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Thinking of Christmas makes me smile.  Most of all, I recall the Charlie Brown Christmas trees that my mother would...

"Peace on earth, good will toward men..." So the saying goes during our Christmas season. It is a time of...

"You like go movies tonight?" I would hear that at the end of a busy week in elementary school. About...

Thunder sounded across the valley followed by lightning knifing the high peaks of the Ko`olau mountains. I peeked out the...

Ever raise turkeys in your back yard? My mother was a natural in raising animals for food since her parents...

What’s the best weather for a spooky Halloween night? One with rain, thunder, and lightning, right? We had those ideal...

"What are you doing in your classroom?" This was the standard question I got from my principals who passed through...

All my life was spent “moving house” or moving to a new home. Mom was so unlucky with her personal...

Back in the old days, the two lanes of Farrington Highway passed in front of Waipahu High School, curled around...

It was December 1951 in our Quonset hut, our home on the Waianae Coast. The winter waves crashed on the...