[gn_quote]I’ve found that not many people have heard of mono no aware. I’m still trying to understand it myself. But it’s about our emotional response to things and events. Being able to see, to feel, the true or deeper connection between them and our inner life. When we experience mono no aware we feel the […]
Moon Mangoes is a new kids book by first time Maui author, Lindy Shapiro. BeachHouse Publishing just released it for fall 2011 but it’s already a classic. In the book, Mama and Anuenue are sitting on the lanai watching the evening shadows dance over their mango tree. This prompts Anu to ask, “What if I ate up all those […]
It makes sense that Hawaii’s fairy folk are ecologically minded because the ancient Hawaiians revered nature–so, of course that would be reflected in their legends. Menehune, although sometimes mischievous, were often credited with helpfully building fish ponds, rock walls, irrigation ditches and other natural formations. In this new keiki book titled The Little Greenies, Manu the Seabird, Hawaii […]
I Choose You by Patricia Lei Murray is one of the only ‘early chapter books’ I’ve ever seen locally published. Part of Island Heritage Publishing‘s ‘Heritage Collection’, this exceptionally well produced book is also nominated for a 2010 Ka Palapala Po’okela Award. As far as local literature goes, there’s not a lot of middle ground. There are a ton of picture […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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