A bookshelf of stories from a friend's house. I am sure that many of us have sat around the holiday table and told a story from our ...

This list was made without forethought for order or importance. Just a thankfulness list off the top of my head in a stream of consciousn...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States and like many holidays, is being viewed with less rosy eyes by its citizens.  Some see ...

Some of these animals are not native and even invasive and others were once endangered but are now fairly common due to federal...

I may have mentioned that there is racial and cultural prejudice in Aloha land. I saw it slightly when I lived there as a grad student deca...

I was hot- a- lot of the time in Hawaii! I do not know why it seemed that way to me because I came from the Mid-Atlantic at the end of our h...

Since Monday is Veterans Day in the United States, this post on the Arizona Memorial and Pearl Harbor Park seem appropriate a few days early...

  Pineapple flavored pretzels...no we did not buy any. Today is Election Day and much of our County is shut down for voting. I hired ...

Changed a few settings to see if readers find it easier to comment. I do not know why Blogger prevented some from commenting, but that has h...

There are places that you can travel to and you find your mind and heart working hard to grasp the essence of the place. It may seem cra...