ʻO nā mea hana lima (Palani: artisan, Italia: artigiano) he mau mea hana lima akamai e hana lima a hana paha i nā mea hiki ke hana pono a hoʻonaninani wale nō. ʻElima mau mea hana lima Vineyard e hilinaʻi nei i ka hana lima e kaʻana like me mākou i nā kikoʻī o kā lākou hana lima, a me ko lākou mau manaʻo no ke kiʻi a me ka hana lima.
Ua loaʻa iaʻu ke kēkelē ma ke ʻenekinia mīkini, a laila hana wau ma Gannon lāua ʻo Benjamin no kahi o ʻelima mau makahiki e hana ana i nā waʻa lāʻau, a ua like ia me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kēkelē lua ma ke ʻenekinia mīkini.
Ma hope o Gannon lāua ʻo Benjamin, ua hana pū wau me nā ʻōpio kolohe ma ke Kula ʻo Penikese Island, kahi aʻu i lilo ai i kanaka akamai no ka mea ʻo kaʻu hana ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana e hana i nā mea me nā keiki. He wahi ʻenehana haʻahaʻa loa ia me ka wai anuanu a me ka uila liʻiliʻi loa… Ua hoʻoholo wau e makemake wau e komo i ka hana hao a ʻo ka hana hao wale nō ka mea kūpono. Ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻo ia i kahi forge kahiko a hoʻomaka i ka hāmare ma laila. Pēlā i hoʻomaka ai nā mea āpau ma Penikes, ka forge mua aʻu i hana ai. Hana mau wau i nā mea keleawe no nā waʻa ma Gannon lāua ʻo Benjamin. Ma hope koke iho o koʻu haʻalele ʻana iā Penikese, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻāʻo i koʻu lima ma ka hana hao manawa piha ma Vineyard.
Ua hoʻoholo e hoʻāʻo e lilo i mea hana laka pilikino me nā hopena maikaʻi loa ma Vineyard. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi waiwai, akā ua paʻahana loa wau a hauʻoli i kaʻu hana. Kākaʻikahi wau e hana i ka mea like i ʻelua manawa. Hoʻolimalima kēlā me kēia hana mai nā hana ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo wau he ʻekolu mau mea like ʻole: hana hoʻolālā hoihoi - nā kikoʻī paʻa, ka hoʻoponopono pilikia; ka noʻeau hana noʻeau; a me ka hana maʻalahi - ka wili ʻana, ke kaula ʻana, ka wili ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana. Hoʻohui maikaʻi ia i kēia mau mea ʻekolu.
He mau mea kūʻai pilikino kaʻu mau mea kūʻai aku, nā ʻoihana a me nā mea nona ka hale. Eia kekahi, hana pinepine wau me nā mea hana ʻaelike a me nā mea mālama. Ua hana au i nā ʻauamo lima he nui me kahi laulā like. Hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa nā ʻanuʻu, makemake lākou e iho i lalo i nā ʻanuʻu me ka palekana, a makemake lākou i kahi mea nani. Eia kekahi, nā ʻoihana kūkulu nui - he ʻelua mau hana koʻikoʻi loa kaʻu i kēia manawa, nā ʻōnaehana alahao he nui nā ʻāpana, a aia kekahi mau ʻāpana e pono ai nā alahao e pale aku i ka hāʻule ʻana o [nā kānaka]. ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau loea, ʻo ia nā pale kapuahi. Ma ke ʻano kūikawā, hoʻokomo pinepine wau i nā puka ma nā kapuahi. I kēia manawa ua loaʻa kahi code e koi ana i nā puka ma nā kapuahi. ʻO kaʻu mau mea he keleawe, hao i hana ʻia a me ke kila kila, me kekahi keleawe a me ke keleawe.
Ua hoʻolālā koke nei au i nā pua dogwood, morning glory, rose, a ua hana pū i nā pūpū a me nā pūpū nautilus no nā pale kapuahi. Ua hana au i nā pūpū scallop he nui a ua maʻalahi ko lākou ʻano e hana a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi e like me ka rose. He nani maoli nā ʻohe, ʻoiai he ʻano invasive lākou. Ua hana au i ʻelua mau pale hoʻonaninani mai nā ʻohe swamp a he mea weliweli lākou. Makemake au e loaʻa kahi kumuhana - ʻaʻole kūpono mau ia a ʻoi aku ka holoholona ma mua o kahi mea kanu. Ua hana au i kahi pale me nā faucets ma nā wēlau ʻelua a me kahi huelo kohola ma ka hopena o ka puka mua. A laila ua hana maikaʻi wau i kekahi manawa i hala aku nei me kahi pale me ka huelo kohola ma lalo a laila ke poʻo kohola ma luna.
ʻO nā ʻauamo lima aʻu i hana ai no nā ʻanuʻu o ka pā hale ma Edgartown a me nā hale ʻē aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale he keleawe. ʻO ka hoʻolālā hope loa i kapa ʻia ʻo ke alelo, he piʻo lana ma ka hopena. ʻAʻole naʻu i hana i kēia ʻano, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā eia kaʻu wehewehe ʻana. He mea maikaʻi loa ka keleawe, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o ka hao i hana ʻia, akā paʻa maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pono ka mālama nui ʻana, a he mea maikaʻi loa ia no nā ʻauamo lima kahi e laumania ai nā lima a hoʻowali ʻia i ka wā e hoʻohana ai.
ʻAneʻane pau. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā kumu e manaʻo ai au he mea pena kiʻi a he mea hana lima hoʻi. ʻAneʻane ʻaʻole loa wau e hana i kekahi mea aʻu e manaʻo ai he kiʻi kālai ʻia he hana noʻeau wale nō. ʻO ia ke kumu i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai ua hele mai au e nānā i kēlā mau pale a paʻi mua iā lākou e ʻike i ko lākou paʻakikī a ʻike inā e paʻa lākou. Me nā lima lima, ua noʻonoʻo nui wau e pili ana i ka hana ʻana iā lākou i mea pono e like me ka hiki. ʻAʻole pono iaʻu nā lima lima i koʻu ola i kēia manawa (ke neʻe nei mākou a pau i kēlā ʻaoʻao), akā ke hoʻāʻo nei au e noʻonoʻo maoli i kahi e pono ai nā lima lima. Pilina ma waena o nā lima lima a me ke kahe o ke kaʻa. ʻO nā alapiʻi ʻāina e piʻo ana ma ka lau nahele o kekahi he hana ʻokoʻa loa ia o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kahi e kau ai i ka pale maikaʻi loa. A laila noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā keiki e holo ana a puni a ma hea e hana ai no lākou.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻelua: Makemake nui au i nā pale ʻāina piʻo ʻole kahi e loaʻa ai kahi pilikia nui o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e neʻe mālie ai ka mea metala paʻakikī i loko o kahi piʻo nani i kūpono a hana i kahi pale hana maikaʻi a nani hoʻi ke nānā aku. . ʻO kēia mau mea a pau.
He pilikia hoihoi loa nā ʻano paʻakikī makemakika o nā alahao ʻūlū a piʻo ... inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hala ma mua o lākou.
Ua hiki mai au i kēia mokupuni he 44 mau makahiki i hala. Ua hana au i kahi noiʻi liʻiliʻi e pili ana i nā pūpū kai a loaʻa iaʻu kahi puke ma Martha's Vineyard i kapa ʻia ʻo American Indian Money e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o nā pūpū quail keleawe i nā kānaka ʻōiwi ma ke Kahakai Hikina o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a pehea e hana ʻia ai nā momi pūpū. He ʻokoʻa nā manaʻo o Wampum no nā kānaka like ʻole. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hana i nā momi wampum mai nā pūpū quahog aʻu i loaʻa ai ma ke kahakai, akā ʻaʻole pono mai nā momi ʻaha kūkā, ʻo ia hoʻi nā momi ʻAmelika ʻōiwi kuʻuna.
I koʻu wā he 20 mua o koʻu mau makahiki, ua hoʻolimalima au i kahi keʻena me nā Benton a noho ma ka home o Thomas Hart Benton ma Aquinn ma Herring Creek. Noho ka keiki a Benton ʻo Tippy ma ka hale e pili ana. He nui kaʻu mau pōpoki e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia ʻiole - ʻo ia ka manaʻo o Tippy. ʻO Charlie Witham, Keith Taylor a me aʻu - ua wehe mākou i kahi hale liʻiliʻi ma ko mākou home ma Benton, e hana ana i nā momi a me nā mea hoʻonani i ke ʻano kahiko.
Ke hoʻomau nei au i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā momi a me nā mea hoʻonani, makemake nui wau e hele i Italia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i Venice. No koʻu lā hānau 50 a me ka lā 50 o kaʻu kāne ʻo Richard, ua hele mākou i Venice a ua hoʻoikaika ʻia au e nā mosaics a me nā tile ma laila. Pono ia he mau kenekulia - ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia nā hana pōhaku āpau i nā ʻano paʻakikī o nā hoʻopunipuni optical - nani, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kala āpau o ke kinikini. I kēlā manawa, ke hana nei au i nā mosaics nui o nā mea hoʻonani mai kaʻu resin a me nā pūpū kālai. Akā no ka hana ʻana i kahi mea hou aku: e hana! Pono wau e noʻonoʻo pehea e hana ai i nā tile.
A laila ua kauoha au i nā tile biscuit i puhi ʻia akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopili ʻia. Hiki iaʻu ke kūkulu ma luna o lākou - ʻo kēia kaʻu mau tile. Makemake au e hoʻohana i nā nalo mahina, nā pūpū kai, ke aniani kai, nā ʻūpā pūpū kūloko, nā nuggets turquoise a me ka abalone. ʻO ka mea mua, e ʻimi au i nā pūpū… E ʻokiʻoki au i nā ʻano a hoʻopālahalaha iā lākou i ka hiki. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻoki mea hoʻonani me kahi pahi daimana. Ua hoʻohana au i kaʻu ʻoki mea hoʻonani e ʻoki i nā ʻōmole waina e lahilahi ai lākou. A laila hoʻoholo wau i ke kala aʻu e makemake ai. E kāwili ana au i kēia mau kini epoxy a pau me ka pena. Hoʻolilo ia iaʻu i ka makewai - makemake nui au iā ia - kala, he mea nui loa.
Makemake au e noʻonoʻo i nā mea hana tile mua ma Venice; e like me kā lākou, he paʻa loa kēia mau tile. Makemake au e laumania loa kaʻu, no laila ua ʻokiʻoki au i nā pūpū a pau i ka lahilahi e like me ka hiki a hoʻokahe i nā ʻāpana me ka resin tinted. Ma hope o ʻelima mau lā o ke kali ʻana, ua paʻakikī ka resin a ua hiki iaʻu ke one i ka tile i lalo a hiki i kahi ʻano laumania. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi huila wili, pono e one ʻia i ʻekolu a ʻehā paha manawa, a laila hoʻowali au. E kapa au i ke ʻano he "hulu" a laila e kahakiʻi au i kahi kaha kiʻi panana me nā ʻaoʻao ʻehā, a i ʻole nā ​​kiko, ma ka panana.
Ua kapa au i kaʻu tile he "mea hoʻonaninani home" no ka mea hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻohana i kaʻu tile ma ke ʻano he kumumanaʻo i loko o kā lākou mau lumi kuke a me nā lumi ʻauʻau e hoʻohui i kahi pā o ka "waiwai mokupuni" i ko lākou home. Ke hoʻolālā nei kekahi mea kūʻai aku i kahi lumi kuke hou ma Chilmark a loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo e kau i kaʻu mau tile liʻiliʻi ma kahi ʻāpana nui o ka infill e hana i kahi countertop. Ua hana nui mākou me - he nani maoli ka counter i hoʻopau ʻia.
Hāʻawi wau i ka mea kūʻai aku i kahi paleta kala, hiki iā mākou ke heluhelu i nā puke, hiki iā mākou ke koho i nā kala. Ua hana au i kahi lumi kuke no ka poʻe makemake nui i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo - kahi kala ʻōmaʻomaʻo - manaʻo wau ua hana au i 13 mau tile i hoʻopili ʻia.
Ua hana au i kahi kiʻikuhi lāʻau i hiki iaʻu ke lawe i nā tile accent i nā wahi āpau, hiki i nā kānaka ke lawe iā lākou a hoʻāʻo iā lākou ma nā wahi a lākou e ʻike ai he kūpono. Malia paha he tile ma ke kua o ke kapuahi a i ʻole kahi mantelpiece. Mai ka inlay, ua hana au i nā noho lāʻau liʻiliʻi. Makemake au e hiki i nā kānaka ke koho i kā lākou mau tile ponoʻī, no laila ʻaʻole au i paʻa i nā tile. Ke koho ʻia nā koho, pono lākou e grouting.
Aia nā laʻana tile ʻo Martha's Vineyard Tile Co., hoʻouna mai lākou iaʻu i nā kauoha. No nā papahana kūikawā, hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻokaʻaʻike pololei mai iaʻu.
E hana wau i kekahi hana hoʻomoe. Ua hoʻomaka wau ma ke ʻano he mea hana pōhaku lepo, e kāwili ana i ka lepo no koʻu makuakāne hānai e makemake nui ana e hoʻomoe i nā pōhaku. No laila, ke hana nei au i kēia i kēlā me kēia manawa mai koʻu wā he 13 a i kēia manawa he 60 koʻu mau makahiki. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, he mau talena ʻē aʻe kaʻu. Ua ulu iki wau e hana i ʻekolu mau mea aʻu e aloha nui ai. Pili kaʻu hana i ka 3rd Masonry, 3rd Music a me 3rd Fishing - he kaulike maikaʻi loa. Ua laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka wā hiki ke pae ma ka mokupuni, a ua lanakila wau i kēia puʻupuʻu. I ka hopena, ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻololi i nā mea hou aʻe ma kahi o ka loea - he ola maikaʻi loa ia.
I kekahi manawa loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hana pōhaku nui a pono ʻoe e hoʻopau. I ke kauwela, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiho ʻole ʻana, inā hiki iaʻu ke kōkua. Ua ʻono wau i nā iʻa paʻi a me ka lawaiʻa i ke kauwela āpau. a hoʻokani mele. I kekahi manawa hele mākou i nā huakaʻi - hoʻokahi mahina aia mākou ma ke Kai Caribbean, St. Barth a me Norewai he 12 mau manawa. Ua hele mākou i ʻApelika Hema no ʻekolu pule a hoʻopaʻa leo. I kekahi manawa hana ʻoe i hoʻokahi hana a i ʻole kekahi hana ma ka lālani a laila hoʻomau i ka holo.
ʻOiaʻiʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke pau ka hana. ʻOi loa aku inā ʻike wau he iʻa, akā ke paʻahana nei au i ke kau ʻana i nā pōhaku a e pepehi mai lākou iaʻu. Inā pono iaʻu e hana i kekahi mea a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke lawaiʻa, he mea paʻakikī loa ia. A i ʻole, inā ʻaʻohe oʻu pōhaku i ka hoʻoilo a hoʻopaʻahau wau i ka pūpū, e nele ana paha wau i ka pōhaku kūloko maikaʻi. He mea kupanaha ke mele no ka mea e pāʻani ana ia i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa: i ka hoʻoilo hoʻonāukiuki ʻoe i nā kamaʻāina, no laila i kēlā me kēia hopena pule haʻalele mākou i ka mokupuni. I ke kauwela, ʻaʻole hele i waho nā kamaʻāina a aia nā helehelena hou i kēlā me kēia pule, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka hana ma kahi hoʻokahi a hiamoe i kou wahi moe. E hele i ka lawaiʻa pūpū i ke ao.
Me nā mea hana pōhaku, kiʻekiʻe loa ke kūlana ma ʻaneʻi. Mai koʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, ua ulu nui ka hana kūkulu hale ma ka mokupuni, a nui ke kālā. He hana maikaʻi, no laila he nui ka hoʻokūkū - pono ia he hana maikaʻi. Loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ka pōmaikaʻi mai kahi pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hana lima. He mea maikaʻi ke kālepa ʻana iā ia iho. Maikaʻi ka maikaʻi loa.
I ka wā mua o 30 a 35 paha mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Lew French, he mea hana pōhaku, i ka lawe ʻana i nā pōhaku mai Maine mai, a ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i kahi pōhaku kūpono e like me ia i kēia manawa, a i ʻole ka pōhaku āna i hoʻohana ai. Ua ʻike mākou hiki iā mākou ke lawe mai i nā huila he ʻumi o nā pōhaku mai nā wahi a pau. Inā mākou e kalaiwa ana ma New England a ʻike mākou i nā pā pōhaku nani, hiki iā mākou ke hele i kekahi mau mahiʻai a nīnau inā hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai i kahi puʻu pōhaku? No laila ua kūʻai au i kahi kaʻa hoʻolei a hana i ka nui o ia mea. He nani kēlā me kēia pōhaku āu e hoʻolei ai i kāu kaʻa - aneane hiki iā ʻoe ke inoa iā lākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kali e hoʻohana iā lākou.
Hana hoʻokahi wau a hoʻāʻo i nā pōhaku he nui a kūpono lākou a pau akā ke hoʻi ʻoe i hope a ʻōlelo ka poʻe he nui ... ʻaʻole ... ʻōlelo kekahi o lākou ... malia paha ... a laila e hoʻokomo ʻoe i hoʻokahi, a e ʻōlelo ʻo ia ... ... ʻae ... ʻo kāu koho ia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i 10 mau pōhaku a e ʻōlelo kekahi ʻae, e ka pēpē.
E lawe ka piko a me nā ʻaoʻao iā ʻoe i kahi ala hou ... pono ke kūlike i loko, pono ke mele i loko. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke moe wale i lalo, pono ʻo ia e ʻoluʻolu, akā pono nō hoʻi ʻo ia e neʻe.
Manaʻo wau ʻo ke ala maʻalahi loa e wehewehe ai i kēia no ka mea he mea hoʻokani pila wau: ʻo kēia ke mele a me ke kuʻikahi, pono kēia he pōhaku …
He laina piha o nā huahana kukui ʻo Lamplighter. Loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau: nā kukui paia, nā pendants, nā kau kolamu, a pau i ke ʻano kolone. ʻO kā mākou kumu hoʻohālike kukui alanui ma Edgartown he kope ia o ke kukui alanui maoli ma ka mokupuni. ʻO ia wale nō. ʻAʻole naʻu i hoʻolālā, he maʻamau lākou a pau, ma muli o nā laʻana open source o kēlā wā. ʻŌlelo ʻo New England. I kekahi manawa makemake ka poʻe i kahi mea hou aʻe. Makemake mau wau e kamaʻilio me ka poʻe e hoʻololi i ka hoʻolālā. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia a ʻike i ka hiki.
I loko o kahi honua kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai ka paʻi 3D, ʻaneʻane 100 mau makahiki nā mea hana aʻu e hoʻohana nei: nā haki, nā ʻokiʻoki, nā wili. Hana ʻia nā kukui e like me kā lākou hana ma mua. Hoʻopilikia koke ʻia ka maikaʻi. Hana lima ʻia kēlā me kēia kukui. ʻOiai he ʻano maʻamau loa ia - ʻoki, kūlou, pelu - ʻokoʻa nā mea āpau. Noʻu, ʻaʻole ia he mea noʻeau. He hoʻolālā kaʻu, ʻo ia kaʻu hana. He ʻano maʻamau ko kēlā me kēia kanaka. Hana ʻia nā mea a pau ma ʻaneʻi. ʻOki au i ke aniani no kēlā me kēia kanaka, loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu mau kumu hoʻohālike aniani ponoʻī a hoʻohui au i nā ʻāpana āpau.
I ka wā i hoʻokumu mua ai ʻo Hollis Fisher i ka hui ma kahi o 1967, aia ka hale kūʻai Lamplighter ma Edgartown, kahi i loaʻa ai ʻo Tracker Home Decor i kēia manawa. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻatikala Gazette 1970 e wehewehe ana pehea i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Hollis e hana i nā kukui ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa a laila lilo ia i ʻoihana.
Loaʻa iaʻu nā hana mai nā mea kālai hale. He mea maikaʻi ʻo Patrick Ahern - ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā kānaka i koʻu ala. I ka hoʻoilo, ua hana au i kekahi mau hana nui ma ka ʻoihana ʻo Robert Stern ma New York. Hana maikaʻi loa ma Pohogonot a me nā Hamptons.
Ua hana au i kahi chandelier no ka hale ʻaina ʻo State Road. Ua hoʻolimalima lākou i ka mea hoʻolālā kūloko ʻo Michael Smith, nāna i hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kekahi mau manaʻo no nā kukui pendant. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau kikowaena tractor kahiko - makemake ʻo ia iā lākou - ua like ia me kahi hana mahiʻai ma kahi mea hana huila kaʻa nani. Manaʻo wau e pili ana i nā kia a me nā huila, ko lākou ʻano a me ke ʻano. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lawe mai kēia papahana iaʻu i ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau mea like, kēlā me kēia mea e pili ana i ka mea. Pono ka mea nona ka hale hōʻikeʻike kūloko ʻo Chris Morse i kahi mea no ka papa ʻaina, a ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kumu hoʻohālike lōʻihi o ka hihia i loko o kāna hale hōʻikeʻike. Makemake au i hiki iaʻu ke lawe i kahi mea a waiho iā ia iho. No laila, he kumu hoʻohālike hihia kēia, loaʻa iaʻu i loko o ka hale kūʻai, kau iā ia no kekahi manawa a noho pū me ia. Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi mau lako hana maikaʻi aʻu i loaʻa ai.
I kēia mau lā aku nei, ua lawe mai kekahi mea kūʻai aku i kēia mea hānai moa galvanized lōʻihi ʻoihana. Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohui i kekahi mau kukui fluorescent i laila - ua hana hou ʻia kēia mau mea a pau, nani a hana maikaʻi ʻia.
Ua aʻo au i nā hana noʻeau maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he haumāna lae pua a laila ma ke ʻano he haumāna puka ma ke pena ʻana; i kēia manawa he hale hana pena koʻu ma Grape Harbor. ʻAe, he ʻokoʻa maoli lākou: nā hana noʻeau a me nā hana lima. ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā kukui he ʻano maʻamau iki. Aia nā lula, he linear. Aia kahi kauoha e hahai ʻia. ʻAʻohe lula ma ke kiʻi. Maikaʻi loa - kaulike maikaʻi. ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā kukui kaʻu berena a me ka pata: ua hala kēia mau papahana ma mua oʻu, a he mea maikaʻi ka loaʻa ʻole o ka pilina naʻau, a hiki iaʻu ke hopohopo e pili ana i ka maikaʻi.
Hoʻokō kēia mau mea a pau kekahi i kekahi - ke kiʻi a me ka hana lima. Pono wau e ʻimi i kekahi ma ka hale hana e hiki iaʻu ke aʻo; e hāʻawi kēia iaʻu i ka manawa hou aʻe e hoʻopau ai i nā hana kukui maʻamau. ʻO kēia kaʻu hana i kēlā me kēia lā… ʻo kēia pena kaʻu hana hopena pule. Hauʻoli wau ʻaʻole wau e loaʻa kālā mai ke kiʻi maikaʻi; Ua manaʻo wau e hoʻopilikia ʻia ka hana, akā ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole ia. Hoʻohana wau ia mea e hana i nā mea a pau aʻu e makemake ai.
Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke kaha kiʻi, ka pena kiʻi a me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi ma ke kula kiʻi. A laila, 30 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua aʻo mai ʻo Tom Hodgson iaʻu pehea e kākau ai a hana i nā hōʻailona. Ua makemake nui au iā ia a makemake nui au. He kumu kupaianaha ʻo Tom a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi manawa kūpono nui.
Akā, ua hiki au i kahi i makemake ʻole ai au e hanu i ka uahi o ka pena ʻaila. Makemake au e hana i nā hoʻolālā hou aku no ka mea makemake au i nā mea hoʻonaninani a me nā ʻano. ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka logo me kahi polokalamu kamepiula i hiki iaʻu ke hoʻonui i nā hiki o ka hoʻolālā logo e hoʻokomo i nā kiʻi paʻi wai ʻole. ʻO kēia ka hopena i kahi huahana wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau faila kikohoʻe no nā kāleka ʻoihana, nā hoʻolaha, nā papa kuhikuhi, nā kaʻa, nā lepili a me nā mea hou aku. ʻO Edgartown wale nō ke kūlanakauhale ma ka mokupuni e makemake ana e pena i kā lākou logo, a ua hauʻoli wau e paʻa mau ana au i ka palaki.
Hoʻokaʻawale like wau i koʻu manawa ma waena o ka hoʻolālā kiʻi a me ka hana hōʻailona a makemake nui i kēlā me kēia ʻaelike. I kēia manawa, hoʻolālā a paʻi wau i nā lepili no nā huahana Reindeer Bridge Holistics, Flat Point Farm, MV Sea Salt a me Kitchen Porch. Paʻi pū wau i nā hae, hana i nā kiʻi no nā kaʻa, paʻi i nā kiʻi nani no nā mea pena kiʻi, hana hou i nā kiʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​kiʻi pena ma ka canvas a i ʻole ka pepa. He mea hana maʻalahi ka mīkini paʻi ākea, a ʻo ka ʻike pehea e hoʻohana ai i kēia mau polokalamu e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāu mau kiʻi e hiki ai nā mea āpau. Makemake au e hoʻololi i ke kūlana o kēia manawa ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā huahana a me nā ʻenehana hou. Hoʻomau wau i ka hāpai ʻana i kuʻu lima a ʻōlelo, ʻeā, e noʻonoʻo wau i kekahi mea.
Ke ninaninau au i kaʻu mau mea kūʻai aku, ʻike au i nā kaila a lākou e makemake ai. Wehewehe au i kā lākou hihiʻo a hōʻike iā lākou i kekahi mau manaʻo me nā kinona like ʻole, nā hoʻonohonoho, nā kala, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. E hōʻike ana au i kekahi mau koho, ʻo kēlā me kēia aʻu e manaʻo nei he lanakila. Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana hoʻoponopono maikaʻi, ua mākaukau mākou e hōʻailona i ke kiʻi. A laila e hana wau i ka unahi no kekahi noi. He mea ʻakaʻaka nā hōʻailona - pono e heluhelu ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻike ka Pūnaewele i kahi o ka hōʻailona, ​​pehea ka wikiwiki o ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaʻa - ke ʻano ʻokoʻa e pono ai e hoʻokaʻawale i ka hōʻailona - inā paha ma ka malu a i ʻole ma kahi lā.
Makemake au e mahalo i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana a kaʻu mea kūʻai aku ma o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kā lākou mau kala, nā kinona hua, a me nā logo, me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka "pono ​​o ka logo" ma ka mokupuni. Ua noʻonoʻo wau i ke ʻano o ka māla waina, hele mai ia i nā ʻano like ʻole. Hana pū wau me nā luna nānā hale ma ka mokupuni a kau inoa i ke komite kānāwai. Hoʻolohe nui ʻia nā ʻāpana kūpono i maʻalahi ka heluhelu ʻana i ka logo a nani hoʻi. He kiʻi kālepa ia, akā i kekahi manawa ua like ia me ke kiʻi.
Kōkua au i nā kānaka e hōʻailona i kā lākou ʻoihana me nā ʻōlelo hoʻolaha noʻonoʻo a me nā wahi hoʻolaha maikaʻi. Hoʻopili pinepine mākou i nā manaʻo a ʻeli hohonu e hiki ai i kahi e hui ai ka kikokikona me ka ʻike maka e hana i kahi manaʻo momona a maoli. Hana kēia mau manaʻo ke hoʻolōʻihi mākou i ko mākou manawa.