Aloha Ali

My family and I lived on Oahu from 2000-2005. We were able to explore the Big Island only once with a 2.5 year old…

Day one of quarantine freedom began with a trip to the airport to pick up my stand-up surfboard. I was visiting Oahu 3 years…

The Kona coastline is less than a mile away by crow measurement. I wake to the sound of waves, Hawaiian doves and the ever-present…

Flying into Quarantine

My exhausted brain had created multiple disaster scenarios about my arrival in Hawaii. I hadn’t been sleeping well for weeks. My fitful…

My brother Ken is the 14 time world champion of Footbag, aka Hacky Sack. He’s a highly respected, sought after global expert in SEO….

Hometown stopover in Portland, OR

En route to aloha I spent 10 days in my childhood home in Portland. I hadn’t seen my parents…

Over the span of just 30 days, I’ve whittled my belongings down to 40 USPS Flat Rate boxes carefully itemized in a Google Doc….