Dress for succcess.s

  They were seventh grade boys and girls.  It was fall 1973.  I along with another haole(mainland white guy).  taught a Sunday School class at a church in Honolulu, Hawaii.  The class was made up with many Pacific Islanders.  Mostly from Samoa and a few Asians.  The boys often came bare foot and just wearingContinue reading “Dress for succcess.s”

I’ll watch the bag. You go pee.

  After celebrating Christmas with the In-laws on the mainland. Wife and I were sitting in the waiting area at the San Francisco airport or SFO.  Waiting on our plane to depart going back to Honolulu to our island home.  Then a distinguished swarthy looking middle eastern man in a nice gray tailored suit andContinue reading “I’ll watch the bag. You go pee.”

A great place to buy potato chips.

It was a wonderful place to visit. The banyan tree in Lahaina Maui was one good reason to visit the old whaler village. Its expansive canopy almost covered the entire park. Yes, it was severely burned but efforts are now underway to revive it. Not being an expert arborist I’m not sure how this isContinue reading “A great place to buy potato chips.”

Rainey days and Monday.

It was a Monday. It was a Monday like almost every Monday in Hawaii. Deep blue skies, puffy white translucent clouds, and off at a distance a light rain shower with the ever-present glorious multicolored rainbow. Yes, we were living in Hawaii on the main island of Oahu. Our home was a townhouse on theContinue reading “Rainey days and Monday.”