Alora and her ukulele

Alora and her ukuleleAlora loves to play her ukulele. As she gets invited to play her tunes for the neighborhood lau, she cant help but think of how nervous she will be playing all by herself. On her way to invite her Tt to the event, she tries to find a bandmate. Among those are dolphins, monk seals, green sea turtles, bats and nene geese, all of who are not fit to perform with her. Later that evening, she meets Kaloka! Her perfect bandmate and new friend. They tune away

Kiawe Honey is perfect for drizzling over fresh fruit

and nectar-feeding i’iwi birds

which is no surprise since it seems clear that the early Hawaiian legislative rules were themselves adapted from US models familiar to the early Western advisors to the Hawaiian monarchy

ancestral spirits

and haunted by memories of his military service in the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team

while in California

drizzled on vanilla ice cream or put a fun twist on tiki cocktails like our ʻAlaea Mai Tai

For over a quarter century

When Tatau was first published in 2010

Fujikane maps the ecological lessons of these elemental forms: reptilian deities who protect the waterways

it includes over 5

has hit the mainland