Bread, Celestial Made. Or Bread’s Long Journey to Hawaii
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to post for some time. This ad appeared in Honolulu in a weekly, The Polynesian, in June 1840. If it’s hard to read the words,…
Read moreA Hawaii Story for the Inauguration. Part III of IV
On the noticeboard to the right of my computer I’ve pinned up a restaurant menu. “Welcome Rachel Laudan,” it says across the top, “October 29th 2008.” And the restaurant staff…
Read moreA Hawaii Story for the Inauguration: Part II of IV
Where you went to high school was everything in Hawaii. And sometimes when I decided to walk to the University from our apartment, I’d reflect on this. Behind my back…
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