Merry Christmas, folks! The cats are enjoying their holiday catnip, along with an extra taste of canned food, always a treat. And here are a few things from the ghost of Christmas past that you may enjoy. First, enjoy a quick listen to my Kaaawa Christmas poem, written in 2002 and last revised when Leo [...]
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Just a note for the record: Yesterday was the 1-year anniversary of the memorial service for my dad and the scattering of his ashes in the ocean off Waikiki. Veterans Day will be an annual reminder. A click on the photo and you’ll see all the day’s pictures.
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The long list of politicians who have suffered from the “can’t keep it zipped” syndrome reminded me of this little anecdote recorded by my father in a typewritten note dated January 8, 2005. He writes about an incident involving Honolulu Police Chief William Gabrielson, who served as chief from 1932 until 1946. Former Chief of [...]
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I surprised and pleased to learn yesterday that paddlers from the Waikiki Surf Club are wearing shirts honoring my father, John Lind, during the current canoe racing season. My dad was one of the club’s founders and served as its first president, among other things. He died in October 2010. The shirt features a photo [...]
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It’s not much to look at. A wooden box with a hinged lid, maybe four feet in length, badly weathered and aged, sitting at the edge of the open lanai of the small house in Kahala where my parents lived from the early 1940s until my father’s death in October. My mother is still living [...]
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Here are a few more things culled from among my dad’s papers. The small news clipping is undated. It reports on a request from the Hawaii Surfing Association to the city for surfboard lockers on the beach. My dad helped to found the Hawaii Surfing Association in 1939, soon after his arrival in Honolulu. The [...]
The stories about Hawaii Regional Cuisine in Sunday’s Star-Advertiser reminded me of another batch of photos and documents found among my dad’s papers. Most of these date from the First Exhibit of Culinary Arts put on by the local chapter of the International Geneva Association in January 1959, although there’s one clipping from 1963. My [...]
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Here are a few more photos from my dad’s collection showing the beach at Waikiki in 1951. The Moana Hotel and the Natatorium are about the only things that would look familiar to today’s visitors. The rest are part of Waikiki’s past. Just click on the photo to view this small gallery. If you have [...]
