Tag: hawaii
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In case of emergency, my house smells like pumpkin
I’m sitting here, exhausted, staring at the computer screen and waiting for water to filter. We’re about 2 and a half hours from a tsunami coming, but I live above the inundation zone (i.e. more than 100 feet above sea level) and so do not have to evacuate. Our biggest issue is that we might…
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Spring is in the Air
And so is a whole lot of rain. It’s been pouring most of the week (usually at night), but all day today has been a deluge. Everything floods with these week-long rains and it makes getting to and from places interesting. It also makes me question my decision to not have a garage door opener.…
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Another Erdman Weekend
This weekend I spent most of four days on the north shore with about 30 high school students on a youth retreat. I came home exhausted and in serious need of a shower, but it was a great weekend and completely worth it. Highlights included a high ropes course (for which I took photos from…
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Stoneware and muddy rhinos
…but not at the same time… ^_^ We recently acquired four of these little soup bowls and I am thoroughly pleased with them. I wouldn’t normally broadcast a kitchen purchase (especially a small one), but these stoneware pot-style bowls are wonderful and if you’re near a Crate and Barrel you should go look at them.…
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The Big Island really is BIG.
This weekend we took a trip to Hawaii, the “Big Island,” and discovered that it’s very appropriately nicknamed. We barely drove half of it in the three days we were there. To be fair, we spent most of the first two days exploring and hiking around Volcanoes National Park, but we definitely didn’t have the…
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“Lost” Locations are Lost on Me
This weekend I went up to the North Shore for a couple of days for a retreat. The retreat was good, and I wish I’d taken my camera for some photos of our late-night bonfires with s’mores, but I noticed something as I heard people talking. The retreat was at Camp Erdman, a YMCA camp…
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Pretend Seasons
You know what I realized today? In the past year I didn’t notice so much that the seasons didn’t really change. There’s some fluctuation in temperature (but not much) and sometimes it rains more than other times (though we apparently had a very dry winter) but it doesn’t feel like it can possibly be September…
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Kauai, much delayed
I suppose I owe you a blog entry. Since, you know, July is 3/4 over and I haven’t written one iota. Well, that’s not quite true. I did caption the photos over at my photo journal… but I didn’t even add a little blurb over there when I uploaded new photos today. Shame on me.…
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Lanterns on the Sea
Yesterday was Memorial Day, which in Hawaii means it was Lantern Floating. As someone who enjoys observing cultures, I had to see for myself. My friend and I went down to the beach in the afternoon and enjoyed the sunshine and the breeze in the trees. I entertained myself watching the birds in the trees;…
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Stayin’ Alive
I feel that I should post something, but as I also feel I don’t have much that’s interesting to say, I haven’t posted anything. The past two weeks? Oh. That. Well…. We need new tires, Caspian has a possible systemic (i.e. his whole little kitty body) infection, the next door neighbors had their baby girl…
Joanna Volavka 