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Anekona

Posted on 12.06.16 under Anekona, haiku

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Anekona, looking makai — where organically grown ag takes place.

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Made a labor-for-huli trade with Jonah and his mom. I worked for half a day at their farm in Haiku and got about 50 huli in return. I planted these the next day at Anekona and should be getting taro in a year.

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Kalaupapa was the leper colony on Molokai established in the 1870s. The Kalaupapa Post Office had this shirt a couple of years ago. Cathy, Jonah’s mom, wears this one. She is a tireless farmer!

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Planted out most of the lower and upper mala with taro.

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America Artistinal Fruit each get their own trophy and life history written in a little storybook. And this Wireless Pineapple comes with bluetooth so you can listen to music, blog, post to Instagram, twitter, and FB. Voice recognition make a keyboard obsolete. But wait there’s more! A 4K video camera that takes 24 mb stills as you film makes this the perfect vacation accessory. Until the fruit is eaten or rots, of course.

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The Anekona Kale is more tender than any other kale you have eaten. Usually kale requires some bruising or massaging to break it down.

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Picked and dried a gallon-sized ziplock bag of coffee. It’s surprising how different it is than “store-bought.”

Honolulu – Kahului

Posted on 11.25.16 under Anekona, Uncategorized

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This is the lower mala at Anekona before it got cleaned up.

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This is Brandy’s place. Bobby Pahia “leases” it and is contemplating planting an organic ground cover. He has been a traditional farmer using fertilizers and herbicides. His kalo is huge…

Glass umeke, lollipop & crystal ku’ ‘ai

Posted on 11.21.16 under aniani ku'i 'ai, blown glass, glass poi pounders, glassblowing

Made in October and November 2016

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two pink umeke

8" umeke

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martha’s vineyard in the offseason

Posted on 11.18.16 under martha's vineyard

The island where presidents come to r-e-l-a-x — at least the ones that want to emulate John F. Kennedy. His widow, Jacky Bouvier Kennedy Onassis lived in Chilmark. John Jr. died in a plane crash on his way to Martha’s Vineyard with his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren in 1999.

It’s a lovely place but I don’t think that Trump will vacation there. Massachusetts is a blue state and MV is even bluer.

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Route 24 to 25 heading to Woods Hole.

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View from the ferry leaving Woods Hole.

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Entering Vineyard Haven harbor. It’s a working shipyard.

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Grace Church, Vineyard Haven where my father’s ashes were re-interred.

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After a long discussion with our old best friend, Barry, we were assured that everything would be just fine! Don’t worry!

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Our original cottage that was burned down in 1973. This became the back as it was actually two houses connected with a door on the 2nd floor. Arson was the cause and it was alleged that the perpetrator was a close relative of the fire chief. Scuttlebutt was he was banished from the island, but who knows?

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Most photographed cottage in the Campground.

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Everyone needs attention so there are more than one pink house, now.

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Menemsha, a working fishing harbor. Also a Coast Guard base and the staging place for the rescue attempt after John Jr. crashed his plane.

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Since it will be Thanksgiving — another ambivalent, imperialist holiday — this week, the sight of these feral turkeys quickened this feral bird hunter’s pulse.

Winter is coming

Posted on 11.10.16 under Fuji

First snow on Fuji-san. Seems like Tokyo skipped autumn this year. Might be a cold one.

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