It has been a peaceful pleasant week here and I am happy to be feeling a little stronger every day. I made my first trip to the beach yesterday at Hamoa. We went early with Mana dog and the water was just amazing. She ran around and we swim in crystal clear warmish water and had a great time. It was my first time back in the ocean here in many months and am hoping to get there more often now.
The egrets are here on the hill and seem to be making a home here. They gather on the edge of the pool and a couple were sitting on the boogie board a few days ago. They are such beautiful stately birds and a joy to watch.
The hill is now full of squash and we have had two large harvests. Besides trading I gift them to people who help me and also sell them to one of our local markets. We are going to try some melons now that I see how well these squash do here.
I have some new friends, Cleo and Madeleine, that are great gardeners and helpers. They happen to be best friends so they work well together and get lots done. I am looking forward to getting all the beds weeded and replanted. Cleo is now trained for the cats and is a great support. Hopefully I don’t have any more emergency trips.
Speaking of planting my friend Dimitri just brought all kinds of exotic gingers and planted them in different spots. My Outstanding tent should arrive in the next week and I am thinking these plants will help beautify the area the new garden area.
I am now a member of Hawaii Life Support which will fly a member out to Oahu to the hospital.
Ben started rebuilding the next rock wall that was knocked down by cattle. This work is being carried out by our latest donation. Ben says the rocks speak to him so I am lucky to have him once a week. He was trained by Hana’s best rock wall builder who has since retired.
The pool is now clear and inviting for these hot days. We needed new hoses from the pool to the filter as the sun had wrecked the others. The pool had actually turned green but hydrogen peroxide doses cleared it up. I buy a strong solution in Kahalui and mix it with water and it clears the pool of moss.
We had an early birthday party on Wednesday for James and myself which was a lot of fun with the kids. We had teppanyaki and chocolate birthday cake with chocolate ice cream. The kids loved singing and blowing out the candles.
I am needing to get up and moving so will close this out for now. Wishing everyone a great, healthy, and happy week.
This blog is going to chronicle the last few weeks which have been a very unusual adventure. It has been a medical adventure and an adventure I hope not to repeat.
Several weeks ago my afib kicked in and nothing I did would make it get under control.After a day I went to the little Hana Health Center and saw our visiting doctor from Alabama-Dr. Henry Horton Davis . He suggested I should go on into Maui Memorial, but gave me some meds to slow the heart beat down.
But after a day I was still with a fast heart beat.and feeling awful. After my experience at Maui Mem several years ago with my broken arm I didn’t want to go there again. Saturday Morning I bought a one way ticket to Honolulu on Mokulele so I could get to Straub where all my doctors are located. I knew I couldn’t navigate the Kahalui airport with a change of planes and separate airport. The Mokulele flight took 3.5 hours stopping at various places, but seemed like a safer bet. I got Dana to come out and stay and packed my bag. I texted our neighbor, a retired emergency room nurse, who watches the place from up above telling her that I would be leaving for a few days. She texted back immediately, “I am coming down there right now”. So down she came in her brightly colored new golf cart. She took one look at me and said,” Vicky we are calling 911 right now and you have to go to Maui Memorial. I was just there with Walt and it has improved greatly.” So, I agreed and the ambulance was here before we knew it. Since the drive way is still narley she took me to the bottom of the hill to meet the ambulance. They loaded me in, put in an iv and headed out. As we were heading down the road the driver asked if I wanted a 2.5 hour ambulance ride or a helicopter ride. I told him I had never been I a helicopter and that sounded better. By the time we arrived at the Hana Airport the big black helicopter was there with the REACH team all dressed in black jumpsuits with white helmets. VERY impressive to say the least.
They loaded me in laying flat with a medic at my side and said they better give me some meds for air sickness. Up and away we went which made me think of Vietnam and in 15 min we landed at the hospital.
These men took me into the emergancy room where I had a very fine nurse and doctor.
The doctor suggested a procedure called a cardioversion where they shock the heart back to normal rhythm.
I had that, spent the night and ushered to the airport and caught Mokulele Air back home.
For the last five months I have been on schedule to have a Watchman Procedure so I can get off blood thinners. The Watchman seals off the little appendage off the heart where the blood clots form. Last Saturday I went to Honolulu and met my wing woman Jericho Poppler who flew in from Long Beach to have a mini Waikiki vacation and be with me before the procedure on Monday. We stayed at a lovely hotel right on Waikiki and both had a great rest, nice meals and some swims. We walked over to the Outrigger Canoe Club and ran into our old surfing friend Fred Hemmings.
Now back to the coconuts……I was thrilled to read this article from Civil Beat that discusses the tree of Life-the coconut. It makes me sure we are on the right path here with the coconut gene bank and in years to come how important this will be us and future generations.
Kima Wassel Hardy is an urban agroecologist and community organizer based on O‘ahu. She works through cross-sector collaboration to design and implement regenerative agroforestry projects that strengthen local food security and restore ecosystems. With more than a decade of experience in community-based sustainability and cross-cultural facilitation, she is committed to advancing food sovereignty and ecological resilience in Hawai‘i and beyond.
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There is no tree more emblematic of Hawai‘i than the niu, the coconut tree. Towering and graceful, its swaying fronds set the scene for postcards and daydreams.
But this tree is more than a backdrop. It is a living relative, a provider, a vital ancestor that helped Polynesians settle these islands. Niu (which is Hawaiian for coconut) is life.
Every part of the tree has value: nourishing water, sustaining meat, shelter from the leaves, medicine from the oil, wood from its trunk and soil stabilization from its roots. In return, all we have to do is care for it.
Today, we are watching it die.
Once cornerstones of food security and cultural identity, niu are now reduced to “ornamental liabilities.”
For over a hundred years, this view has shaped policy and public perception. Resorts and counties lop off fronds and flowers before they can fruit, weakening the tree’s immune system and severing its relationship with our daily lives. After so much time, many people no longer have a personal connection to niu — and without that relationship, it is difficult to expect anyone to care. What appears to be landscaping is, in truth, cultural erasure.
Into this broken system came the coconut rhinoceros beetle, a tenacious pest that has found easy targets in our stressed trees. Rather than respond with care, the state and counties turned to synthetic pesticides — not only ineffective, but harmful to pollinators, soil, and water. Their use violates the principle of mālama ʻāina, which teaches us that the land is family, not a commodity.
Too often, people speak of O‘ahu as if it is already a lost cause to the fight against CRB. But every single tree is worth defending.
We have other tools. Organic methods, tree care, and community-led efforts have shown signs of healing — new fronds growing back, new life pushing forward. Yet the government refuses to acknowledge these practices as legitimate. Instead, it cuts and poisons our trees indiscriminately.
Palm trees around the Victoria Place condominium complex appear to have been infested with the coconut rhinoceros beetle. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Last year, the state Legislature rejected a bill to recognize niu as a traditional staple crop. Why? Because recognition would require us to honor and protect the tree’s importance as a food source, not dismiss it as mere scenery. That rejection speaks volumes. It’s not just about one tree — it’s about what kind of future we are choosing: resilience or dependence.
Consider this: niu can provide both food and clean water for survival in times of crisis. On an island chain vulnerable to climate shocks, shipping disruptions, and ecological collapse, how can we justify destroying a crop that has fed generations and could be a lifeline in emergencies today?
The threat doesn’t stop with niu: the coconut rhinoceros beetle also attacks other palms, trees, and crops, further undermining the resilience of our landscapes and ecosystems. To deprive our children and grandchildren of this lifeline is to deny them security and abundance. The survival of future generations depends on how we care for niu today. We now face the reality a reality of a Hawai‘i without coconut trees — a future that is unthinkable.
To some, it’s just a tree. To us, it is culture, heritage, and life itself. To lose niu is to lose more than food; it is to erase a living ancestor from Hawai‘i’s future. Its decline is our reckoning — with the land, with our leaders, and with ourselves.
When the coconut tree thrives, so do we.
That is why we are calling on the counties to halt their campaign against coconut trees. We ask them instead to invest in community-led stewardship, support regenerative land management practices, and honor the knowledge that has sustained these islands for centuries. If we truly believe in aloha ʻāina, then our policies must reflect it.
Everything must start with education. Most of those who advocate for niu do so because they have a relationship with it — as food, as shade, as ancestor, as teacher. Facilitating those relationships is vital. Education builds connection, and connection builds care. When more of us know niu not as a liability but as a living relative, more of us will be ready to act — to conserve, to restore, to mālama.
The choices we make now will determine whether future generations inherit a land of abundance, or one of scarcity. The niu has always given freely. It is time for us to give back.
Because when the coconut tree thrives, so do we. Kupu ka niu, kupu ke kanaka. When the coconut grows, humanity flourishes.
For more resources and ways to support community-led stewardship of niu, click here
We have the beginnings of a web site up now, but I am going to be working on this in the coming weeks so hope you will check it out. Koaliniu.org
And, we just had our second donation of $1,000. Which was made by Jericho and will be used for restoration of the ancient lo’i rock walls. Please keep us in mind if you have any extra donation money that you can use for a tax write off.
Several weeks ago our Koali community lost a wonderful member-Anthony James Pu otherwise known as Tony. Tony came up to visit one day several months ago and shared so much valuable information about this property. His passing is a sad loss. I attended his funeral yesterday at the local Catholic Church and what an experience to see how this Hana community revears their kapuna with daily life and ceremonies. What I saw yesterday is a passing important way of life that does not exist anymore. I just feel so lucky to be a witness. I had a nice connection with Tony as he grew up in Nanakuli diving with our friend Buffalo from our old surfing days. He returned to Hana to reclaim his family property and was a lifelong advocate for Hawaiian land and sovereignty.
This has been a long one so am going to close for now.
Hope your week is great and I have more news for next week.
I missed last week as not much happened as I was preoccupied with going to Honolulu for a knee manipulation. The manipulation helps get rid of the surrounding scar tissue that forms on the knee from lack of movement. EAKS! Now the job is to keep it all moving.
The trip inspite of all my warnings for pain and various potential problems went pretty well. Happily I found out the Ala Moana Hotel gives a nice discount if you are visiting for medical. I had two nice nights there and got to listen to Pierre’s great piano music with a great dinner on the 32nd floor at the top. For the next days besides the manipulation I was kept busy going back to Straub for Physical Therapy. Everyone was really fantastic! The last night I stayed with my friend Wendi who has an amazingly gorgeous apartment right next door to where we originally spent our first six months in Hawaii at the Dad Center apartments at Diamond Head. Very nostalgic!!
This last week has been mostly about yard maintenance. Toby came yesterday and we got lots done and some with the help of the mule vehicle which I love and is a life saver. During the months I have been slightly incapacitated the beds have become full of weeds. I am slowly redoing them, but it will take time.
Sara Kehaulani Goo author of Kuleana did a book talk here on Wednesday night at our retreat center Ala Kukui. She wrote an amazing book about her family’s struggle to reclaim their ancestral lands given to them by King Kamehameha III in 1848. Amazingly the the largest breadfruit orchid in the Pacific and Pi’ilanihale Heiau sit on that land.
Piʻilanihale Heiau is the largest heiau (Hawaiian temple) in Maui and one of the most important archaeological sites in the Hawaiian Islands. Located in Kahanu Garden near Hana, it was dedicated to the worship of various Hawaiian gods and goddesses and was integral to early Hawaiian society.
It was named for Piʻilani, a notable figure in Hawaiian royal lineage meaning “ascent to heaven”. Hana refers to the location of the heiau and the meaning of the word itself, which can mean “work, craft, or blossom”.
The heiau sat undisturbed until 1974 when it was deeded to the Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden (now the National Tropical Botanical Garden) and underwent restoration and preservation efforts.
I am working on the final report for the Maui Green Grant so need to get going on that. They are requiring information that I didn’t realize I needed so it is a lot of work digging it all up out of various places.
This morning I was rehoming a mongoose and came across a real old fashioned cattle drive moving the herd from one pasture to another down the Hana Hwy. As I sat there in my car I was hoping they would keep walking past-and they did.
The cats are all doing well and I have to take more pictures. Here is Casper enjoying himself on the rock wall. He goes all over the property and is the big boss here.
Thanks for tuning in. It is a rainy afternoon here in Hana. It has been a pretty good week with the exception of having to put Mr. Sad Eyes down. No wonder he has looked sad as he had a tumor in his mouth and Dr. Alan said it would be a long painful death if I didn’t end it. As much as I hate doing this I never want them to suffer. This always adds sadness to the surrounding days.
On a happy note I attended my first Hana birthday party for Teava who turned two. He is so smart and loves to visit Mana dog.
I was lucky to get another big batch of mangos which I have been processing and freezing for chutney And other things.
I am starting to get out in the garden to weed and that makes me feel more like myself. I have a new young and strong weed eater, named Toby. Now that we have so much cleared the new challenge is keeping it mowed. We actually need a four wheel drive riding mower which is at the top of our wish list. Even with that here is always more hand work to do. There is a lot of hono hono grass growing up in the taro and potatoes which needs to be pulled out by hand. It is easy to pull out and a very rewarding job so I love it.
Was hoping to do some this eve, but woke up with a sore throat and feeling less than wonderful.
I have been slowly but sure digging myself out of a sh_t load of bureaucratic paper work. It is like the universe is saying OK now it is time for you to get organized and get this all behind. This job will probably go all through August unfortunately. Besides my knee followed by hip surgery didn’t help. And, I have been so focused on getting the property in order I let some paper work slide. Gardening is always my preference, but it already feels great to have started the projects. I planted this taro six months ago and this is just a small part of what we have growing.
Zac and two friends came Thursday for a small first taro harvest. They made lau laus and are bringing me some soon which I am looking forward to.
Yesterday Heide and Jenny drove out from Kula with some of my belongings I left on Oahu. Heide brought a great lunch and it was fun to see them.
This vice will come in handy for future projects.
I am coughing and need to close this out so to make some more hot tea for my throat.
The Niu Forever film premiered this week at the Hawaii Conservation Conference and at Native Books last eve.
It will also aire on PBS and I will get the date. Hana Hou Magazine wants to do a story on the projects so that is exciting.
Meanwhile the coconuts in our gene bank here are getting ready for planting.
Thanks for tuning in. Wishing a great week for all.
Thanks for tuning in….It has been another busy week.
A friend Rob Kay from OAHU came out to experience Hana. Rob is an author and writes about healthy aging and other topics in the Honolulu Advertiser. I showed him around parts of Hana best I could in my present condition and he was pretty blown away. Also introduced him to some of my buddies out here and the days flew by. We visited Niketa Lewis who makes great food and picked up a zuccine lasagna.
We also went up to my friend Cherylʻs tea house and farm who is trying to build a house here in Hana. Rob helped me with some heavy projects so that was a big bonus.
On Wednesday I had an appointment for Mister Sad Eyes with a vet in Kula. Unfortunately Mister got away on the last cat carrier transfer so we visited Dr. Alan Kaufman catless. I now have to make another trip this next week. We leave early in the morning to avoid any possible road work and go out the very dramatic back Kaupo way. It is wild scenery looking up to the backside of Haleakala. There are herds of black goats and cattle along the way.
I had my hip and knee X-rays in Kahalui so I could avoid a Honolulu trip. Yesterday was a zoom meeting to let me know all looks good. What a relief to hear this news!! Now I can get back to selective gardening and bending.
Yesterday Walt the mower mowed a water hose. Luckily his wife Patty let me know so two hours later I checked to see that he had just gone merrily off leaving the water running. This would have drained my big water tank had I not checked and was able to shut the water off.
This morning was all about fixing leaks as James came to repair the hose and fix another leak.
I have been hearing from Cory that power usage was exceptionally high and something was wrong with the system. Sure enough the water pump had been running for several days and causing the system to be overused. Once again James was able to show me how to turn the pump off. It can get narly hectic out here.
Luckily I have some great help who usually will come to my rescue.
I was able to get a big bunch of beautiful mangos and am going to process them for chutney. Tenzen and Sarah have a farm and raise the best papayas ever. They were leaving on a trip so they just gave me all this fruit.
This has to be done soon as the fruit spoils quite fast so will cut this short.
I have been listening to a wonderful Audible book called Big Magic-Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. This book is so right on and I love it.
Will sign off for now. Wishing all of you readers a “Creative” week.
I had to skip last weekʻs blog because I was too depressed with Rennie leaving. She and her husband Billy were here for two weeks helping me and feeding the cats. They had to get back home and time for me to get a grip and move on. I have to admit It has been a very challenging time trying to keep everything going here and heal. I am going to PT two times a week and it is getting better. I have now moved to using cane in the house which makes me feel better.
So this has all dramatically affected our progress here,but the coconuts are growing and I am hoping to get the web site finalized asap.
July 13
A whole week has now passed and I have to get this out today. I must admit this has been a VERY difficult time recovering from two surgeries and trying to get mobile again. Been using a walker and a cane which makes getting around this big place awkward, slow, and very tiring. The only good thing is that I am getting more mobile and stronger, but it is a slow process.
For the first time I did not have to drive my dog. Mana to Kahalui for grooming. Mana, a feisty Golden Doodle, hates the car-particularly the two hour windy road. She used to throw up which has mostly stopped now, but she is miserable in the car. We are blessed to have found Irena who has a mobile grooming service and Mana loves her. Irena came out and spent hours clipping, trimming and bathing.
Besides everything else being away from my desk for so long has left me with a huge amount of overdue paper work which I am trying to dig through and organize.
PT is taking a lot of time with the exercises, stretching and icing. I have been going to Hana Health to a state of the art setup. Now Brendon is on vacation for two weeks so I have to do it all on my own. I have been seeing Brendon for a while now and he is a wonderful help.
A feral mother cat showed up here and has managed to have several litters. I finally got some neutering appointments and my friend helped me set traps yesterday. We only managed to get three, but I think one was the mother. I delivered them to Sharon this AM who takes them to the Humane Society in Kahalui and brings back tomorrow. This will be ongoing for awhile.
The cat food seems to bring in the mongooses and we have been over run. I have been setting traps, catching them and rehoming. Most people out here just kill them, but even though they are mean little buggers I canʻt bring myself to do that. Trapping them will also be ongoing.
This is short because a friend from Oahu is due this afternoon (soon) for a couple day visit so I need to get going.
I guess the big adventure is just getting through this period in time and moving ahead. We have had a lot of off and on rain so everything is growing like crazy. In the last couple of days I have been able to get some trimming done. This was a papaya tree that was going to fall on my laundry shed.
The pool got icky so it had to be drained and is now full. It will be good for PT in another month when I can get it.
Wishiing everyone a great week in the midst of this difficult and sad political time.
It has been a quiet healing and PT week. Each day I am getting stronger, And it is easier to get around.
It has been really great having my daughter Rennie and husband Billie here. They have been a big help especially with feeding the cats and dogs. They will stay till the end of next week and then hopefully I can manage on my own.
This past week has also been about weed eating and clearing grass that due to frequent shower storms has been growing at a rapid pace.
The big news is the rock wall progress.. I canʻt get up there right now but my friend Cheryl took some pictures. Slowly but surely the rest of the walls will be uncovered and rebuilt.
This will be short as this is sort of a down time for recuperation.
Some old friends from young days cames out to Hana to visit me yesterday and we had a lovely late evening. We spent some of yesterday recovering. It was a hard day with the news of the bombing and the loss of Bradley cat the day before.
Thanks for tuning in-wish I had more exciting news.
Well, this has been a very unusual past few weeks-days I do not want to repeat.
The long Memorial Day weekend was wonderful! We got two new varieties of Hawaiian coconuts planted along with 8 new trees. More hau clearing took place up on the hill. Slapei made me a new banana garden. And, we got lots of odds and ends accomplished to make a successful weekend.
We decided to take an early plane back to Honolulu on Tuesday morning. I was going to have my six week check on my knee replacement and be back home on Maui six hours later.
The best laid plans somehow occasionally go wrong ………And, it took 16 days to get back home.
Right after landing I went into the womenʻs room and before I knew it I got side swiped by a teetering woman next to me. I didn’t even see her coming at me and I just fell smack to the hard floor on my left side and broke my left hip. Luckily there was a caring nurse in the bathroom who along with her friend scooped me up. I should have called the ambulance right there, but I muscled it down to Jitʻs truck and got myself in. We went right to where I was headed anyway, but to the ER at Straub. ER said it would be two hours before I saw a doctor. I knew I had an appointment so I unchecked myself and headed up stairs in a wheel chair. It is a long painful saga, but after a two day wait I finally got my surgery on Thursday morning to pin my hip. I stayed in the hospital until Sunday JUNE 1st when I took a transport to Rebab of The Pacific .
I STAYED there rehabbing for twelve days before getting back home this last Thursday June 12th.. My daughter Rennie was coming for vacation, but came a few days early to take me back to Hana.
ROTP had three hours of pt everyday and was a great place for beginning recovery, . The aids, nurses and doctors were the absolute BEST. But the food and coffee was just the worst The dinner trays would arrive as early as 4:15 which is a horror for someone who dines at 8. Some old friends came by to help me and bring food and that was great. Being as I did not plan a stay I had no clothes. A HUGE help was Karen who was on her way to the Goodwill and had some cast off clothes. Both she and Josephina went out and bought more clothes and pjs. and now I am home to continue the work. Getting home was a tad challenging.
I am really so lucky I didnʻt hit my head, break my left arm and or damage my knee replacement. IT WAS also fortunate to get a lady to stay here ad feed the cats. It was all on the same side so that has slowed my knee bending down a tad.
I am looking forward to getting strong again and baking to my regular life. Yesterday a few Hana friends came by and today My dear friend Cheryl came with her beautiful flowers.
It has been another mostly nice week here. I say mostly because getting to PT is a big hurtful challengeI keep doing my exercises and icing and am hoping each week gets better. This has been a huge drain on my energy.
Actually things are getting a little better as I made it out to the garden yesterday to do some weeding. This always is good for my soul and I hope to get back this afternoon.
Also during my lay-up the mongooses have taken over. During the last ten days I have trapped and rehomed about twenty five of the little monsters. When they start bothering the cats I draw the line. Most people just kill them, but I canʻt do that. Bad karma…..I take them all to one place about five miles away where they can reunite.
The best news of the week is Koali Niu got itʻs first donation. Jane Schmaus who was an early founder of the Oceanside Surfing Museum kindly made a generous donation. With these funds I have hired Ben who trained with Hanaʻs master rock wall builder and says the rocks speak to him to start the first redo on one of the ancient rock walls. Gradually as more funds come in this will be one focus. Then we will plant taro in front of the walls and the hill will be gorgeous terraces with rock walls, coconut trees and taro reinstating the ancient landscape.
Another biggie this week is I finally got my rattan furniture that had been at Rattan Creations on Beretania Street for over five years. Over the years I kept going there and trying to get her to complete the refinishing. It was always some excuse with a promise of “soon” it will be ready. Apparently she was conning me and my pleas went on deaf ears because she would not comply. Then, a while back I noticed the building was for sale and she was hardly ever open and never would answer my phone calls. Finally I knew I had to take some harsh steps or she would sell the property and I would never see her or my furniture again. There was an Aha Moment when I explained this situation to my helper friend Dana. I gave Dana the address and she has the info to find the broker. Dana called the broker and said we were going to put a lien on the property if I didn’t get this furniture ASAP-like the next Saturday. The broker said OK and we said a friend will pick up the furniture on Saturday and it had better be ready. Two Saturdays ago Jit went there at the prearranged time and picked up the furniture and the following Monday took it to Royal Hawaiian Movers for an Easy Move. To make a long story short my friend James picked it up on Thursday and delivered it Friday morning where it now graces my living room. I call it my BIG furniture Coup. If anyone is thinking of taking any furniture to Rattan Creations I would definitely say BEWARE. The motto of this story is never give up!!!
We have a big work weekend planned for next weekend so the blog might be put off till the following week. There is still work to be done on the web site, but it is a start and gives a rough idea of the coconut gene bank project. Check it out….. Koaliniu.farm
I will have some pictures in the next blog. Wishing everyone a great week.
I am a day late with this blog because most of yesterday was spent working with Heide to get my Koali Niu website up and running. I now have three domains-Koaliniu.farm, Koaliniu.org, and Koaliniu.com. Right now it is under Koaliniu.farm. At our next board meeting in a few weeks we will decide which one to focus on.
There are still glitches Because I can pull up the site from my phone, but not my computer. Hoping to get that fixed tomorrow. We will be adding much more to the web site as we go along and this is just the beginning.
Now that we are a non profit there have some promised donations. It will be interesting to see if and when they show up. Every little or big contribution helps with this project. We will be naming coconut trees after large donors.
It has now been a month since my knee replacement and I am still struggling with painful PT and getting around. I can ride my Kawasaki Mule around the property to feed the cats and I can hobble around to feed myself and take care of necessities. It is always interesting and thought provoking to see who shows up and who doesn’t show up to help in a time of need….
It has been a beautiful week here with my favorite flowers the gardenia and pakalana blooming profusely.
I am swamped with taro, breadfruit, papayas, arugula, watercress, and cherry tomatoes. There is no way anyone could possibly starve out here. Before moving here some friends asked how I was going to get food. HA Ha ….This is the “bread basket” it was hundreds of years ago for thousands of Hawaiians.
The Mid Week article came out just in time for Motherʻs Day and I am pretty happy with it. I had THE BEST MOTHER and I am grateful everyday to have had such a shining example of what a great mother can be.
HAPPY Mother’s DAY TO EVERYONE and may we have a world a the best possible mothers.
Wave Woman: The Life and Struggles of a Surfing Pioneer by Vicky Durand 