Pokai Bay on the West Side
Canoe surfing, bullyboards banging everybody around
Braddah Mel, Braddah Russ, Sistah Rell, Uncle Buff
Everybody ripping, shredding, jamming on down to Makaha
—Ka’au Crater Boys “Makaha”
Recently, Misty and I travelled down to Makaha …
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re …
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.
Book Launch – Margaret Dilloway’s How to Be an American Housewife
Last week Thursday we attended the …
Bamboo Ridge has been giving voice to Hawaii writers and artists for a little over 30 years now. This remarkable literary arts journal and independent publisher is approaching its 100th issue and have two different calls for submissions.
The Great …
Back-to-school blues got your kids down? How about a bento to lift their spirits!
Bento making has really hit the mainstream over the last few years and there’re lots of websites and blogs dedicated to them with a handful of …
Alex and I have decided that one way to spread local literature to new audiences is to participate in national blog challenges and memes. During a heated debate about the importance of a book’s first paragraph we thought it might …
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.
For those of you who like to read entertaining books about history, you may have heard of …
I picked up this little gem by author Matthew Kaopio at the Annual Friends of the Library of Hawaii book sale at McKinley High School this year for only $1. It looked like a quick and simple read, so I …
I am addicted to author blogs. All the big-wigs in publishing say that it’s not enough to simply author a novel anymore (as if that isn’t hard enough) but that writers have to market themselves and their books by creating …
I love ETSY! If you’re unfamiliar with the site it’s basically an online community where you buy and sell handmade goods in virtual “shops”. Bewarned, ETSY is addicting and you’ll want everything, but it’s amazing to see the ingenious …
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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