Tag Archives: Hawaii

THE END (of a chapter)

Posted on November 5, 2018 by GOvideoHAWAII

Well, Dear Readers, it has been a whirlwind of a journey these last six years blogging about my heart’s desire to move to Hawaii !!  At first the Dream pointed me toward Kona on Big Island, hence the blog’s name … Continue reading →

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Now What?

Posted on November 1, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

Ever since Effie had suffered the miscarriage she had felt lost; or rather, her life had felt lost to her, as if it had washed out of her along with her baby.  Even Spring’s arrival, which usually filled her with … Continue reading →

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Becoming

Posted on October 24, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

It’s very easy to be attractive when you’re young because youthfulness is, of itself, attractive.  As I wander the mall at 68 I see young people sizing up one another and deciding who is attractive and who is not… but, … Continue reading →

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Loss

Posted on October 20, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

For 23 years I was a Monk of New Skete, the monastery being on the outskirts of Cambridge, New York, right across the border from Bennington, Vermont.  We frequently had visitors from Russia who were passing through the area.  One … Continue reading →

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Sartorial Ruminations

Posted on October 12, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

When I tell people that I really love the show “Project Runway” they often look at me as if I have just revealed that I eat stray cats!  “But you’re a monk!” is what the wide-eyed individual usually blurts out!  … Continue reading →

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But I Didn’t Mean it!

Posted on October 8, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

Well, the big news is that Savannah finally walked out of Hannah’s life.  While none of us were present for that final moment before the door slammed shut behind Savannah, in our minds we could all hear Hannah’s characteristic wail: … Continue reading →

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Enough

Posted on September 13, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

Lucy never thought of herself as lacking something.  She was smart, she was in her early twenties, she was in good health and she had a small studio apartment right in the downtown area in which she had wanted to … Continue reading →

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Herein Be Dragons

Posted on September 7, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

What is it with women who get hooked up with men who are in prison and then marry them?  Do they really think that they can “save” these guys and/or reform them?  Is what they find attractive the men themselves … Continue reading →

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Excess

Posted on August 31, 2018 by kahunapulekimo

In the series “Downton Abbey” the viewer is lead to a scene where the preparations for a big and important meal have been finished.  Cora, the current Lady Grantham, escorts the Dowager Lady Grantham to the doorway of the dining … Continue reading →

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When Something Is Broken

Posted on February 14, 2017 by kahunapulekimo

Last Wednesday, as I went to get into my car to go to a Doctor’s appointment, I observed a lame bird at the foot of the tree-line on the back of our property.  It appeared that it had broken its … Continue reading →

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