Tag: holidays
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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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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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Visits from the Sister
I’ve been bad at writing lately. In my defense, I’ve had company for nearly two weeks, and then entirely too much going on this weekend. Time for an update! My sister came and spent 11 days with me, and we did more things than I can even remember all at once. We made a list…
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Holiday Parties in January..?
Yesterday was the ship’s “holiday party.” I put that in quotes because the holiday is seems to be closest to is… well, maybe New Years, but then again, we’re getting awfully close to Valentine’s Day, and to Chinese New Year, as well as Groundhog Day and Presidents’ Day… but I think since tomorrow is MLK…
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A New Year: Resolved
Last night there was a cacophony starting around six in the evening of firecrackers, sparklers, rockets and full-blown fireworks. While fireworks started with the Chinese thousands of years ago, clearly the entire continent has picked up the tradition in the meantime, and even though the Chinese won’t celebrate the new year until the end of…
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A Whale Tale and other things
Yesterday I saw my first humpback whale. It was both very exciting and very anti-climatic at the same time. When you see photos, you’ll understand why. J had duty yesterday and I wanted to get out of the house, so I drove through downtown and past Diamond Head to where some of the really good…
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Christmas Eve in the Navy
The stockings were hung by the, well by the TV with care (after all, let’s be honest, shall we?), In hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be there. It is still Christmas Eve for me, though for almost everyone who reads this it’s already Christmas morning or even solidly into the day. That’s okay, though;…
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Lighting up the Honolulu Hale
Today is the first day of winter. I wore shorts and a tank top to celebrate. Last night I went with a friend (one of J’s co-workers’ wives, the only one I can talk to for more than five minutes) to the Honolulu Hale for their Christmas display. We took a trolley through downtown to…
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Wrapping Paper and Movie Reviews
Today I finished my Christmas shopping for J. He and I went into Target together with a set budget and then went in separate directions with the object of meeting at a designated time in the coffee shop, our gifts for each other in sealed bags. It was a fun way to do Christmas shopping.…
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A 90 degree November
There are Christmas decorations everywhere. They seem to have exploded in the week or so since Halloween, which is becoming more and more typical these days, but I can’t help reminiscing for the days when Thanksgiving was its own separate holiday and not just the pre-Christmas meal. And now I sound really old. It’s true,…
Joanna Volavka 