Author Archives: Nohea

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Nohea

Aloha e a me Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! I have been sick as a dog since Friday, so I have been spending the holiday weekend in my pajamas on the couch.  Taking all kinds of medicine and eating chicken soup…I feel … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Typists Needed!

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Nohea

Such an awesome project going on right now: ‘Ike Ku’oko’a — Liberating Knowledge is an initiative to mobilize thousands of volunteer transcribers to convert 60,000 (!!!) digital scans of Hawaiian-language newspapers into searchable typescript. Anyone can participate — it’s not … Continue reading →

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Howzit?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Nohea

Things have been incredibly crazy for me these past couple of weeks (and things are about to get crazier) but it’s all good!  Here’s some pics of my July.  We drove out to Colorado for a week of camping at … Continue reading →

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New Items (finally)!

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Nohea

Ohmigosh it feels like that took forever (right?!).  Anyway I added some new items to my Etsy shop!  Yay!  Please stop by and check it out.  I’d love some feedback!  I have more work to do of course, more items … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Feather Lei

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Nohea

So, before I left for the Big Island in April I worked on a lei hulu papa (flat feather lei) for my grandma.  This was the second one I’ve ever made, the first being what I completed as a halau … Continue reading →

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Habitat for Humanity’s First Off-the-Grid Home

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Nohea

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while, as the story was printed in OHA’s April 2011 Edition of Ka Wai Ola, but, you know… This is absolutely incredible — through OHA’s funding to Moloka’i’s Habitat for Humanity … Continue reading →

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Aloha Friday: Kalua Pig Recipe

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Nohea

I’m going to try and post ‘Aloha Friday’ themed posts on Fridays, for sharing food & drink recipes, fun weekend activities, music, and so on.  So let’s get to it, shall we? (Please forgive my blurry iPhone photo!  I’ll try … Continue reading →

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Happy Aloha Friday!

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Nohea

Hello! I’ve been trying to blog here regularly and have been failing miserably.  I don’t feel it’s a good enough excuse but it’s really the only one I’ve got: when I get sick/experience health issues I get totally thrown off … Continue reading →

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PDF Pattern: Coffee cup cozy

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Nohea

A fellow hula sister of mine, Hoku, asked me to make a coffee cozy with Hawaiian print fabric to give our Kumu as one of her birthday gifts (back in January).  I drew this little PDF because we also figured … Continue reading →

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RIP Herb Kawainui Kane (1928-2011)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Nohea

Pa’u Riders of Old Hawai’i His legacy will persist through his works and contributions to Hawai’i — we as a people have been truly blessed to have a person like him generously share his passion and mana’o. “Herb Kane helped … Continue reading →

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