Mari Waikiki

Contemplating Life – Past, Present and Future

I'm sitting on a beach contemplating life. My life, as it is now, as it was then, and as it will be someday. …

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Sixty Years of Stories

Baby Magic is Real, and It’s a Pain Reliever

If you’ve never experienced baby magic, or scoffed at the idea, I’m here to tell you the effect is real. I felt the magic in December, about six weeks…

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I Can’t Believe I Have Stage Four Cancer

I can’t believe I have stage four cancer. I just can’t believe I have stage four cancer. I really cannot believe I have stage four cancer. This is a t…

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Good Morning, Cancer, Sit Down

“Good morning! You have Stage Four colon cancer. Have a nice day!” Well, that wasn’t exactly how I was told, but it’s what I heard from the surgical t…

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Bill and I Get Hitched – Kinda

After four years of dating Bill, and living with him for two, I got the itch to get hitched. I starting talking in vague terms about marriage, but whe…

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Grampa, Grama Dugan at Farm
A Brief History of the Kanes and Watsons

My mom, Mary Virginia (Ginny) Watson and my dad, Robert (Bob) Leo Kane were both raised in Michigan. Mom and her brother Norb, were born in Detroit, b…

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Santa Flies Space Available

One thing I learned as a child was that Santa also travels on airplanes. I found this out when I was seven, after my family spent an hour waiting on a…

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Pictorial Records of My Travels

Hawaii 2023

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USA 2020

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Israel 2016

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Tin Can Tourists – MI 2014

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Ireland 2013

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Cuba 2012

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