"Chillaxin..!"'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Friday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York

( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology

 field of medicine for over 30 years

Chillaxin

Today I decided to take the day off. Having my son visiting from L.A. I had planned some extra time to spend with him and do a “me day” today. An extra day to chill and do some things around the house is much appreciated at the end of a busy work week.

Starting the day at our favorite “diamond in the area” restaurant, Mardes is like a step back of time, located in our very own Mayberry USA. Hidden in a neighborhood nearby and locally owned by a family, it is a step back in time.

Judith and son Joel
'Chilaxin' before he   heads back
to LA...

 Everyone knows everyone, the customers are regulars and the restaurant is so small we can hold a conversation with someone across the room. Still offering breakfast specials that include coffee is almost unheard of in today's business world and walking out of a restaurant feeling full spending little money is another gift.

I know my day will go fast as I watch some HG-TV and refresh my manicure but that's what a day off is all about. Chillaxin!

"Judy, Judy, Judy!"

Hana Hou, (Encore)

Please say it Mr. President, say it! 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #136)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Obama Da Dog!

Kimo's world #136~Blog #1807

Editors note;
dakinetalk blog was scheduled to be on vacation for a full week. It was discovered that  4 days was more than adequate to get the writers bug back.  I'm back with a late edition of Kimo's world.   Hope you enjoy!

Please say it Mr. President, say it!

Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to ISIS and  gunned down 49 people early Sunday June 12th at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation's worst terror attack since 9/11.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/
Last week A boy by the name of Mohamed fatally slit the throat of a 13 year old  Jewish girl in Israel as she slept. 
https://adarapress.com/2016/06/30/13-year-old-jewish-girl-murdered-in-her-sleep-by-17-year-old-arab-killers-mother-to-be-compensated-by-p-a-my-son-is-a-hero-he-made-me-proud/
50 people died  and  60  were wounded by suicide bombers at the Istanbul airport which also took  place last week, this is  also said to be the work of radical Islam.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3664710/Two-explosions-gunfire-Istanbul-s-Ataturk-airport-cause-multiple-injuries.html
...And just a few days ago;
Iraqis mourned more than more than 200 people killed in a Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/02/middleeast/baghdad-car-bombs/
Guns are  not the common denominator. Radical Islam is the culprit and until such time as our President can say who the enemy is these attacks will continue. They will continue with knives, suicide bombs , flying airplanes into buildings and other evil ways. 

 President Obama is telling us we have a problem but refuses to identify it. Imagine going to the doctor and having cancer and the doctor tells you only that your sick,but doesn't identify the disease? How can you heal if you are not properly diagnosed?You need to know what your diagnosis  and  problem is before you can work on a cure.

Please say it Mr. President, This is not a war on the NRA or guns.
THIS IS A WAR ON RADICAL ISLAM!

Editor's note,
This blog appeared 12 days later on July 18, 2016 as an opinion piece in the state of Hawaii's largest newspaper, the Honolulu Staradvertiser. I will include the copy and pasted text along with the URL link since the newspaper has a paywall and only those with paid subscriptions can enter the site.
http://staradvertiser.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

"Enemy isn’t guns, it’s radical Islam"
   Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to ISIS and  gunned down 49 people early Sunday June 12th at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation's worst terror attack since 9/11.
   Last week A boy by the name of Mohamed fatally slit the throat of a 13 year old  Jewish girl in Israel as she slept.
   50 people died and  60  were wounded by suicide bombers at the Istanbul airport which also took  place last week,.
   Guns are  not the common denominator. Radical Islam is the culprit and until such time as our President can say who the enemy is these attacks will continue. They will continue with knives, suicide bombs , flying airplanes into buildings and other evil ways.
   This is not a war on the NRA or guns.

This is a war on radical Islam
P.S.
Please note the following memes are for collection purposes. dakinetalk's vacation ended early. Ended up we could not stay away from blogging. We are addicted to it!   ;-)

Hana Hou-iPhone photography;
All images Copyright 2016-James "Kimo"Rosen~

"Hau`oli Lā Hānau" Happy Birthday... 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Friday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York

( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology

 field of medicine for almost 40 years!

"Hau`oli Lā Hānau" Happy Birthday

 Once again we are lucky enough to celebrate both our boys birthdays at the same time. 

Joel and Jacob Whitehead
will celebrate birthdays
together this weekend!

Their special dates are about a week apart and it's rare that I get them in the same city at the same time.West meets East coast this weekend enjoying  family time together. 

Our family has been shrinking over the years we are fortunate that we still have our core;  recently I have been reaching out to cousins that I have reconnected with.  I decided we have to make more of an effort to gather with cousins that are still with us and share our stories. It is comforting and enjoyable to swap stories from the past that we have long forgotten and relive those special days that we took for granted many years ago.

So this weekend, it is happy birthdays, happy Fourth of July and Happy life!

Hana Hou, (Encore) Happy Birthday America!

Good Advice, cover your ass..." 'Obama Da Dog' (Source)

Obama Da Dog is a life long resident of Hawaii.

Obama  can be seen cruising Kapa'a town

with her best friend James "Kimo" Rosen!
Hope you smile or laugh after reading this!

 Good Advice, cover your ass

The Pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.
The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey 
that he entered it in the race again and it won again.

The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of 
publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to enter  the donkey in another race.

The next day the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS

This was too much for the Bishop so he  ordered the Pastor to get
rid of the donkey. The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent. The local paper, hearing of the news, posted  the following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The Bishop fainted. He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey so she sold it to a farm for $10.  

The next day the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10

This was too much for the Bishop so he  ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headlines read:  
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE

The Bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is . . . being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery . . . even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and just cover your own !!! You'll be a lot happier and live longer! 

Hana Hou, (Encore) 

"Farmers markets and the art of the dicker..."'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #135)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Obama Da Dog!

Kimo's world #135~Blog #1804

Farmers markets and the art of the dicker

Dateline, 10 -15 years ago I used to really love going to the local farmers market. It was a way to save money, and get some healthy produce and support the local farmers.

Fast forward to now;
It's somewhat ironic that I can go to the local discounted warehouse supermarket in Kapaa and buy produce for less than at the farmers market. What really bothers me is that there is no middle man at the farmers market and they are asking in many  instances 2-3 times more than the supermarket.

I can by ginger root for $1.67 lb at the local  warehouse supermarket and get a big bag of ginger for under $2.00, in contrast  at the farmers that same amount of ginger would cost right around  $4.50. Yikes! 

You will see 7-10 vendors selling the exact same ginger. How can that be?   I inquired because allegedly you are not allowed to use the farmers market as a buy wholesale and resell at retail. Here's the loophole. Farmers are now called vendors. Vendors can buy from other vendors as long as it is not during the operating hours of the farmers market.This is why you have numerous vendors (farmers) selling the same produce. When I ask them if they grew it, they all say, "yes!" Really? Does it look like I was born yesterday? That is how you have so  many vendors selling the same tomatoes, ginger, papaya's etc. Now you know the rest of the story, but wait, there's more.

What does this photo have to do
with this blog subject? Nothing!
However when you publish your own blog
you can do these kind of things.
Pictured above at the 2016 Mayorathon
 is Arthur Brun running for Kaua'i county council
Mayor Bernard Carvalho and in the middle
yours truly, James "Kimo" Rosen.
Photo courtesy, Beth Tokioka

My favorite Auntie at the farmers market who for years made the most artistic, beautiful, inexpensive and  exotic flower lei's your eyes ever saw  was told to cease making the lei's since you are not allowed to sell handcrafted items without special insurance that is not required to sell produce. Therefore my favorite Auntie after years of selling lei's is  no longer selling lei's because of some new idiotic bureaucratic rule, (her choice though, to not get insurance) but 12 vendors can sell overpriced ginger that I can buy cheaper at the supermarket. OY!

I talked with the supervisor of the farmers market and asked, what's happening here? I thought the  farmers market was suppose to have deals better than the supermarket? The reason I come is for the deals, otherwise why bother?  He says he can't control what they charge. I saw one vendor charging $1.50 each for miniature bell peppers that I believe  should had sold for 4 for $1.00!

The farmers (vendors) are going home with extra ripe papayas, bananas and all kinds of produce that in many instances   are being thrown into their compost piles. Hasn't it occurred to them the old concept of something is better than nothing? Instead of throwing out over ripe produce, offer a discount to those who ask, (let us dicker) and  don't give us da stink eye!  Why not clear their tables, make people happy, make yourself happy, is better than making nothing. Right?

The farmers market used to be a place you could go and dicker on prices, that made it fun. There are a few vendors that still know the art of the dicker but are few and far between. The young vendors,  a few old timers too, just look at you with deer in the head lights when trying to dicker for a better price.  The art of the dicker is what made farmer markets and flea markets what they were. Without being able to dicker, they are mere markets.

 If your going for the purpose to save money, stay away. If your going for fresh produce, an afternoon of fun in the sun, fellowship and a cultural joy ride, enjoy! Just don't tell them Kimo sent you. They just may charge you double. If they do, just remember to dicker and dicker hard.

Hana Hou-iPhone photography;
 From Kaua'i Mayorathon 2016
All photos by James "Kimo" Rosen-
Copyright-All rights reserved-2016

Norvin Balisacan loves pedaling to make a healthy smoothie.
The bicycle smoothie was sponsored by Wilcox health
 at the recent Mayorathon at Kapaa beach park.

Time to stock the reefer..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Friday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York

( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology

 field of medicine for over 35 years

Time to stock the reefer

Temperatures in excess of 100 degrees 
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-heat-demand-20160620-snap-story.html

 Well, its that time again to stock the reefer for my son from the west.

Sonny boy Joel,
The guitar 'Luthier' (Doctor)
Visiting from LA 

Record heat and fires have plagued the west coast all month. He now really appreciates the clean air here and moderate temperatures along with the "free" food, visiting with friends and family and just 'chillaxing.'  

Even an exciting busy life style needs to have down time and Buffalo offers that.  Some fishing, visiting with old friends and antique shopping renew ones being.  After a week, just like fish, starts to smell,  after that time, and it will be time to return to the busy lifestyle he is used to.

We are lucky we get to visit several times a year...

P.S.
For further reading read more about Joel and his job at Normans rare guitars;
What is the definition of a hero, dakinetalk blog #1692-'Judith Whitehead'
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-is-definition-of-hero-judith.html
P.S.S.
Joel works for Norman's rare guitars as a Luthier, a craftsman who restores instruments. Norman's is in LA and many prominent famous Musicians frequent this store including Bobby Watson, Waylon, Jeroen and Cesar as seen in this YouTube;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CnjQ84hTro 

Hana Hou, (Encore)

"Everything is about hate, from the election to local talk story..." James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world # 134)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Obama Da Dog!

Kimo's world #134-Blog #1802
Editors note;

This blog appeared as a guest column in the 06-15-16 edition of the Kauai Garden Island News;

"We can do better than hate"

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/guest/we-can-do-better-than-hate/article_890da0d6-d23e-5bec-9c5e-77e29fd4b05a.html#.V2GGtFuI8sg.facebook

Everything is about hate, from the election to local talk story

The election season for President starts 2 years before the general election.  Football season eventually draws to an end after the Superbowl with a 5 month,16 game, plus playoff demanding schedule. Baseball season eventually ends after the world series and a grueling 6 months of 132 games and playoffs---however the presidential election seems to never end.

Right now it's not about what the candidates can do for you, it's about the hatred that one party, their candidate and it's voters have towards the other party. The hatred has reached viral and pandemic proportions separating family and friends.  This is not making America great again, but rather making America hate and lose it's fate again.

Nobody I know is saying I love Hillary because she will do this and that, or I love "The Donald" because of this. People are saying Hillary is a crook and a liar, Trump is a racist,xenophobe, homophobe and narcissist. I reckon narcissist  really doesn't count, after-all what politician isn't narcissistic? Sadly both candidates used the horrific shootings in Orlando minutes after the tragedy to benefit their own run for president.

These two candidates are not only battling each other but have torn families and friendships apart. These two candidates have destroyed America before either has even taken office.

It's been tough being a Trump supporter in a predominately Democratic state with most my friends and family siding Democrat. I no longer believe as strong  in "The Donald," at one point I actually  liked Hillary. At this point I believe both of these candidates are a cancer that can not be healed with radiation, "Kimo-therapy" (sic) or 4 years in the white-house.

Everything about this election is about hate, from  local talk story to national politics. It's time to debate the issues and stop the back and forth child's play of name calling. All this is getting really ugly and hard to take no matter what side your on--- and there's still 5 more excruciating  months of this game they call election politics.

The good news is that The NFL football season starts in September, and it will be much  easier to change the channel. In the meantime the show must go on. However I am a realist and with all said; one candidate still out Trumps(sic) the other---some say the best of the two evils.

P.S.
A must see video for both Conservatives and Liberals
 on Bill Maher's opinion of Radical Islam---and yes he said "Radical Islam" unlike most libs.
Ironically he sounds a lot like his nemesis Donald J. Trump!    
https://www.facebook.com/subjectpolitics/videos/1707420279475525/

https://www.facebook.com/subjectpolitics/videos/1707420279475525/

More dakinetalk reading on Donald Trump;
1-Trump supporters must come out of the closet! (Kimo's world #118)
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/03/trump-supporters-must-come-out-of.html
2-Trump, the election and the Jewish connection...(Kimo's world #119)
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/03/trump-election-and-jewish-connection.html
3-Trump-fulling... (Kimo's world #120)
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/03/trump-fulling-james-kimo-rosen-kimos.html
4-A poem about Donald J. Trump...
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-poem-about-donald-j-trump-james-kimo.html

Hana Hou, (Encore)