Ohana house

07/08/2023

Dubai Night City❤️

04/04/2023

Happiness 💕

02/03/2023

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11/19/2022

sorry to say goodbye. been a fabulous 42 years. moving to hilo. ohanahouse will continue with Stacey Councilman at the wheel. I'm happy found a good passionate soul to carry on. I'll see ya

10/21/2022

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are."

08/23/2022

07/01/2022

will do background checks

06/21/2022

did you know ohanahouse is still only 65 a night for two people kamaaina rate. 20 dollars each additional person. 1200
square foot private house.
firepit, steam room. 3 day minimum.

06/13/2022

PLACE NAMES & LEGENDS OF KAʻŪ: Dozens of Ka'ū residents and those with connections to the area gathered Saturday in Nāʻālehu at Punaluʻu Bake Shop to celebrate the launch of the book Nā Ala Kūpuna O Kaʻū Place Names and Legends. The book is described as "a special 144-page collection of memories about storied places, songs and riddles that honors the traditions and people of this wahi pana (legendary place)" as shared by Tūtū Herbert Kūʻumi Kin In and Tūtū Mary Kawena Pukui, with the book's author Dr. Richard K. Paglinawan. Each person attending received a free copy made possible by Punaluʻu Bake Shop owner Duane Kurisu and the aio Foundation.
Dr. Lynette K. Kaopuiki Paglinawan, the author's wife, attended the launch with her family fulfilling a decades-long promise her late husband made to Kūʻumi Kin In to preserve and make the moʻolelo (stories) and ʻike (ancestral knowledge) shared available to present and future generations of his and other Kaʻū ʻohana.
Lynette Paglinawan was instrumental in getting the book published with the help of Kaiao Press by Native Books and the Puʻuhonua Society, after non-interest from other local publishing houses that stated that the book was too narrow and needed more to appeal to a broader audience to recoup expenses. When her husband was nearing the end of his life, he told her, "I never finish my promise," she shared. Lynette responded, "I'll make it happen, but it's going to happen my way." She said that she was grateful to those that helped her and stayed true to her husband's original manuscript.
After sharing highlights from the book with the crowd, Aunty Lynette signed personalized copies of the book, meeting and greeting each person like ʻohana.
"This (ʻike and moʻolelo) was given with aloha and now it comes back (to Kaʻū) with aloha," she said. Book editors, Līhau Collier and Hauʻoli Lorenzo-Elarco, invited attendees to sign a book poster commemorating the event.
Some attendees were known ʻohana, including Agnes Pake Kin In Publico, of Nāʻālehu, one of Kūʻumi's family members to whom the book is dedicated. Others were newly discovered relatives to Aunty Lynette. Mary Kawena Pukui's granddaughter Pelehonuamea Puku'i Suganuma Harman honored Paglinawan and the festivities with oli (chant) and a hula performed by keiki of her hula hālau. Local non-profit Hana Laulima Lāhui O Kaʻū assisted in the event setup.
A second celebration of the book's release will be held on Saturday, June 25 on Oʻahu. The event will take place from 4-6 p.m. at Arts and Letters located at 1164 Nuʻuanu Ave in Chinatown. All those with ties to Kaʻū are encouraged to attend.
Order Nā Ala Kūpuna O Kaʻū Place Names and Legends at https://www.nativebookshawaii.org/collections/new-arrivals.

Caption:
The book launch poster for Nā Ala Kūpuna O Kaʻū Place Names and Legends, signed by attendees who received free copies of the book courtesy of Duane Kuirsu and the aio Foundation.
Photo by Nalani Parlin

06/05/2022

looking for handy person skills some carpentry little plumbing wiring . also yard work weeding. finish up my garden house.

05/04/2022

the right spot for you?

05/03/2022

the garden house.