Aloha kakahiaka ia kakou: In Hawaiian when you have the letter combination "ia" it is not pronounced "eah" but rather "eyah". It is called the "y" glide. You can see the combination in the words "kakahiaka" and "ia". End of monthly Hawaiian lesson.
It is a cool (50), dark and wet day up here in Volcano. About 5 years ago a lot two lots down from ours was cleared and a septic system was put in. The owners then found out that he could not afford to build, so he sold the lot for way too much "kala". The new owner has now recleared the lot and now I hear noise that sound like they are delivering something over there. When they leave I will get "niele" and go take a look. I just did a spell check and am told that "recleared" should be written "re cleared". What???
There has been no real change in the current eruption of Kilauea. Earthquakes, tremor, tephra, and SO2 are all SOS.
Tomorrow I will have to go down to Hilo for blood tests. I have a doctor's appointment next week to get chewed out for gaining back some of the weight I lost last year. Auwe!!
God bless and take care.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Girls Day 2
Aloha from Volcano! Nabru e-mailed me, instead of making a comment, to inform me that the Japanese work for "Girls Day" is "Hinamatsuri", hence the title of this post. I still can not find the paper that I wrote it down on.
Anakam called to ask if my wife and I would watch our mo'opuna this weekend. Did she really think we would say no? It was very nice of her to ask and not take it for granted. I am one lucky guy! I have a great family! I would like to take this time to tell all my readers that I am related to, that I do love you all and am glad to be related to you. You pick your friends, but are "stuck" with your relatives. Be assured that I do not feel that I am "stuck" with you all.
Nabru e-mailed the family this morning informing us that our mother's last 1st cousin pasted away in February. There is now only one member of that generation left. Really two. Our aunt and uncle in Florida.
It is 10:30a and 50 degrees on the sunny side of the house. Cloudy with a slight drizzle. The volcano is doing its thing. Earthquakes are down and it appears that the volcano will continue on this path for a while.
My two followers have not posted anything for over a week. I guess they feel that a phone call is better than a blog. True, but you can go back and reread a blog. Most of the comments on this blog come from them.
Take care of yourselves and each other. May God bless all of you and my He bless America.
Anakam called to ask if my wife and I would watch our mo'opuna this weekend. Did she really think we would say no? It was very nice of her to ask and not take it for granted. I am one lucky guy! I have a great family! I would like to take this time to tell all my readers that I am related to, that I do love you all and am glad to be related to you. You pick your friends, but are "stuck" with your relatives. Be assured that I do not feel that I am "stuck" with you all.
Nabru e-mailed the family this morning informing us that our mother's last 1st cousin pasted away in February. There is now only one member of that generation left. Really two. Our aunt and uncle in Florida.
It is 10:30a and 50 degrees on the sunny side of the house. Cloudy with a slight drizzle. The volcano is doing its thing. Earthquakes are down and it appears that the volcano will continue on this path for a while.
My two followers have not posted anything for over a week. I guess they feel that a phone call is better than a blog. True, but you can go back and reread a blog. Most of the comments on this blog come from them.
Take care of yourselves and each other. May God bless all of you and my He bless America.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Happy Girls Day!
Aloha: Today is 3/3, Girls Day. I saw the Japanese name for today, wrote it down, and now I can not find it. Tomorrow will be too late. Auwe no ho'i.
Worked at Na'alehu from 7a to 12:30 today. Had to do the paper work as the main guy (not gut) is out. Had to do the flow gross, inventory and margin reports. Nice little bit of pocket change.
It is a nice day here in Volcano. Partly cloudy, mostly sunny and getting warm. Here it is 2p and it has gotten up to 58. The volcano is doing its thing. The vent inside the vent inside the crater inside the caldera is getting larger,or so the powers that be say.
Well, my mind is blank so I will close now. God bless and keep all of you.
Worked at Na'alehu from 7a to 12:30 today. Had to do the paper work as the main guy (not gut) is out. Had to do the flow gross, inventory and margin reports. Nice little bit of pocket change.
It is a nice day here in Volcano. Partly cloudy, mostly sunny and getting warm. Here it is 2p and it has gotten up to 58. The volcano is doing its thing. The vent inside the vent inside the crater inside the caldera is getting larger,or so the powers that be say.
Well, my mind is blank so I will close now. God bless and keep all of you.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Cosmopolitan 2
Helloha you'll: I am here in Volcano this morning. Went for a short walk this morning, to the Post Office and back. There was just junk mail so I left it there. Do you think it will disappear? Neither do I. I guess I will have to pick it up sometime. Tomorrow I go to Na'alehu to do the paper work as the main gut will be out for at least 2 more weeks.
It is still rather cool here today. It is about noon and the temp is below 50 on the sunny side of the house. Humidity is about 80% so everything feels cold and wet. The volcano update for today is SOS. I have a feeling that this is going to go on for a very long time. At least the paint drys after a while.
I have started to fill out the book my daughter gave me. I will use it as a guide as my writing is so bad sometimes I can not read it. I will have to do research (Vovo?) as to names and dates for grandparents, also places of birth. I know she has sent me printouts of all that information before but I am such a mess I have trouble finding my head. I discovered last night that I have Microsoft Word on this computer so I guess that is what I will use.
Manuel told me that the former mayor of Hilo gave a talk a few months ago and he used the word "cosmopolitan" and the older guys knew what he was talking about. My daughter thinks it is a very good drink. I had more that one two years ago at a niece's house for Thanksgiving and I will admit it was very good. However I feel that the term "cosmopolitan" should be used to describe the beautiful mix of people here in Hawaii. Mitchner called us the "Golden People". We are indeed rich! (Spell check does not like "Mitchner". I think that is how you spell the guy's name, He wrote the book "Hawai'i".)
God bless all of you and take care of each other.
It is still rather cool here today. It is about noon and the temp is below 50 on the sunny side of the house. Humidity is about 80% so everything feels cold and wet. The volcano update for today is SOS. I have a feeling that this is going to go on for a very long time. At least the paint drys after a while.
I have started to fill out the book my daughter gave me. I will use it as a guide as my writing is so bad sometimes I can not read it. I will have to do research (Vovo?) as to names and dates for grandparents, also places of birth. I know she has sent me printouts of all that information before but I am such a mess I have trouble finding my head. I discovered last night that I have Microsoft Word on this computer so I guess that is what I will use.
Manuel told me that the former mayor of Hilo gave a talk a few months ago and he used the word "cosmopolitan" and the older guys knew what he was talking about. My daughter thinks it is a very good drink. I had more that one two years ago at a niece's house for Thanksgiving and I will admit it was very good. However I feel that the term "cosmopolitan" should be used to describe the beautiful mix of people here in Hawaii. Mitchner called us the "Golden People". We are indeed rich! (Spell check does not like "Mitchner". I think that is how you spell the guy's name, He wrote the book "Hawai'i".)
God bless all of you and take care of each other.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Cosmopolitan
Aloha; it is another cold and wet day up here in good old Volcano this morning. It is, again, in the mid 40's with the sun trying to poke through the clouds. A note abut my thermometer; it is located on the SE side of the house, which is supposed to be the warm side. It is 55 in the house, and my feet are cold! Too bad I did not buy some "toasty toes" when I was in Bass Pro Shops.
There was an earthquake off Kailua, Kona this morning, 3.1 I think. Just strong enough to feel if you know what to "feel" for. You just might think that it is the dog scratching fleas on the porch. The volcano update is, again, SOS. As long as the trades keep up the air is clear and clean here in the village. Oh, oh, oh, the sun is poking through. Auwe, missed it.
Nabru asked me about the "race" here in Hawaii called "Cosmopolitan", from the Greek, meaning "of the world". Before statehood and right after, cosmopolitan was considered a valid "race" along with Asian, Caucasian, Polynesian and others. I had forgotten that word and now that Nabru reminded me of it I really think it should be mainstreamed. Now they use Part-Hawaiian. My daughters are a mix of Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese and a bunch of Caucasian "ethnic groups". Truly Cosmopolitan! The church my mom went to had a part of the mass when the children were brought into the church, from their bible study, She just loved to see all the different mixes of these children. Truly beautiful!
May God bless all of us, Na keiki o ka 'aina.
There was an earthquake off Kailua, Kona this morning, 3.1 I think. Just strong enough to feel if you know what to "feel" for. You just might think that it is the dog scratching fleas on the porch. The volcano update is, again, SOS. As long as the trades keep up the air is clear and clean here in the village. Oh, oh, oh, the sun is poking through. Auwe, missed it.
Nabru asked me about the "race" here in Hawaii called "Cosmopolitan", from the Greek, meaning "of the world". Before statehood and right after, cosmopolitan was considered a valid "race" along with Asian, Caucasian, Polynesian and others. I had forgotten that word and now that Nabru reminded me of it I really think it should be mainstreamed. Now they use Part-Hawaiian. My daughters are a mix of Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese and a bunch of Caucasian "ethnic groups". Truly Cosmopolitan! The church my mom went to had a part of the mass when the children were brought into the church, from their bible study, She just loved to see all the different mixes of these children. Truly beautiful!
May God bless all of us, Na keiki o ka 'aina.
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