Got Aloha for a Teacher?
Growing up on the windward side of Oahu on a farm gave me the opportunities to learn the values that I still hold today - hard work, ethics, interdependence and appreciation for our home. I am a mom and I hope to pass these values on to my children.
It's HOME. You can travel all over - see exciting things, see beautiful landscapes and monuments, meet interesting people...all to feel that sense of HOME when you come back to Hawaii.
Family, the best of friends and finding more time to spend time with all of them. Reading - non-fiction and escape-the-world-fiction, when I can.
Update on the "growing things" in our yard and garden...tomatoes are doing well...and we were able to enjoy a few. We also apparently shared one with the birds...from the evidence left, we think they enjoyed the tomato too! The basil forest is still a forest...and home-made pesto, basil in...
This past Christmas, my sister built (yes...came with lumber and tools!) garden boxes as a gift to my family. We are currently growing tomato, basil and sage and found that the most useful so far is the basil. So, one box is pretty much a basil forest...we even imagined turning the yard into a...
Eating healthier is my #4 way that KH has impacted my life. A few years ago, Kanu hosted our Eat Local Challenge...and part of this challenge included finding out where our food comes from. Well, as it turns out, finding out WHAT our food is (and was!) and where it comes from was not only very...
