Finding Uncle Yosh

Tonight I went to Wendy Noritake's reading from her book, Finding Uncle Yosh. Wendy's name was familiar to me through the articles about sea life that she writes for the Kohala Mountain News. She was also interviewed in Uncle Jeff's Kūkākūkā with Kalani radio show along with Tomiko; I was on Oʻahu so I wasn't able to sit in on that interview. Tomiko & I tried to meet up with Wendy at the gallery where she volunteers at but Tomiko got the dates wrong. I'm glad I finally got to meet her; I enjoyed her reading & we agreed to get together soon.

I sent this selfie to Tomiko to let her know we had finally met up.

The reading took place at the North Kohala Public Library. Built in 2010, in 2011 it became the 1st state building in Hawaiʻi to receive the LEED Gold Certification. Here are the windmills out on the front lawn of the library. There are also solar panels & other green building concepts that have been incorporated in to the building & site.

In order to figure out what variety of kalo I have, I need to examine several different parts of the plant. I took some photos today to start down that rabbit hole! My friend Suzanne also got me in touch with her friend Kaleo who knows a kalo expert on Hawaiʻi Island who can also help out with identification.

The color of the ha (leaf stalk) is important for identification.

The color of the aʻa lau (midrib & veins) is also important.

As well as the color of the lihi māwae (sheath edge).

In an attempt to keep my brain functioning well, I try to "exercise" it. Not sure if my daily Duolingo ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi lessons or sudoku will make a difference, but I like doing both of them so I try to do them every day. The Sudoku app I use provides me with a weekly scoreboard on how well I am doing. I don't pay much attention to it because I do not know how well founded in reality it is! I just know sudoku makes me think about things in a different than say a crossword puzzle would. I also do crossword puzzles but not as regularly as sudoku or ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. 

 

The window for the next episode of the eruption of Kīlauea still remains between the 19th & the 23rd.

 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Anne, Nina, & Simon! A me ka Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Olomea, Holoi, & Hahai! These feral cats are 4 years old. Olomea is the mother of ʻAlani & Paʻipaʻi; Hahai is the mother of Hoʻokoa & ʻŌhuna.