CHERRY'S HOME COOKING

I spent the first night away from here since WDG signed on back on 7/7/07. It's been like training to be a lighthouse keeper.

If you wanna chill from most anywhere, head for Hawaii.  Folks in Honolulu make it to the windward side, to here in Kaneohe, or down below at the water in Waimanalo. To get totally away from electronics and egos, keyboards and kilobytes, iTunes and YouTube and people coming at me in more ways than should have ever been invented, I take that trip leeward to Nanakuli.

No mo' TV, newspapers, malls, traffic and the other survival necessities in New Century Hawaii. They still do it the old Hawaiian way out on the homesteads. After a week that featured our two greatest sessions--Jerry Santos and Ernie Cruz--each as different as opposite ends of the anuenue (rainbow) and both equally brilliant in their special way, I headed for Sistah Debbie's house for the long weekend.

Mellowed out, back up on the hill, all I can say is that I pray someday you experience the bliss that comes with ohana, talk story about the old days, Cherry's home cookin' and more good stuff that I want to kick back and think about some more.  And watch RECOUNT on tape.

HOT SOUP: Coming ... Herb Ohta, Jr. ...  The Makaha Sons ... Cyril Pahinui ... Millicent Cummings' "ALTAR NATIVE" premier, post-Hoku Awards show with John Berger of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, a big announcement ... and more goodies from this dude with a recharged memory.

Mahalo, Deb & Cherry, for all the love and aloha, saimin and shower and reminding me, one more time: There's no place like home, in Nanakuli.