-25T19:56:00.002-10:002011-11-25T19:57:17.476-10:00

I remember days when we were younger...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-65970751943502814592011-11-23T19:05:00.007-10:002011-11-23T19:12:48.420-10:00

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Uncle Buzzy and I had a long talk today. I let him know that his kupuna, his ancestors, and our beloved Queen Lili'uokalani, are so truly proud of him. As am I. He is so very humble. A true Ali'i...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-46830999928622107982011-11-20T23:07:00.003-10:002011-11-20T23:11:59.114-10:00

Treasured elders. Uncle Mel Kalahiki. Uncle Buzzy Agard. How I love these beautiful visionary men...

Ka`ianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732407670402352773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455219076052741721.post-29889909967860211252011-11-20T22:19:00.008-10:002011-11-20T22:28:11.962-10:00

A motorcade headed to the West side of the island of O'ahu carrying President Obama and Heads of State of Russia, China and Australia during the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation...

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