We did it. We took a vacation with friends. We self isolated for 2 weeks ahead of time, brought all of our own groceries and had a lovely week with dear friends. We hugged! Our daughter played with a friend INSIDE!! I hated to leave. I hated coming home to school anxiety conversations and my daughter swinging on the swings for hours by herself. I hate COVID but I love my friends.
August 16, 2020
If you spend any time in Hawaii, you'll most likely pick up a few words here and there, like aloha, mahalo, and ohana Kuleana is an important concept in Hawaiian culture. It roughly correlates to responsibility, and is also tied to land rights in specific historic ways In any case I was glad to see the term used to communicate to local people, especially since Native Hawaiians, like other Native Americans, had high per capita death rates from Covid The state government is ending Covid prevention measures in March 2022. Next week the tests, proof of vaccination, and quarantines for U.S. visitors will end. Indoor mask mandates are also ending next week, on the 25th. It's been almost two years since the mask mandates were put in place, in April 2020 If, as some people predict, we have future variants of concern, hope that Hawaii can continue to use what we've learned about prevention. Don't throw out the banners and flyers just yet!
March 13, 2022