From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Thirty Plus One

January 31, 2009

click here for larger image OHIA IN BLOOM At the end of 2008, I made a commitment to myself and to NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) to do 30 posts in 30 days. I wasn’t too sure I could actually do that, but yesterday was my 30th day! I did it – and it was [...]

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Beautiful Chard!

January 30, 2009

click here for larger image CHARLOTTE CHARD Chard is one of those vegetables that I “think” I recall from my childhood, but I honestly can’t remember whether I ever ate it, or if I even liked it. I sort of remember my mother talking about something she called “Swiss Chard.” I do know I had [...]

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Is It Frangipani or Plumeria?

January 29, 2009

click here for larger image PLUMERIA ALBA One of my favorite tropical flowering trees is the plumeria. I never get tired of their fragrance, so I have planted quite a few around my house. My hope is that they will soon be big enough and produce enough flowers that my place smells sweet most of [...]

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From Coffee Bean to Coffee Cup

January 28, 2009

click here for larger image COFFEE SEEDLINGS In spite of bad press in the past, coffee is now coming into its own as a beverage that has healthy properties. I’m one of those who is ecstatic over the latest scientific findings. On the other hand, as an instructor in substance abuse counseling, I know it [...]

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A Healing Circle

January 27, 2009

click here for larger image HONU`APO BEACH There is a little beach in our district of Ka’u that most of our visitors to the island don’t know about. I’ll take you to that beach in another post, but this time, I want to tell you of a gathering of friends at that beach recently. We [...]

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An Simple Favorite – String Beans

January 26, 2009

click here for larger image GREEN BEANS Can you ever forget growing up on canned green beans mixed with a can of mushroom soup and topped with canned French fried onion rings? A favorite dish for many housewives for many years – and even now – is the “Green Bean Casserole.” This began in a [...]

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Teepee Village of Honua La`a

January 25, 2009

click here for larger image BLUE TEEPEE Retreats can be mountain top experiences devised to carry us through some tough times. Because I am a substance abuse counselor, among other roles, I often serve as a retreat leader for women who are working in the substance abuse field. I seek out peaceful, relaxing and interesting [...]

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Are you a WWOOFer?

January 24, 2009

click here for larger image MY ORGANIC BEETS One wonderful aspect of this blogging is all the stuff you learn! Being a college instructor, I love to learn, and especially when it has to do with an activity I love so much, like gardening! I wrote a blog about the home and garden of a [...]

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Happy Birthday!

January 23, 2009

click here for larger image HILTON’S EGGPLANT My brother sent this picture to share his amusement. He and I both tend to have the same weird sense of humor most times. He couldn’t resist taking this picture at the Gulfport [Florida] Tuesday Morning Market. Today is his birthday! I send him oodles of love and [...]

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Barbados Lily Rebirth

January 22, 2009

March 2008 – My two daughters visited from the mainland, along with my son-in-law, Harry. One of the plants they gave me was a Barbados Lily (Hippeastrum puniceum). It was beautiful, until it finally faded and died completely back to the ground. I didn’t know if it would make it. click here for larger image [...]

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Waimea Strawberries

January 21, 2009

click here for larger image WAIMEA STRAWBERRIES A few days ago, I talked about apricot and peach preserves and jams that my friend showed me how to make. When he saw that post, he sent me a message to say that I should be sure to tell everyone that the jars, the lids, the fruit [...]

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To Our 44th President!

January 20, 2009

click here for larger image SURF AT BANYONS There are many reasons why I am anxious to see Barack Obama inaugurated as our 44th President of the United States. And there are two reasons that stand out strongly for me. One is that he was the Senator from Illinois, the state where I was born, [...]

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A Poll Tax??

January 19, 2009

YOUNG LUCY The college I attended right after graduating from high school was Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. This was in a decade of great turmoil in the South. I spent the majority of the decade of the fifties in Jackson. I don’t need to remind you what that decade was all about. My young [...]

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