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Now & Then

Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i
December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 11 Comments

With regard to writing, I'm having trouble transitioning, from "travel reporting" (where every day had activities---and photos---to report) back to every-day-life, where the things I might write about tend to be happening more in my head. I have a whole list of notes on my phone, things I've thought about that might be "seeds" for … Continue reading Now & Then

Welcome to the Future

woman juggling a lot of things, with a phone in one hand
November 20, 2025November 21, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 12 Comments

Journal entry from December of the year 2000: I'm about to embark on a week-long sailing trip, and I'm agonizing over what book I feel like taking. It has to "fit the mood," it has to have at least the possibility of sparking poetry-writing... and it has to last the week. Correction: It has to … Continue reading Welcome to the Future

Scanned-alous

cartoon of the writer with her head down on the desk, between stacks of photos on one side, and her desktop computer on the other
November 17, 2025November 18, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 23 Comments

I just spent the bulk of a rainy weekend scanning a load of personal photographs---several boxes-full, stuffed to bursting with the life-in-photos of an utter shutterbug. I actually have stiff muscles---not from heavy lifting, obviously, but from repetitive motions and sitting in the same position for hours on end. I bought the scanner several years … Continue reading Scanned-alous

Beat to Hell

writer underwater in SCUBA gear
November 16, 2025November 18, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 10 Comments

It's only natural that most of us try to keep most of our possessions in unspoiled and "like-new" condition for as long as possible. We don't like it when our phone-screens get webbed with cracks, or the paint chips off our cars, or the knees go out in our jeans (well, maybe that's still fashionable … Continue reading Beat to Hell

A Ramble, and An Ode to my Frameo

drawing of a breakfast table on a patio on Maui at sunrise
November 5, 2025November 13, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 7 Comments

GoodReads tells me I'm "behind" by 9 books. It's measuring against the pace I have to average, in order to meet my reading goal of 310 books this year. I've spent the year playing leapfrog with that number---sometimes I'm a number of books ahead-of-pace, obviously sometimes the opposite. But we're coming up on that time … Continue reading A Ramble, and An Ode to my Frameo

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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

  1. Adventure Friendship's avatar
    Adventure Friendship on Now & ThenDecember 19, 2025

    Such a nice read! The way you’ve presented the sightseeing highlights is clear, engaging, and enjoyable.

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    joannerambling on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    I am pleased you are improving, me I am feeling not the best but I expect that is the heat…

  3. Justin Stanelle's avatar
    Justin Stanelle on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    You reminded me of how I used to watch The Price is Right when I stayed home sick from school.…

  4. CBD Flex's avatar
    CBD Flex on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    👍👍👍

  5. Vero's avatar
    Vero on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    Glad the cold was short-lived!

"It is not down on any map; true places never are"

~ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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