Expose on a Hawaii working-class neighborhood-mailboxes

You can tell a lot about a neighborhood by its mailboxes. Recently I decided to focus the blog a bit more, honing in on the unique, underappreciated, even unknown, aspects of life in Hawaii. I live in a working-class Hawaii neighborhood. I know, I know, you all...

Airport love.

Airports. There’s really only one way to get here, folks. Forget trains, automobiles and even boats (except for freight) people come to Hawaii through the airport. This is why I have a special warm fuzzy for the movie Love Actually- it begins and ends with an airport,...

Planking in Paradise

Fads. I've lived through a few, and participated… erm. Not that often. Okay, sometimes. When it looked fun. Remember these? The Macarena (I loved this one, sorry to say) Hula hoops ( the first time around, and again, the second) Disco (before my time, but I...

Powerful titles

The Lord of the Rings-Tolkien The Pillars of the Earth- Ken Follett Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand Where the Sidewalk Ends- Shel Silverstein The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul- Douglas Adams The Deep End of the Ocean- Jacquleyn Mitchard Like Water for Chocolate- Laura...

You know you’re a writer when. . .

I have a friend who's normal. I know, I know, is anyone really? A philosophical question I never meant to tackle. Well,  at least, in my world of working with everything from autism to schizophrenia, she's just a little neurotic which hardly counts. We like to walk...

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