Escape to the Islands! PCC in, Stress Out
We may be biased but we think Hawaii is perfect in January. Winter is crazy for a lot of reasons. Depending on where you live, there may be big shifts in the weather—conditions that may be a little more stressful than usual to deal with. Then there are the holidays:...
Tongan Feast For Christmas
Tongan feasting: A Serious Custom [Author’s note: I have attended Polynesian feasts where they cooked 200 pigs, and fed thousands of people . . . but the first time I sat down at a Tongan kaipola feast, I was truly impressed.] An expression of love and gratitude “I...
The People of the Sea: New Zealands’s Ngāti Wai Tribe
My oldest grandson is a mix of a lot of ethnicities–he is, on one half–Maori, Tongan, Hawaiian, Chinese, Samoan with traces of Fijian and on the other half a European mix from Norway to the Netherlands. His name reflects this mixture, influenced by his...
Wayfinding: A Romantic Lifestyle? The Reality of a Wayfinder’s Life
A hint of light begins to brighten the morning sky, but what the wayfinder sees is not all good. He stands on the deck of the wa ʻa, a Polynesian double-hulled sailing canoe, his eyes heavy from lack of sleep. He longs for rest, but his duty is clear: the navigator...
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