Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
“Weight on the heel of your foot, not the toe like a haole.” “In hula you always want to keep your knees apart. If you keep them straight you will ruin your knees.” “Keep your knees bent. Closer together! That’s vulgar!” “Girls, you need to learn more about your anatomy. I was trying to use the…
A surfer out at the Lanikai reef caught a wave as the sun set behind us and the moon rose in the east. Tonight the kids and I worked on one of my New Year’s Resolutions: spend more time outside after Eloise’s nap. This is a challenging time of day for the kids, but my…
The Kailua Elementary farmers market is a short walk from church. By the time I get there after church, around 9:45am, the Hawaii topical botanical ladies are usually sold out, and people swan around the market with armfuls of impossible-to-now-get arrangements. Heliconia in vibrant red and yellow, red and white ginger, long white stalks of…
FM SECDEF WASHINGTON DC TO ALDODACT UNCLAS ALDODACT 01/18 SUBJ: GUIDANCE ON THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ADDRESSEES PASS TO ALL SUBORDINATE COMMANDS 1. OUR GOVERNMENT WILL SHUTDOWN AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL CONTINUE CARRYING OUT OUR FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DEFEND OUR NATION AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXECUTE DAILY…
This post is about a hike on Hawaii’s North Shore, the government shutdown, and why being a military family sucks sometimes (but not usually). “I wouldn’t do it in the rain,” said Vanessa. “We’ll be done before it starts raining!” said everyone else. OOPS. The Ehukai Pillbox Hike, or the Sunset Pillbox Hike near the…
I don’t know who Hermanus Fock is, but we’re twinsies! Where’s my top hat when I need it? This app, Google Arts and Culture, slays me. I’ve been wondering where everyone was getting these portrait matches. Look at Eloise! Not a bad likeness. Isaac consistently gets paired with this boy that doesn’t super look like…
Another “see you later” at sunrise. Missile scare, sandbar, deployment. A weekend in the life of a Navy family. Manning the rails as the ship leaves Pearl HarborMoorish idols, yellow tang, rainbow sunfish, and pufferfish were among the beneficiaries of our moldy bread.
