This was a text book in Kainalu Elementary School. Learned years later that it was all lies. It was the missionary and rich businessman perspective.

The ipu drums in “Sound of the Seas” is haunting
I love this song by Ken Emerson. The intro is adorable.
Improvements in DNA has opened up new family history doors where searching for ancestry has fallen short. I’ve hit dead ends searching for my Italian heritage. DNA says 37% of my bloodline comes from Central Italy. Have found new results looking in new places.

Surprised we haven’t heard that it’s the left’s fault there are no east coast teams in the MLB playoffs
Pua Ahihi by the The Kahauanu Lake Trio is one my early memories of Hawaiian music. My Mom had the album and would put it on in our home in Kailua
Hawaii gets the tail and offshoots of large weather system, while the mainland gets the main body of the system
High tide or low tide
Watching Knife Edge on Apple TV. I really hate petulant young chefs. I was a kitchen manager at 21 and a regional kitchen manager at 24. Humility was impressed upon me early and often. There are always bigger fish.