In Japan one of the traditional activities of the new year celebration is the pounding of mochi. We also pound mochi here in Hawaii to celebrate the new year and if you click on the picture to the left you can view more photos and a video on mochi pounding in action (via […]

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I believe the following to be a beautiful and insightful piece of writing and very appropriate as the calendar turns over and 2008 begins…
… and in another year everything will be different yet again. It is always like that, and always will be; you are forever standing on the brink, in a place where you […]

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