Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
“Abraham Lincoln is still alive?!” Isaac was perplexed to see the tall man in the stovepipe hat marching in the Kailua Independence Day Parade this morning on Kainalu Street. I LOVE PARADES. And Independence Day used to always be one of my very favorite holidays growing up: pool parties with all our church friends, or…
Sunday I woke up to the best kind of email: “We are headed to Honolulu on Tuesday! We have a five hour layover. I thought if you were free, we could meet up for lunch or something. I’ll throw our swimsuits in my backpack.” It was Wendy, my buddy from Jacksonville days! Who we saw…
The longest day of summer! We celebrated yesterday with lots of beach time—paddleboarding in the morning and swimming with friends in the afternoon. Tuesday we checked out the Makapu’u baby tide pools with a friend from church. Often this is apparently a good spot to find urchins, sea stars, sea cucumbers, clams, crabs and fish,…
Here’s something I like about Hawaii: rain need not alter plans. I want to go to the beach and it’s raining—go anyway…it’ll probably let up. I want to go hiking but it’s raining—hike in the rain and admire the clouds scuttling across the mountains. It’s raining at the farmer’s market—the kids can dance under a…
So I heard about this organization, Na Kama Kai, that does free Ocean Clinics for kids! So fun, right? Maybe it will be a little preachy, I thought, but I signed up for the first available spot. I remember as a kid getting a little side eye from my parents as I marched around the house…
An expected global population boom concentrated in Africa and the Middle East will present opportunities and challenges for officers beginning their military careers, said Brig. Gen. (Ret) James T. Hirai, the deputy general of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS). More than 200 officers of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force–many newly commissioned…
“Please, Mommy? Paddleboard? Please, Mommy? Now!” Eloise LOVES stand up paddleboarding. Actually it was really windy Sunday so we did sit up paddleboarding. Getting past the breakers against the wind with a tot is a bit of a challenge, but we did it. Isaac had less luck. We got him his own paddleboard last week…
