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“There’s No Place Like Home”

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December 10, 2025December 11, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 9 Comments

It's a sign of a happy vacation, I think, when you have to seriously reacclimate, on reaching home. We had our heads thoroughly Hawai'i-fied for a week and a half---living in our swimsuits (and my bare feet), accumulating layers of sunscreen on our skin and salt-water in our hair, eating our way across the landscape … Continue reading “There’s No Place Like Home”

Hawai’i Day Two: Seeing Stars, & Staying Put

a surfer off Kona
December 1, 2025December 2, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 6 Comments

It's difficult to explain the pull this place has on me. The easy thing to say (which I DO) is that I went to school here, thirty years ago. That's one tie: I lived here, however temporarily, and I hung out with Locals. That's why I can exclaim, when a tour guide begins to describe … Continue reading Hawai’i Day Two: Seeing Stars, & Staying Put

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"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

~ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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    yusefasabiyah on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetFebruary 16, 2026

    Owning the boat was associated with beautiful dreams of romance and adventure. If you sell the boat, you'll have a…

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    judy thompson on The Accidental Cat LadyFebruary 3, 2026

    I suspect we have a magic 'hobo' sign on our mailbox, for forty + years cats have wandered up our…

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    Metal Odyssey on What is WRONG With People?January 31, 2026

    After reading this, all I can say is you have a soul of gold to put up with such Neanderthal…

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    Jimena on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetJanuary 29, 2026

    It looks good on you ;) In my case, it"s not like it has completely disappeared from my belongings... Once…

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    Kana Smith on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetJanuary 29, 2026

    My "teal phase" has lasted four decades, and shows no sign of waning. ;)

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