Planning for our longest trip yet
To celebrate my 60th, my husband spent many months planning and researching a trip to mark this milestone birthday and he’s booked back to back cruises from Papeete French Polynesia […]
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Kānehūnamoku Exhibit at University of Hawaiiʻs West Oahuʻs James & Abigail Campbell Library
An exhibit featuring wahi pana or storied places of the West Oʻahu area from Pokaʻi Bay or Maraea to Kaʻena Point is on view at the James and Abigail Campbell […]
MOXIE: Courage and Determination
Moxie opens November 19 and is on view through December 29 2023 at the Hawaii Pacific University Gallery, Kaneohe campus. This exhibit explores the spirit of Moxie as these kūpuna […]
St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrew’s Cathedral is an Episcopalian church with an Anglican past. It was founded by royal sponsors HRH King Alexander Liholiho and his wife HRH Queen Emma Kaleleonālani Na‘ea Rooke […]
The Lahaina fires August 8 2023
I returned from Sweden after a restful and contact rich summer of visits with family and friends sharing their laughs and tears, feeling rejuvenated and excited to return home to […]
Hawaii Watercolor Society Open Juried Show at the East West Center at University of Hawaii
The Hawaii Watercolor Society holds two juried shows each year, the Members Only show and the other is an Open Juried Show. This year our juror was world renowned watercolorist […]
Sailing in Sweden
One of the best things about having two homes is when we get to go home to Sweden during the summer. We live in Gothenberg, on the west coast, fairly […]
Transpacific cruise
Because we enjoyed our first cruise last year sailing on a 16-day trans-Atlantic voyage from New York to Rome so much last year we booked a second one this year. […]
Charles E Higa, watercolorist
The Hawaii Watercolor Society Members Juried Show opened on April 4th and runs through the 30th at the Downtown Arts Center (DAC) in Chinatown Honolulu Hawaii. The Hawaii Watercolor Society […]
The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is more than 30 years old and I remember being given a copy of it when I graduated from art school at 23 years […]