Renée Morinaka posted this on Facebook for the public.
~ Rebekah
Please don’t come to Hawaiʻi; now is not the time
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Tags: coronavirus, COVID19, Hawaii, pandemic
Categories : Travel
Satisfying a sweet tooth
9 07 2020
Like many of you self isolating at home from the COVID-19 pandemic, for four months now since mid March, our family has returned to home cooking, saving gasoline and money that would have been paid to restaurants. For health reasons I should avoid eating sugar, but I love to bake. So what the heck?
Have a virtual taste of my pie, Dutch baby pancake, scones, and malasadas!
~ Rebekah
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Tags: donut, doughnut, Dutch baby, lattice top, malasada, pie, scones
Categories : About me, Food
At home for the long haul
8 06 2020
JJAnother dog picture, but hey, my dog seems to be the only constant during the current pandemic while we all stay at home. You are staying home, right?
Or at least assigning your trips “off campus” to the same one person per household. For our family that person is Pete.
He took advantage for a brief time of the order-and-pick-up service from Kualoa Ranch just five minutes down the road. Other times he went to Windward Mall in Kaneohe for the weekly farmers market.
The mangoes came from Ewa, the lady said. Yummy, and a good find because our tree isn’t bearing this year.
Coffee cake is topped with fresh mango slices and cinnamon sugar, then baked.
What a beauty!~ Rebekah
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Tags: coffee cake, family dog, farmers market, Kaneohe, Kualoa Ranch, Mango, stay home
Categories : About me, Food, Friends & Family, Travel
Small road trip
22 05 2020
JJ the dog likes to go for rides
We took time out today for a short road trip down the highway to Kualoa Ranch to pick up the order of groceries we placed on Monday. It was a chance to take the dog for a ride.
To help the community during this period of staying home to guard against the coronavirus, the Ranch initiated this service. Kualoa Ranch, in addition to raising cattle, normally operates varied and numerous recreational and retail activities spread out across its properties for off-island visitors and residents alike. One example is the providing of Kaaawa Valley, that the Ranch owns, for movie locations.
Now it has consolidated its employees to operate a well organized food distribution program for the public.
How it works:
First ask to be put on an email list for Kualoa Grown. The product list is sent out on Monday for Friday pick up. Place your order online. To be added to Kualoa Grown email list please email Terra at tmcginnis@kualoa.com 🤙🏽
On Friday afternoon, drive to the Ranch where you are directed to a pop-up tent to pay. Happy people will place a numbered card on the windshield. Everyone wears protective masks.
Today we picked up orders for two families.
Follow the green traffic cones up the hill to where more happy people will deliver packages straight into your vehicle. Just roll down the window. No need to get out of your car at all.
Today we got apple bananas, beef chili, and fresh string beans. Last week we indulged in a dark chocolate bar, pricey but excellent and worth the money. Sometimes we need to treat ourselves. And go for a ride.
Be well.
– Rebekah
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Tags: buy local, Kualoa Grown, Kualoa Ranch, locally grown, order online, pick up service
Categories : About me, Food, Friends & Family, Travel
The story of the peacock
20 05 2020
Willy
Aloha mai e studio fans ~
Today I publish for the first time “The Story of the Peacock.” I was given an assignment in my Hawaiian language class to write a story, or mo‘olelo, using action verbs in the past and present tense. I wrote it in English first. When I translate it I must follow a certain sentence pattern and avoid the verbs “to be” and “to have,” so it will not be word for word.
“The Story of the Peacock” isn’t very sophisticated, in my opinion, so I think it will make a good illustrated children’s story. Several years ago I designed bilingual books (Hawaiian/English) for an early education program. This might be a good addition to the library.
The End. Copyright 2020 Rebekah Luke
~ Rebekah
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Tags: lauhala hat, peacock, peacock feather
Categories : About me, Hawaiian, Memoir
Happy Mothers Day!
10 05 2020
“Tiare in a Royal Cup,” oil on canvas by Rebekah Luke
Since the 2020 coronavirus season began, approximately, I have published to my Facebook wall one artwork of mine per day. This is fine-art posting #36, “Tiare in a Royal Cup.” Many pieces of this historical China pattern used by The Royal Hawaiian Hotel found their way to thrift shops. One time I saw a sample in a display case along the hotel corridor on the way to the Surf Room. A tiare, or Tahitian gardenia, found its way to my souvenir teacup. This painting is in my own collection. I wish Happy Mothers Day greetings to everyone! ~ Rebekah
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Tags: china pattern, Mothers Day, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Tahitian gardenia, teacup, tiare
Categories : About me, Fine Art, Hawaiian, Memoir
Thank the helpers
28 04 2020This post is a shout out of gratitude to the tireless (and now tired) health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, such as the nurses and doctors working in the emergency rooms of hospitals throughout the land. My cousin Prince and my friend Lei, who are EMTs at different medical centers in Honolulu, were appreciative of the washable cloth face masks I sent, and although the gear was not regulation, they explained they could wear them over a paper mask while entertaining their co-workers with pretty prints. Too, they could use them if masks became in short supply.
When Lei found out I could sew, she requested surgical caps. On some masks, the elastic that is worn behind the ears becomes uncomfortable to wear after awhile, so I put buttons on the sides for the elastic to hook on to.
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) that I made includes a face mask from a Marimekko tea towel and a surgical cap from a t-shirt
Lei is the new chair of the Ka Lāhui Hawaii Political Action Committee. I donated my KPAC shirt for the fabric of her one-of-a-kind cap.
Lei, a Kaiser Permanente EMT, dons protective gear including a surgical cap with the words Ka Lahui Hawaii
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are working so very hard. We are praying for your safety.
~ Rebekah
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Tags: personal protection equipment, PPE
Categories : Friends & Family, Reiki Healing
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