Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
This post is about a hike on Hawaii’s North Shore, the government shutdown, and why being a military family sucks sometimes (but not usually). “I wouldn’t do it in the rain,” said Vanessa. “We’ll be done before it starts raining!” said everyone else. OOPS. The Ehukai Pillbox Hike, or the Sunset Pillbox Hike near the…
I don’t know who Hermanus Fock is, but we’re twinsies! Where’s my top hat when I need it? This app, Google Arts and Culture, slays me. I’ve been wondering where everyone was getting these portrait matches. Look at Eloise! Not a bad likeness. Isaac consistently gets paired with this boy that doesn’t super look like…
Another “see you later” at sunrise. Missile scare, sandbar, deployment. A weekend in the life of a Navy family. Manning the rails as the ship leaves Pearl HarborMoorish idols, yellow tang, rainbow sunfish, and pufferfish were among the beneficiaries of our moldy bread.
“Hawaii has the climate California thinks it has.” — Earl Derr Biggers, “The Black Camel”
Well! Everyone seemed jittery today. Even after it became widely known that the ballistic missile alert was a false alarm it was kind of hard to focus. It’s not every day I think, “A missile. Not a drill. How long, seven minutes? Ten? OK. Protected from nuclear blast from mountains. Tsunami if it lands in…
I guess it was a mistake? I mean, Hawaii has some historical reference for 8am attacks but maybe I overreacted by running around closing all the windows. No, that’s what we’re supposed to do I think. The pancakes burned on the stove while Chris and I stuck our heads out the window and wondered why…
Schedule change in process! I had lots of fun plans for the kids’ last week of winter break. Surprise! I got sick and couldn’t get out of bed. I don’t even know what the kids did. Every once in a while I’d throw food to the kids and collapse back in bed. They were so great,…
