Between now and December 30th, send birthday wishes: a poem, or a short story would be most welcome or even a "Happy Birthday, Jack" message. Post your wishes as a comment on this post. Mahalo!
"You're 102 today! You're 102 today!
You've never been 102 before. You've got the key to the door.
Hau'oli la Hanau. Hau'oli la Hanau."
(Picture and lyrics borrowed from "Blind Tiger." Hawaii Five-0. Leonard Freeman Productions / CBS Television, 1969.)
Ever since the overthrowal of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, efforts have been made to extinguish the native language from the Islands. Today, that is starting to change – just starting. It was not a new iss