Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
I heard the MacNut Farm tour was good, so the kids and I went to check it out this lovely Labor Day. On the map it’s Tropical Farms Macadamia Nut, and Ali’i Tours is behind the place where you stop for macadamia nut and Kona coffee samples on Kam Highway as you drive up toward the…
“Is there anything you’d like to do this weekend?” I asked the kids. “Shave ice!” Isaac said immediately, still a little annoyed he’d missed out on shave ice day at school because I didn’t know what that meant on the calendar and wasn’t prepared. The next day I similarly forgot he had PE and needed…
Watching Hurricane Harvey blob over Houston from afar has been heartbreaking. Someone at church asked me, “Oh, did you parents leave?” I must have looked at her kind of blankly before nodding as I mentally waded back through all the things that have happened since they left two weeks ago: my sister, Hannah, had a…
Free papayas at my house! I have a fridge full of papayas… a centerpiece full of papayas… a tree full of papayas… and I’m the only member of my household who eats them! They are good at room temperature with plain yogurt and pecans. They are good chilled with a squeeze of lime. They are…
Fellow Warriors, We’re stranded at a remote outpost on Hawaii pinned down by sunshine, surf and g’kids. We’re gunna make a break for San Diego, hole up there, wait for a lull in the sun and surf and, finally, make a dash for the base in Katy. If we survive the withering fusillade between Hawaii…
School started, and life has hope and meaning again. I think the two are related. Since Eloise was born, Chris has been deployed/about to deploy, or we’ve been moving. No wonder I was losing my mind a little. I kept feeling like the clock was ticking and time was running out. For what? I don’t…
I love Kailua so much. My parents, the kids and I paddleboarded out to Flat Island for my mom’s birthday early in their visit. It was pretty windy, and my mom and I were both trying to paddle on Isaac’s 29-in kid board—rawther difficult! We all got out there—“I NEEDA GO SWIMMING! We are at…
