I kēia au o ka hahai ʻana i ke ola maikaʻi, ʻaʻole wale ka waina ʻulaʻula he mea hoʻonani ma ka papa ʻaina; he hōʻailona ia o ka moʻomeheu a me kahi hōʻikeʻike o ka ʻono. I kēlā me kēia manawa e wehe mālie ʻia ai ka ʻōmole, ua like ia me ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka mōʻaukala a me ka pilina naʻau me nā mea mamao ...
I ko kākou ola o kēlā me kēia lā, he mau mea hana maʻamau nā pahu alumini—mai nā pahu pale no nā kāmela a me nā mea kani a hiki i nā pahu mea hana ʻoihana a me nā ukana, mahalo ʻia lākou no ka māmā a me ke kūpaʻa. Akā, he kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike aia ma hope o kēia mau pahu alumini kahi lako nui...
I kēia lā, makemake wau e kamaʻilio me ʻoukou e pili ana i kahi kumuhana i manaʻo ʻia he mea kupanaha akā koʻikoʻi loa i ka ʻoihana nani a me ka lauoho—nā hihia alumini. ʻAe, ua lohe pololei ʻoe iaʻu, ʻo kēlā mau pahu paʻa a mākou e ʻike pinepine ai ma ke alanui e pāʻani i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi i kēia ʻāpana. ʻOi aku lākou t...
ʻAʻole wale nā hihia alumini he ʻano nani a paʻa hoʻi akā he hoʻopukapuka akamai hoʻi no ka pale ʻana i kāu mau mea waiwai. Eia nō naʻe, i mea e nānā pono ai lākou a hana pono, he mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mau a me ka mālama ʻana. Ma kēia alakaʻi, e kaʻana like wau i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūpono...
I ke koho ʻana i kahi pahu mea hana, hiki i ka mea i hana ʻia ai ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia koho—plastic, lole, kila, a alumini paha—kona mau ikaika ponoʻī, akā ma hope o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā koho, kū mau ka alumini ma ke ʻano he koho maikaʻi loa no kahi paʻa, hilinaʻi...
Ma ke ʻano he kanaka e mahalo nui ana i ke ʻano a me ka hana, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au i ka wā e hōʻike ai i nā waiwai makamae—inā he mau mea hōʻiliʻili, nā makana, nā kumu hoʻohālike, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomanaʻo—hiki i ka pahu hōʻike kūpono ke hana i nā ʻokoʻa āpau. Hiki i ka hōʻike acrylic...
Inā like ʻoe me aʻu, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kāu waihona makeup i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e like me ke kaua pau ʻole. Mai nā aka maka a i nā pulumu a me nā lipstick a hiki i nā mea hoʻomālamalama, he mea kupaianaha ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili! Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana...
E noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe: ke hoʻohana nei kekahi i ka ʻeke lima i kēia au o nā ʻeke kua, nā ʻeke ʻelele, a me nā lima lima kamepiula paʻa? ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻo ka pane ʻae, a no ke kumu maikaʻi. ʻOi aku nā ʻeke lima ma mua o kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻoihana—hāʻawi lākou i ka hana, ke ʻano, a me ka...
No ke aha he pono ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā kālā no nā keiki ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili kālā, a i ʻole numismatics, ʻoi aku ma mua o kahi leʻaleʻa wale nō; he hana hoʻonaʻauao a uku hoʻi ia, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā keiki. Hāʻawi ia i nā pono he nui e hiki ke hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i ko lākou mau mākau a me ka ulu ʻana. E like me ...
Koʻikoʻi Loa Mākou i kāu mau pono E pili ana iā mākou Inā like ʻoe me aʻu, ua ulu paha kāu hōʻiliʻili pena kui mai kahi waihona liʻiliʻi o nā mea pono i kahi ānuenue olaola e like me ka mea e ninini ʻia mai loko mai o kēlā me kēia drawer....
E like me kā kākou e ʻike nei, inā paha kāu kāleka baseball, kāleka kālepa, a i ʻole kāleka haʻuki ʻē aʻe, he waiwai waiwai kona ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, a makemake kekahi poʻe e loaʻa ka waiwai ma ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kāleka haʻuki. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kahi ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi i ke kūlana o ke kāleka hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi koʻikoʻi...
He wahi kūikawā ko nā leo vinyl i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka poʻe aloha mele. Inā paha he leo analog mahana e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ka wā ma mua a i ʻole ka pilina paʻa i ke akamai o kekahi au ʻē aʻe, aia kekahi mea kilokilo e pili ana i ka vinyl e hoʻoponopono maʻalahi ʻia e nā mea kikohoʻe...