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A man in Boston wanted to help the WWV crew and saw that one of our tent clips broke. They may look like regular clips, BUT they were made by a 3-D printer (Darren, it's time to get Lehua one for Christmas 😊). Mahalo nui for your help! Shout out to Beantown and Emerson College!
I may be a little biased, but if you are a kid in Hawai'i, Boston is such a fun city to go to college. Mahalo nui to Kaleo Wong for giving me this idea to take a before and after picture. When crew 22 arrived, he told me that the ramp would be horizontal later on in the afternoon.
Wow! It looks like we're in an entirely different port! These eggs don't need to be refrigerated for over 20 days due to the natural coating from the chicken. If the eggs are bought from the supermarket, a coating in olive oil makes them last longer!
I only found out 7 days ago that I would be on Leg 22, sailing from Maine to Canada for one month. Uncle Nainoa called and said, "Get your passport and pack your bags." I thought, is this for real?
Then my mind turned to waves: What do I want to teach? Which classes am I going to call when I'm onboard? What will I want to say? How many experiments am I going to do? How can I work with as many people as possible? Will I have enough time? How does it feel to sail in cold weather? There are so many possibilities and experiences that will happen that I cannot plan for. I've been finding myself here a lot lately. It's like Kanaloa saying, Welcome back to my realm. I've learned it's ok to not know everything or every detail. It's ok if I only fulfill two out of the 5 goals I personally set for myself. Wa'a definitely strengthens my faith, being comfortable with the unknown. Faith that what is supposed to happen will happen; that I will always be taken care of in any situation. I just want to get on the plane and start already so I don't need to feel anxious anymore. So I remind myself to use my last four days wisely, to prepare and to see the people I need to see. Meditating on thankfulness because Uncle Billy said, "the hook was for you." July 25
3:14pm HST We're on the plane waiting to fly direct to NYC. It is amazing to travel around the world via double-hull canoe that helped the revival of Hawaiian culture and language, but every paradise has its problems. It's not easy leaving your family (commitments, relations to home, etc.) behind whether it be by plane or canoe for a month(s) at a time. Every person goes on this journey for different purposes, but when I look around, I see a greater sense of kuleana in everyone's eyes. I think we go because of the greater goal at hand - that is true aloha. Mahalo to every crew member who has sacrificed their time; especially time seeing your children grow. Your efforts and time is greatly appreciated. Mahalo. 5 hours left I totally regret not bringing my fancy camera that Sonny gave me. 3 hours 45 minutes left Territorial Airwaves, you are making this flight so enjoyable. The station is featuring John Almeida. This composer has a special place in my heart because our junior women's song for Kamehameha song contest was "Sunrise Haleakalā." Thank God a girl one row in front of me is watching Hawaii 5-0. 3 hours 21 minutes left Did any of our ali'i visit Canada? Where did they visit on the East Coast? How do I relate this back to kids in Hawai'i? 3 hours 20 minutes left Dang it! The girl in front turned off her movies. I can't tell, but I'm pretty sure this radio is repeating now... 2 hours 58 minutes left Yup, the songs are definitely repeating now As I was driving and finding my way, I noticed that the left side of the picture says "Hawaiian Gardens." I wonder what makes the garden Hawaiian? Are there pineapples? I'd be pleasantly surprised if there were native Hawaiian plants there.
If I had time I totally would've driven there, next visit. Just FYI... it's poke with an E, pernounced "poh-keh." There's no diacritical mark because that doesn't exist in the Hawaiian alphabet. Please please please don't just spell it any way you THINK is accurate.
Poke means to slice and that's why the fish is cut up into pieces. Kealoha and I were just talking about the article that addresses this much better than I ever could: http://firstwefeast.com/eat/2016/03/hawaii-chef-has-problems-with-poke-trend Now that I'm thinking about it though... I don't know why I didn't talk story with them and mention that the spelling was incorrect. Maybe I subconsciously thought it's just an item on the menu, is it a problem worth fixing? |
AuthorKumu Kaʻai previously taught at Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy and Hawaiian Studies at Wilson Elementary School to K-5 students. Archives
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