Aloha ʻOe

Saying, “farewell,” to friends during a pandemic

(The Liljestrand House, photo by the author)

If you move to Hawaiʻi from somewhere else, or grow up in Hawaiʻi then stay away too long, you may struggle to weave into its social fabric, dangling instead with other transients in a loose, non-local pattern. Family ties, the cost of living, and sometimes, yes, even the weather — the humidity, vog, or “lack of seasons” — send friends back to the continent…