Hawaiian flowers. Lyon Arboretum

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Dainty Shell Earrings in a Koa Wood Box

Dainty Kua`ula Margin shells dangled from Jolie’s ears to brush her bare shoulders. The shells, a half-centimeter or so in length, reminded Eve of an infants fingernails. How many shells had the designer collected, pierced and strung to create each earring? Sixty, perhaps. Did she wear magnifying eyeglasses to poke threading holes in each tiny […]

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Eve in the Garden (at Lyon Arboretum)

In my new literary novel, RAIN SHELTERS and GHOST GODS, we follow our main character, Eve Sorenson, from Kailua Beach on Windward Oahu across the Pali to Lyon Arboretum in Manoa Valley. After finding a Hawaiin man, Noa Kala;, recumbent and needing rescue, she meets with Sean Higa, a university professor who works with native […]

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