Tag Archives: Kahuna-pule Kimo

Dealing With The Hurricane

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

During campaign election cycles I know to stay away from Louisa!  Depending upon whatever debate she has just watched, or whatever political commercials are hitting the airwaves with increasing frequency, she can swing wildly from one point of view to … Continue reading →

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Dust And Dreams

Posted on July 13, 2016 by

Jazz sits at the desk in his home office, and while thinking of something else he stares unseeing at his 3 bookcases across from the desk which are filled with all of his tchotchkes, the mementos of the life that … Continue reading →

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School’s Out!

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

Benjamin Franklin said, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”  Most kids dream of the day that they can graduate from school… grade school, high school, college… graduate school… so that they can be … Continue reading →

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Container Gardening

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

We all know someone whose life… at least to the rest of us… appears to be a wreck!  And yet, they continue to live that way, and we wonder, “Why don’t they change?”  The fact is that they don’t change … Continue reading →

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Travel Plans

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

We suppose it was rooted in Jeanie’s willingness to lie to herself, in her automatically saying “I’ll get around to it” when, in an unexamined place within her heart, she had no intention of doing any such thing.  Once, when … Continue reading →

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You Made Me Do It!

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

We’ve learned to be aware of the warning signs: Ivan’s face tightens, the pupils of his eyes become pinpoints of white-hot anger, he paces as if he needs to go somewhere but can’t seem to remember where that is!  Ivan’s … Continue reading →

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Monsters Under The Bed

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

While watching “My 600 Pound Life” the other night I suddenly had the thought, “How can two major but contradictory problems exist simultaneously: obesity, and starvation?”  This thought was occasioned by watching a patient who had the gastric by-pass surgery, … Continue reading →

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Hand on the Tiller

Posted on May 18, 2016 by

The “Tar-Baby”, a fictional character in one of the Uncle Remus stories, is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br’er Rabbit. The more that Br’er Rabbit physically fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes.  In modern usage, “tar baby” refers to any … Continue reading →

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Walk Away

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

About a year ago, while staring out the window, I noticed a big orange and white cat come out of the woods and stride purposefully over to my car.  The cat went under the car, came back out and went … Continue reading →

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ʻAina, the Temple

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

A Maori warrior, instructing a young boy on how to fight an enemy, said: “First, make them angry; this causes them to lose focus.”  We nod our heads in agreement with the wisdom of this advice, knowing it to be … Continue reading →

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