LuaKaha:  Whiling away the time pleasantly in a beloved place

Lehua's Family & Loved Ones

Cuzz Tom's lovely Gina

• Family, My Generation:
  Malia & Lon, Tom.
• Kids, Kids, Kids!...blood and step and foster and...
  David , Erika, Jimmy, Patti, Tracy, & Martha , Antonio , Ronald, Melody, & Unique , Anita, LaRon, & Britney, Eric.
• Nephews & Nieces & Nephlets & Niecelets:
  Walter Kamuela, Tamara, & Ryan , Kalena & Ben, Kaikea & Kala'iakea , Cuzz Tom's lovely Gina, Eric, Christopher, Jason & Amy.
• Hanai Family:
  Doug, Donna, & Kevin.
• Coworkers
• The OPB
• CyberSalon: Cancer Forum, Gamers', & Myst©
• Le Ménage

Family: My Generation

 Malia Kanani

loves and is loved. She devotes her life to being the best person she can be. She is a licensed hypnotherapist, an artist, and a spirit of great panache. I love her very much and I can't imagine what I'd do without her support. Malia is a member of the Baha'i Faith.

Lon

loves Malia and whisks her up and down Coastside between the wilderness mountains and a pied-ŕ-terre in The City. He is a most excellent brother.

Tom

lives on the "Big Island " of Hawai'i, at the sea in Kaimu.  He's an activist working to stop the abuse of gay youngsters, and I'm very proud of him.  He's also a very bright and funny person -- I love him.

Kids, Kids, Kids!

 David

lives near Pahoa on the Big Island, where he continues his lifelong study of mellow. He is the apple of my eye, and my finest creation.  He is going to teach me the game of Magic when he finally gets online.  Photos?
 

Erika

and Steve have become country folks. Jimmy also is on Oahu and is a good father to his babies. Patti & Tracy are off and away again with their children,. Martha is in Honolulu, and is enjoying the toddlerhood of her lovely Hokulani. Photos?
 

Antonio

is currently in flux between odd living arrangements. In spite of everything, he's still always sunny, and always good for a hug.  He recently left his long-time job at Wells Fargo to work at the Federal Reserve.
 

Ronald Jr.

and Melody are in East Bay with their adorable daughter Unique. Unique loves to talk on the phone, and I could listen to her forever.
 

Anita

is in East Bay near her brother, with son LaRon and daughter Britney. I don't see them often enough.
 

Eric

is living in the Bay Area at the moment, but we don't see each other often enough.
 

Nephews & Nieces & Nephlets & Niecelets:

Walter Kamuela

works for a major airline and has moved to Colorado. I remember changing his diapers, but he towers over me now. He has served as a loving surrogate son many a dark time. Daughter Tamara and son Ryan live too far away to see often, but what a joy when they visit.
 

Kalena

is making the transition from a fine-arts potter in the mountains near Santa Cruz to ... ??? in the wilds of the Big Island.  Kalena began life by trying to write "Kalena Kahawai'ola'a Kaleikini" with a kiddy-pencil.  Ben, after years of hard work, finished his thesis and is now teaching in Keaau.  Daughters Kaikea and Kala'iakea are my sunlight and moonlight, and since their de-emigration last July I have been devastated.  I miss them very, very much.  Photos?
 

Eric

and Christopher and Jason are all doing fine.  Jason expects to get his master's by the end of this year; Amy is working hard at her job in Los Angeles, "busily mitigating electromagnetic fields."  Chris had some great success and is now going to the school of his choice, off eastward.  Photos? Visit Jason & Amy's website?

Hanai Family:

Doug & Donna & Kevin

Doug (aka "the Good Ex") is as good a friend as most people are lucky to have and, due to his good taste, has added Donna to my life as an equally good friend.   They live on Coastside with kitty Peaches, who still considers me one of her mothers.  Photos?  Visit Kevin's website?

Coworkers:

Artee (photo?) is the friend I pal around with most at work. He works at the Marine Mammal Center, and is qualified for rescues, hence the exciting experience I had rescuing LeRoy the sea lion last summer. He's a great help with my birdwatching, and the source of most of the jokes I regale you with. Both Antonio & Doug work with me, so there's a touch of nepotism, but it makes worklife much richer and happier. I'm very blessed with my teammates, they are the best part of work. Neerja, Phi, Wai-Hing, Frank, Roman, Eugene -- they are not only top-flight technicians, but loving and witty people, and we cover each other's backs.  We have a good boss, who has little patience with the crap we would otherwise have to suffer (and a good technician in his own right). And nearby are Anita, Gail, Ronnie, Alan-Sama (photo?), Mike, Michael, and many other good people to form an enviable posse.

CyberSalon:

Especially since I got sick, much of my social life is spent humming thru the wires. Connect charges & illness drove me out of the Women's room, so now I gather 'round the fireside at CIS's Cancer Forum and CIS's Village Inn, in the Gamers' Forum.
The Cancer Forum is full of amazing people, many of them worse off than I am, yet full of laughter, love, plans, courage, and always time to focus on each other, and lend support. Marge is the fine woman who brought me in there, new & terrified & ignorant, and I'll always be grateful.
Gamers' came about while I was searching for help with my beloved world of Myst© , and a more erudite and diverse group never existed. Love's been in the air in Gamers', and we've been allowed to meddle in the lives of AkaMwidge, Lady T, Yvonne, and RaedWulf. John of Anchorage not only kept me from shooting myself while lost in Myst's slimy, toad-ridden Channelwood, but became a very solid real friend. Joanne, Elizabeth, Guccio of Milan, Dwaine in Minnesota, Lehua-2, Mark, P.C., Oroborus, are no longer in the forums, but keep in touch. See Mikey of Gamers' website? Or Leonard of Mukilteo?

Mystees: Visit the Myst© EndGamers' Wall of Honor upon which are lovingly carved the names, end dates, and locations of those who've journeyed through the worlds of Myst©.

Myst Links:
• Cyan
• The Sequel to Myst
• Broderbund's Myst
• Unofficial Myst II Homepage
• Excellent Myst links
• Interview with Myst creator

The OPB

("Old People's Bar") is still going strong. Drop in anytime and meet Candy & D.C., Sharon, MaryEllen & Charlie, SamGirl, Dale, Mikey, Rocky, Sweet-Thang Matthew & his fine daddy Frank, Ben, Pete, Terry & Tika, Klaus, Little Kevin, Gary, Linda, Janice, Candyman, Carmen, Fred, SnakeBoy, Willy, Esther (!), Ted, Richie, Jay, Patrick & Danny, and WeedWhacker. On a lucky day, you might even see Chuckers & his Magnificent Mom. On a bad day, you might see... well, almost anything.

Crack open the OPB door and take a peek at the denizens inside.

Le Ménage:

Pícaro is a reincarnated Oakland blues musician. He has important activities at night and doesn't like to be questioned about them. He is extremely macho and is the greatest hunter on the entire coast. Don't mess with his dignity -- he won't get violent, but you won't be seeing him around if you do. He believes humans were put here by God to be fulltime doormen.

Photo Albums & Portraits

• Albums are gradually being moved off this page to my Index of Albums.  There, you can find links to
  • David's site
  • Erika; the Myers grandbabies' Hawai'i reunion
  • Erika & Steve's Wedding, June '97.
  • Waikiki Pilgrimage '97
  
   
• More Coastside Family: Malia & Lon's website.
   
• Still More Family: Kalena, Kaikea, LeRoy, Lehua, Mamán-cat; Amy & Jason at their wedding;  Kaikea's own site.
   
• Still More Coastside Family:  Visit Kevin's website, and see pictures of Donna, Doug, & young Kevin himself.
   
• Hawai'i Family: Erika; ; Baby David at Kawela Bay.
   
• Portraits: Watercolor portraits of Kalena, and of Christopher, by Lehua.
   
• Cohorts: Art; Alan; Dwaine & Sue in Minnesota; John of Anchorage, 3/97.
   
• Pictures of me: Backstreets of Cozumel; snorkeling off Cozumel; admiring my new falsies 12/96.
   
• Crack open the OPB door and take a peek at the denizens inside.
   

Lovable People's Sites

• David
   
• Malia & Lon's site
   
• Cousin Tom's site
   
• Anne-Marie Goossens, in Belgium, also a fellow cancer fighter. Her site provides cancer information in french and in dutch.
   
• Chris's site
   
• Jason & Amy's site
   
• John-no-longer-of-Anchorage's site
   
• Alan-Sama
   
• Art McElyea
   
• Kaye being Kaye (like Alan's, this is a knockout site!)
   
• My friend Susan -- she has important things to say.
   
• Peter Childress's San Francisco Home Page
   
• Notes tacked onto The Dovers' Refrigerator
   
• Randy Cassingham: As well as a good friend, Randy is an extremely funny man -- check out the hilarious events he's found at This is True.
  
• Jeri Walsh's inspiring Tree of Hope, honoring and supporting those who are fighting cancer.
  
  Bob, another friend from the cancer forum -- a very interesting mind, and lots of interesting history and facts on his pages.