Why here??

[bgiles]

First came to Oahu in 1957, 9 years old. Lost an engine in the C-54 on the way there. Couldn't reconcile the cartoon island, you know da kine, sand with two palm trees, with the reality of Hickam Air Force Base. Lived in a bungalow on Lilioukalani St. two blocks from Kalakaua. Third grade, wore no shirt, no shoes to school. Just shorts. Pineapple juice breaks beneath monkey pod trees at school. Barber's Point a year later. Loved the keawe forest and sugar cane fields. We had a horse, fed it keawe beans. Learned to catch shore crabs with a forked stick and string, picking them up by the eyeballs.

I have been trying to get back ever since.

Just closing on a house in Fern Acres. I love gardening, snorkeling, playing guitar. I'm tired of chopping firewood. I love papaya for breakfast, lau lau at the Keaau market, poke at Suisan. One instance of aloha erases multiple s**thead drivers. Just saw 20-odd ukulele players at the Makuu Farmers market on Sunday. Might just join up if they'll accept a 12-string player. Love Hawaiian music. Love the community, Punaweb. Thanks again Rob.

bamboo2u