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2 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Reclaiming A Gift From The Past
“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.”
— Claude Monet
harvest, and she taught me to read the clouds and wind direction for signs of rain. On sunny Saturdays, most other yards displayed colorful ban- ners of drying laundry. But Mother’s weather instinct was never deceived by smiling skies, and an hour later when neighbors were frantically res- cuing towels and shirts from the Tuahine rain, we would be happily baking cookies. Afterward, Mother would say that the light drizzle had “only kissed the earth,” and she would send me to complete watering of the plants.
visions of “my” tree.
In those long-ago days, time
with Kilohana Silve
Iremember a time when Honolulu homes were surrounded by fruit trees and a profusion of flowers that could have rivaled Mon- et’s garden in Giverny. String beans, tomatoes and eggplants often grew in these yards as well, giving a rural feel right within the city.
Tending plants like a mango tree takes time, and reminds the author that there’s beauty in cultivating relationships.
famous for Hayden mangoes, while others boasted alligator pears or lychee. I loved cross- ing the street to Mrs. Rosa’s, carrying a bag bursting with succulent mangoes from the tree my parents had planted with my umbilical cord short- ly after my birth. Even now, the taste of mango summons
tending plants put us in touch with the ‘āina, and distributing nature’s bounty brought fam- ily and friends together. Our COVID-19 restrictions have given many the gift of time at home and have allowed us to again notice the season’s first gardenia or the juicy limes nestled in thick foliage — to reclaim from the past the pre- cious gift of connection.
Kilohana Silve is kumu of Hālau Hula O Mānoa and president of France-Hawai‘i Association.
Chasing The Light is pro- duced by Lynne Johnson and Robin Stephens Rohr.
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