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DebinHawaii

DebinHawaii

Joined March 2016

Voracious reader, book hoarder, and book loving Hawaii food blogger at kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com. Love pairing my reviews with recipes.
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Deja Vu, Again? | Deborah Jones
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#DailyHaiku #HaikuHive

Headed out to Hilo for meetings & an employee focus group & feeling like I just did this same thing inspired today‘s haiku.

Wasn‘t I just here?
Coffee cooling in my hand—
Rinse and repeat life…

lil1inblue Oh, I get that feeling! Well done. 4h
CBee I feel ya 🤪 3h
BooksandCoffee4Me Love the second line - so real. 💛💛💛 3h
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TheSpineView Beautifully conveyed. 💛🐝💛 2h
JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤 I feel like I‘m on a never ending loop of doing the same things over and over again every day so can totally relate! 😵‍💫 2h
dabbe Your words demonstrate this emotion like 🎯! 💛🐝🖤 22m
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

I‘m late with today‘s haiku which is inspired by my introvert hangover. Too much peopling this week with employee focus groups, training classes, inter-island travel & an all hands dinner meeting. 😳😬😵‍💫😵🥱

The kind of tired
That you feel bone deep—way too
much extroverting

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 9h
Eggs Oh yes 🙌🏻 Peopley weeks are exhausting 🫩 7h
ravenlee I‘m going to steal this phrase! 7h
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CBee Omg been there. Often 😂😂 6h
AnnCrystal may you find time to recoup 🐝👍🏼🧘🏼‍♀️🐝💝. 6h
Ruthiella The need to escape! I‘m pretty sure, in part, that is what kept me a smoker for so many years. I always had an excuse to step away. 5h
lil1inblue I feel this one! #ditto 💛 4h
JenlovesJT47 I feel this deep in my soul. Being around others can be so draining when you‘re an introvert. 🖤🐝💛 2h
dabbe Your words say it all! 💛🐝🖤 33m
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Commuters: A Novel | Emily Gray Tedrowe
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Headed to Kauai for the day for meetings, a focus group & an All Hands dinner tonight. Sitting in the quiet bustle of the lounge waiting for my flight & writing today‘s haiku:

Neighbor Island Commuters

Dawn at HA lounge
Bustle, chatter, coffee scents
We nod, take to skies

dabbe I love the sense of community and the phrase “take to skies.“ 💛🐝🖤 2d
TheBookHippie I love the commuter friendliness of this! 2d
JenlovesJT47 Love the last line 💛🐝🖤 2d
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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼“take to skies“🐝💝. 2d
Eggs Well done! A coffee-infused community of commuters🙌🏻🙌🏻 2d
bellabella Sounds fun! 19h
lil1inblue I like the community feel! 😍 4h
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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

I finished this one, #4 in the series a couple of Sundays ago for #EBBR & I have got to start reviewing them right when I finish or at least take notes because of course I‘ve already forgotten the 2 cases (I think) that I didn‘t get right. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Even reading the list of cases, I don‘t remember at all. No matter, they still make for a great Sunday night #HyggeHour read.

TheSpineView Well done! 🤩📖📚 2d
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2d
Ruthiella They slip out of my brain too unless there‘s something special about the solution that jogs my memory. 😅 2d
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Bittersweet Herbs | Marty Wingate
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#Read2025 #seriesLove2025

Finished the 8th book in the Potting She‘d Mystery series for #ThematicCozies May #Flowers/Plants It was fun to get caught up with American Master Gardener Pru Parke living in the English countryside. Pru becomes involved with a group creating a Medieval herb garden at a local hospital & when the chief donor dies, she‘s on the case. I can‘t believe I waited this long to read the latest book. I enjoy Pru & her friends

TheSpineView Great job! 2d
DieAReader 🎉Excellent! 2d
julieclair Love the cover! 2d
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Goatwalking | Jim Corbett
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

When I was driving along Hwy 19 in Kona yesterday there was a family of dark brown goats (males, females, kids) just casually walking down the side of the highway. Apparently they are feral& pretty common but their casual stroll captured my attention & inspired today‘s haiku:

Goat Gang 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

Brown goat parade struts
Like they own the whole highway—
Cruisin‘ Kona style.

JenlovesJT47 So fun! 🐐💛🐝🖤 3d
TheSpineView Cool! 💛🐝💛 3d
AnnCrystal
🤩🐐👏🏼🐝👍🏼😍🐝💝.
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dabbe I'm learning so much more about Hawaii through your haikus! #goatgang 🐐💛🐝🖤🐐 3d
Eggs Love this! Great photo 🛣️🐐 🤎 2d
julieclair What fun! 2d
bellabella wow! So cool 😍 20h
lil1inblue Fun! I love “ cruisin Kona style“ 4h
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If you have to do some work on the Memorial Day holiday, you might as well go to the coffeeshop for a couple of hours & get coffee, breakfast & sneak a couple of chapters of a current read in.

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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour reading the tagged book for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 on my phone from the Internet Archive. My reading snack is a decadent brownie purchased from the craft fair I stopped by this weekend along with some coconut tea..

My mood is relieved that while I do need to get some work done tomorrow, I don‘t have to go to or be at work & I can sleep in a bit.

Lesliereadsalot Hurrah for coconut tea, yummy brownie and sleeping in! 3d
AllDebooks Enjoy your sleep in. Coconut tea sounds yummy 😋 3d
TheBookHippie Yay sleep!!!! 3d
BooksandCoffee4Me What a lovely evening for you. 💛💛💛💛 3d
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Summer at Tiffany | Marjorie Hart
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#Read2025 #MonthlyNonFiction2925

Finished today for #SundayBuddyRead I enjoyed this memoir-set in the summer of 1945 when the author & her best friend spend the summer in NYC. These Iowa University students become the first females to be pages at Tiffany & Co. It‘s a mostly light read about their experiences in the city & it was a good escape. Thanks to @TheBookHippie for the always wonderful hosting, discussions & research done along the way.🩵

TheBookHippie 🩵 it was a good one for May! 3d
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
julieclair I‘m so behind in all my May reading, but I really want to finish this one. 2d
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Hawaii's Birds | Robert J. Shallenberger
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Yesterday I was watching a red-crested cardinal scavenging outside the coffee shop & it reminded me of one that hung out in another coffee shop & would fly in daily & grab a sugar-in-the-raw pack, fly back outside & open it up & share with friends. (Excuse the bad photo!) He‘s the inspiration for today‘s haiku.

Red-Crested Cardinals

Bold red mohawks fly
Scavenging with bright-eyed flair
Cheeky sugar thieves

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 4d
JenlovesJT47 Love this! Cardinals are so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ 4d
dabbe So cool! ♥️♥️♥️ 4d
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Eggs Brilliant imagery 🦜 4d
AnnCrystal The cutest sugar thief 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🐝💝. 3d
bellabella LOOVVVEEE the last line!! 👏👏 👏 20h
lil1inblue Well done! I love bird-watching. ❤ 🐦 ❤ 4h
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2 days late with my #5JoysFriday list. I confess that after running my errands yesterday, I mostly slept the day away recovering from a busy week which is why:

1. I‘m joyful it‘s a 3-day weekend because I need the extra day for rest & to gear up for next week which will be equally long & crazy with day trips to Kauai & Hilo.

2. I will never not get joy from seeing blue skies, clouds & other sights out the window when flying neighbor island.

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3. Lay‘s Do Us a Flavor finalist Bacon Grilled Cheese chips give my mouth joy. 🥓🧀😋

4-5. Library book store joy from last Saturday. When checking out June‘s book for #NancyDrewBR the librarian mentioned the library bookstore got a donation of Nancy Drew & Trixie Belden books & I found the 3 Trixie books I was missing from the original series 34 books for $1 each. Kismet! Then I found ⬇️
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DebinHawaii … an old favorite childhood book I have been looking for. Published in 1969, this is one of the books I learned to read on & the line …”and a frog who was a particular friend has stayed with me forever. The illustrator Doris Burn also wrote & illustrated The Summerfolk, another favorite. Nostalgic joy for just $1. 📚💛

I‘ll get around to seeing your posts hopefully today. 💛🤗💛
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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4d
dabbe 💚💜💚 4d
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Stopped at the craft fair this morning to pick up a bag for a friend & bought myself a freshly made strawberry limeade to which they added strawberry bursting boba. 😋

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Strawberry limeade
Freshly squeezed, bright bobas burst
Tongue tingles in bliss

I‘m so behind but I‘ll be around to read your haikus soon!

Kristy_K Love the imagery in this one! 5d
TheSpineView Makes me want one. 💛🐝💛 5d
BooksandCoffee4Me Love the alliteration of bobas burst and tongue tingling! 💛💛💛 5d
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dabbe The “t“ sounds make temptingly tantalize my taste buds! 🐝🩷🐝 5d
AnnCrystal 🤩 Delish 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😋🐝💝. 5d
Eggs Nice t and b alliteration👏🏻👏🏻I adore limeade 🍋‍🟩🩷🍓 5d
JenlovesJT47 Love all the sounds. Looks delicious! 💛🖤💛 5d
Reggie This actually made me smile, and thirsty! lol, nice! 5d
bellabella OOH, yummy 😋 20h
lil1inblue “Tongue tingles in bliss“ is an excellent description! I love that feeling. 😍 5h
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

At the Kona Airport. Left the house at 4:15 AM & won‘t get home until after 10 PM—a looong day.😵‍💫I did win the upgrade games this morning (photo from that flight) & again tonight. It‘s not a lot for a 40-minute flight but I appreciate it. Here‘s today‘s haiku:

Island hop today—
twice blessed by the upgrade gods.
Legs stretch. Full drink. Ahhh…

JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤🐝💛 6d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼✈️🐝💝. 5d
kspenmoll ❤️❤️❤️ 5d
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TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 5d
TheBookHippie ♥️ 5d
dabbe A lovely haiku for a lovely upgrade! Hang in there! 💛🐝🖤 5d
Eggs Sometimes first class is just what you need! Lovely haiku👏🏻🙌🏻🫶🏻 5d
Reggie Nice! 5d
bellabella Fun! 😍 20h
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Hi Friends, it‘s a crazy workweek again for me & tomorrow I‘m headed to Hilo at the crack of dawn & not back until after 10 PM. I‘m getting the joy party started now. 💛💛💛

Time to post those 5 things big or small that brought you joy this week & tag your post with #5JoysFriday. Tag me & anyone else you‘d like to spread the joy. 🤗

All are welcome & I‘m tagging a few regulars to get things rolling. Hope you join in the Joy! 🥳💛

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝. 6d
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! Safe travels! 6d
TheBookHippie 💛 Hope you‘re feeling better!!! Safe travels! 6d
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Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! 6d
peaKnit Safe travels! Thank you for the tag! 6d
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 🥰 6d
julieclair Whoa, long day! Hope it went well. Thanks for the tag! 5d
wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag! And hope you‘ve recovered from your long day. 5d
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Goodnight Mr. Darcy | Kate Coombs
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

I‘ve gotten in the habit of falling asleep to Pride and Prejudice 2005 on Netflix & it leaves at the end of June so that‘s today‘s haiku.

Netflix, addlepates!
P&P 05 leaves soon
What shall soothe my sleep?

JenlovesJT47 Oooh thanks for the heads up! This is one of my comfort movies. Never get tired of it. 🖤💛🖤 7d
Texreader Oh no!!! What the heck! Why do they remove classics!?! 7d
Reggie This is how my brother felt when they took off Friends from Netflix. He used to fall asleep to Friends too. Nice! 7d
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AnnCrystal They do that! 🐝💿🐝💝. 7d
TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 6d
dabbe What a moment to capture with words! We've all been there, but probably with different shows (like @Reggie's bro w/ FRIENDS). 💛🐝🖤 6d
Kristy_K I‘m probably one of the only book nerds who haven‘t seen this. 🫣 6d
Eggs Darcy is to die for… 6d
bellabella I can't believe they are doing it!! 6d
DebinHawaii @Reggie I‘ve had my Friends moments as well! 😆 4d
DebinHawaii @Kristy_K The 1995 mini-series is my true love but this one is so visually appealing & shorter so it‘s my relax movie & well worth a watch whether you‘ve read P&P or not. 4d
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Dead Batteries | Rey Otis
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

As I was changing a battery in my nebulizer this morning, I thought, “wouldn‘t it be nice if we could fix ourselves when our energy dies out so easily?” Thus, today‘s haiku.

My Battery Died

Changing batteries
Click, replace, and power up—
Wish it worked on me…

lil1inblue Oh, how nice that would be! 🤗💛🐝💛 1w
JenlovesJT47 Man wouldn‘t that be great! 💛🖤🐝🖤💛🐝 1w
TheBookHippie That would be so amazing… 1w
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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 If only!! Or unplug and replug🥰 1w
TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 1w
AnnCrystal Give it ten more years 😂👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌟🐝💝. 1w
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh yes!!!! 👍 1w
dabbe Perfectly done! 🖤🐝🖤 1w
Kristy_K Yes! I would love that. Great haiku! 💛 7d
Reggie Oh I hope your breathing gets better. Sidenote: I used to work with this super asthmatic girl who would ask us to step off the floor for a nebulizer treatment because she would have trouble breathing and then on her next break would go smoke. It was crazy. 7d
bellabella Haha! Right? (Literally laughed out loud when I read it) I wish I could plug myself in and power right up as well! 6d
DebinHawaii @Reggie OMG—I can‘t imagine smoking when you already struggle for breath! 😱 4d
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Just got to Hilo for the day. Today‘s haiku is inspired by me balancing my latte & the one I grabbed for my coworker & setting one down too hard. Oatmilk foam flew out the hole & all over. 😂

Two coffees balanced
Geyser of oatmilk foam sprays,
Lucky I‘m in black

JenlovesJT47 I can smell the whole place through your words. 💛🖤💛 1w
TheSpineView I can see it happening. 💛🐝💛 1w
dabbe What a capturing of a moment! Glad you wore black, too! 🖤🐝🖤 1w
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Kristy_K 😂😂 Great haiku! 1w
lil1inblue Oof! You described it so vividly! 😂 😉 1w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😋🐝💝. 1w
bellabella Haha! Oh no! I hate it when that happens. 1w
Eggs Great words for a frequent (and often annoying) balancing act 👏🏻👏🏻 1w
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Well, that was the Mondayest Monday that ever Mondayed. Back-to-back meetings with no time for breaks or lunch & it‘s 6 PM & I still have focus group notes to write up.😳I used my last brain cell on this haiku inspired by today.

Monday blues again
Zoom to Zoom with no escape
Not one brain cell left… 😵‍💫

Karisa (((Hugs))) Hope Tuesday is better 💗 1w
JenlovesJT47 🤗 Hope tomorrow is better for you 💛🐝🖤 1w
dabbe Oh, lordy do you need a break! Sending 💚💜💚. 1w
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Reggie This Monday was rough on a lot of us. Hope tomorrow is better. 1w
BooksandCoffee4Me Ugh, hope you rest tonight and get a better day tomorrow! 💛💛💛 1w
AnnCrystal May Tuesday be better 🐝🙏🏼🫂🐝💝. (edited) 1w
TheSpineView Mondays!!😱 1w
AmyG That sucks. May Tuesday be better in every way! 1w
bellabella Haha, so true! 1w
lil1inblue Oof. Back to back meetings are just evil. I hope Tuesday brings better things! 💛 1w
Eggs Perfect description of Monday madness 🩵😱💙 1w
dabbe Oh, you poor thing! Your words say it all. Hope you can destress soon. 🖤🐝🖤 1w
Kristy_K Totally feel this! 💛 1w
CoverToCoverGirl That was my day today. I know it‘s technically Tuesday but our shop is closed on Mondays soooo Tuesday is my Monday.. 😳 1w
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Reading some Trixie for #BobWhiteBuddies for my #HyggeHour tonight, along with tea & some dried mini bananas for a sweet treat.

Mood is tired, I‘m still batting the lingering cough of my cold. Not looking forward to another busy week at work.

TheBookHippie I am sending all the healing vibes your way!!! 2w
Suet624 Best wishes to you! 1w
kspenmoll Hope you can take more rest & recover from your cold.❤️ 1w
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AnnCrystal May you find time for rest and feel better soon 🙏🏼💝. 1w
AmyG Feel better. 1w
TheAromaofBooks Hopefully some Trixie shenanigans brightened your day!! 1w
Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
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A Harvest of Hearts | Andrea Eames
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#Read2024 #Bibliophile

Finished this one last week. A slightly darker cozy fantasy, about a kingdom where sorceresses take the hearts or parts of hearts of the citizens to do their magic. Foss is the awkward daughter of the butcher. Her heart is caught up in a spell by a male sorcerer & she follows him to the city to get it back. I liked Foss a lot & loved Cornelius, a talking cat who befriends her. Not perfect but a good diversion & #RedCover

Eggs ❤️📕❤️ 2w
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1w
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#Bibliophile

I have some catch up to do. I always think of this book when thinking about a #LongTitle

The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally.

A woman in my foodie book club refused to read this one because she found the title “too ridiculously long.” 😂

A woman in

Eggs Longest one I‘ve heard! 2w
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Hawai'i's Best Local Dishes | Jean Watanabe Hee
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Lazy Sunday breakfast delivery. I was craving Loco Moco, a ubiquitous local dish & my inspiration for today‘s haiku.

“Broke da mouth” is a pidgin Hawaiian saying for when something is incredibly delicious.🤤😋

Sunday Loco Moco

Rice, patty, gravy,
egg—stacked in wild harmony
Hot mess, “broke da mouth”

dabbe Flavorful words! 💛🐝🖤 2w
TheBookHippie Oh yum!!! I had Shakshouka! 2w
AnnCrystal Yummy 👏🏼🐝👏🏼😋🐝💝. 2w
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JenlovesJT47 That looks delicious! 💛🐝🖤 2w
TheSpineView Yum! 💛🐝💛 2w
Eggs Love it 🥰 Sounds yummy 😋 2w
Reggie Love this! 2w
bellabella Now I want some! 1w
lil1inblue I'm hungry! 😍 1w
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Thanks to @AllDebooks & @TheSpineView for the #Chatterday tag! 🤗

I started Saturday at the library & then the coffee shop, but this is my first real time out of the house since last week & I can feel myself fading a bit. I may go home soon & try to take a nap. Also trying to finish this Libby e-book before it goes back tomorrow.

How‘s your weekend going? 🤗 Join in & share if you feel like it.

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At the Library | Christine Loomis
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Spent a peaceful couple of hours at the library & library bookstore this morning. The New Books shelf always draws me in first. 📚📚📚

Library morning,
Unread stories call to me,
New Books shelf beckons

JenlovesJT47 My happy place 💚💚💚 2w
TheSpineView I love going to the library. I don't do it enough. 2w
dabbe Your words brought the library to life! 💛🐝🖤 2w
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AnnCrystal 🤩 Pure serenity 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. (edited) 2w
bellabella Looks like hours of well-spent time!! 2w
TheBookHippie Yes!! I adore the library! 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Always the new shelf first! 👍💛💛💛 2w
Eggs Library time is heaven🌟✨☀️ 2w
Reggie This was me yesterday! Nice haiku. 2w
lil1inblue Makes me want to go right now! 💛 💛 💛 1w
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Well, it‘s still Friday here & I‘m getting my #5JoysFriday post up. It was a long week so I had to go more basic for my list because my stuffy head & cough have not been that joyful, so here goes!

1. When you can taste much & need to clear the sinuses, brothy noodle soups are the best. Heck they give me joy any time.🍜😋

2. I had a perfect poke bowl for lunch today & I left my house to pick it up & could taste it! 😋Joy!

3. A perfect🍪!

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DebinHawaii … 4. I‘ve been working & sleeping & not much reading in between but I have been binging West Wing again (a girl can dream about a good President) & Poker Face is back for Season 2. Natasha Lyonne gives me joy! 🤩

5. Repeat from last week but the #HaikuADay & #HaikuHive group with @dabbe give me creative joy! So relaxing.

I‘ll try hard to get around to all your 💛posts! Thanks for joining in! 🤗
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AnnCrystal May you find more time to rest and recover swiftly 🙏🏼💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
Jari-chan Get better soon 💖💖💖 2w
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Lesliereadsalot Wonderful joys! 2w
MemoirsForMe Feel better! ❤️ 2w
dabbe Hope you're coming out of da funk soon! And yay for your joys--esp. the #haikuhive! 🤣😍🤗 2w
julieclair Great joys! Especially since you‘ve had a rough week. Hope you continue to feel better each day. 2w
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#HaikuADay Day #16 #HaikuHive

Had a news alert about Kīlauea‘s (active volcano on The Big Island) continued erupting pop up this morning leading me to the live YouTube channel to watch https://www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9Sjw3E?si=HIdNw6vshRzNM-va (where the photo is from) & that inspired today‘s haiku.

Note: The easiest way to pronounce Kīlauea is kee-lau-ay-uh, so 4 syllables.

Kīlauea rains,
Flaming showers of lava
Kīlauea reigns.

lil1inblue Love, love, love the word play! 👏 👏 👏 2w
dabbe Agree 💯 with @lil1inblue! What a hauntingly-beautiful-sounding mountain. 🖤🐝🖤 2w
TheBookHippie OOOOOO LOVE!!! Fascinating! 2w
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JenlovesJT47 That is so pretty. My dad was born in Honolulu. I‘ve always wanted to go there! 💛🐝🖤 2w
TheSpineView Love the play on words! ♥️🌋💛🐝💛 2w
bellabella Wow. Amazing 😍 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me So perfect! 🔥🔥🔥 2w
CBee Perfect! 2w
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼 Powerful Beauty 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌋🐝💝. 2w
Eggs Love this❣️ especially the homonyms 🌋 2w
Reggie I see what you did there! Nice. 2w
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Colored Pencils | Alix Wood
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#HaikuADay Day #15 (Catch Up) #HaikuHive

I fell asleep before I could post this yesterday. There‘s a special something about a new box of colored pencils. ✏️

Bouquet

New colored pencils—
sharp tips, a rainbow waiting
to sketch quiet joy.

BennettBookworm Reminds me of the You‘ve Got Mail quote: “bouquets of newly-sharpened pencils!” 2w
JenlovesJT47 Love this 💛🐝🖤🤗 2w
TheSpineView I love to color so relaxing. This haiku captures that joy. 💛🐝💛 2w
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CBee I love this!! School and office supplies are addictive 😂 2w
kspenmoll Oh love this one! 2w
AnnCrystal “to sketch quiet joy“ lovely 👏🏼🐝👍🏼✏️💐🐝💝. (edited) 2w
Bette Beautiful: colors and words 👍😊 2w
Kristy_K Love this! 💛 2w
dabbe Love the “k” sounds in color, sketch, and quiet. 🖤🐝🖤 (edited) 2w
lil1inblue Now I want to color! 💚 💙 💜 2w
bellabella Anyone have a coloring book? I want to color now and listen to an audiobook! 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Like getting that new box of crayons at the beginning of every school year when we were kids. 😁💛💛💛 2w
Eggs Love love love❣️ Even has a title!💐 2w
Eggs @BooksandCoffee4Me Yeah!!Thats what I was thinking… 2w
Eggs @bellabella I love to audio-color💛💚🩷💙💜🩵 2w
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Hi Friends, I‘m so behind—it‘s been a snuffly 🤧 & busy work week. I‘m going to try to catch up with some posts tonight but thought I‘d get the #5JoysFriday ball rolling since it‘s almost here & because I think we all need some joy in our lives.💛💛💛

Make your post about the 5 things big or small that brought you joy this week & tag it with #5JoysFriday & tag me on your post.

Tagging some regulars to get things started & all are welcome. 🤗

AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝 Thank You for the tag ☺️👌💝. 2w
Bookwormjillk Hope you feel better ❤️‍🩹 2w
LiseWorks Thanks for the tag reminder. How fast Friday comes 2w
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TheSpineView You poor thing. Try and get some rest over the weekend 2w
Librarybelle Thanks for the tag, and I hope you feel better! 2w
Eggs Thx for the tag 🏷️ 2w
Aims42 Hope you feel better! 2w
Daisey Thanks for the tag, and for once completed on Friday morning! ✅ 😆 2w
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! Hope you're on the mend soon! 💚💜💚 2w
Catsandbooks Sending you well wishes! 💕 2w
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#HaikuADay #Haiku

Yes, I worked for Starbucks from 1992 until I moved to Honolulu in 2001 to be a part of the partnership here & did that until 2009. Being in HR anywhere has its challenges but today‘s Haiku is about how glad I am I‘m not part of their new dress code & policy roll out. Like their new paper iced cups, not very well thought out & executed. 🫣😱🤐

Job regrets can stir,
Then I sip, sigh, grateful I‘m
not Starbucks HR…

TheBookHippie 🤣🫣🤦🏻‍♀️😬🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w
Reggie Amen! 2w
TheBookHippie Honestly it‘s so stupid. Ugh 2w
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Eggs Well said👏🏻☕️👍🏼 2w
JenlovesJT47 Ain‘t that the truth lol 😅💛🐝🖤 2w
kspenmoll Love this!!!!! 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼☕🐝💝. 2w
TheSpineView So true! 💛🐝💛 2w
bellabella 😬 😂 👍 👏 2w
tpixie Can you please explain to me why the dress code is so horrible? Most businesses, companies, and restaurants have dress codes and many have uniforms. I‘ve never worked in a place that doesn‘t have one. So if you could give me a different perspective, I would appreciate it. 2w
lil1inblue @tpixie I'm not sure about the dress code part, but they are banning employees from wearing masks. This can be difficult for anyone who is immuno-comprimised from a variety of conditions. 2w
lil1inblue 😂😂😂 Dealing with some HR matters of our own at work, but still thankful I'm dealing with this! 2w
DebinHawaii @tpixie I am not against dress codes at all & think they are necessary & this new version of the dress code is actually very similar & even a bit more liberal than it was back in my day. The issue here is they went very liberal with the dress code a few years ago & allowed people to express their individuality in many ways & even had a website/store with logo items & things store employees could buy for aprons, etc. Many of them spent a lot to ⬇️ 2w
DebinHawaii …to buy these brand-sanctioned items. Flash forward to now, the dress code got very dialed back to rigid & almost none of what they spent their money on can be worn under the new code. They issued them all two black tee-shirts only & many stores didn‘t get those shirts shipped before the 5/12 date. They are expected to buy everything else—more black shirts, pants, shoes that are required now & that‘s hard on their wages. ⬇️ 2w
DebinHawaii …They also are being written up or sent home to go buy new clothes in some stores & districts but not others so it‘s being rolled out inconsistently & accompanied by other policies they have to follow or change now or hold customers to that are making customers unhappy. I could go on & on but it‘s not the dress code I am against—it was just rolled out so badly it could be a business case for how not to do it. @lil1inblue Yes, the masks too. (edited) 2w
dabbe Thanks for providing all of that input, @DebinHawaii. I went and looked it up at their website to get “their“ opinion. According to them, it's all about making those green aprons stand out even more. 😳 But what you said hits the truth more; let's make everyone look as monochromatic as possible and all the stuff they bought is now useless. #beyondstupid Your haiku hits on the ridiculousness of it all. 💛🐝🖤 2w
DebinHawaii @dabbe Yes, I don‘t disagree with making the green aprons pop & a more consistent look, just think they needed to think it through it all better & not take away all the originality. Funny thing—SBUX icon is the green apron but their Coffee Master program (where partners study/test to reach that level) has a black apron, so now they are all black on black. Anyway, I was feeling sassy & shaking my head as someone who once did training & HR there.😉 2w
dabbe @DebinHawaii You are quite the sassy lassie! 😍💚😍 2w
tpixie @lil1inblue that‘s so strange to prohibit masks. Hopefully the ones that need to wear masks can get a doctor‘s note and take it to work. Too bad that‘s necessary. 2w
tpixie @DebinHawaii Thanks so very much for this thorough explanation. I understand the situation so much better now. It helps to understand the whole story! 🩵🩵🩵 2w
lil1inblue @tpixie That works for those that have conditions, assuming, of course, that healthcare is accessible to them (which is not always the case). But for instance I am not immuno-comprimised, but my parents, who live with me, are. I mask when there are things going around so I don't bring them home. I wouldn't be able to do that there. 2w
tpixie @lil1inblue that just is wrong. 😑 2w
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The Door in the Wall | Marguerite De Angeli
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#Bibliophile

I was obsessed with this book growing up & checked it out often from the library. The 1950 #NewberyWinner it‘s about Robin, young son of a nobleman, whose dream of knighthood is crushed when he loses the use of his legs through illness & must find another path. (I guess I could have used it for yesterday‘s prompt as well.🤷🏻‍♀️)

BTW: I first learned the phrase “by hook or by crook” in this book & it‘s always stayed with me. 😉

TheBookHippie ♥️ we still say that too! 2w
Eggs Great choice👏🏻👏🏻 2w
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#HaikuADay

I awoke to this view of May‘s flower moon out my backyard screen door & it inspired today‘s haiku:

Before Sunrise:

The full flower moon
Bathes the world in twilight hues
Beckons through the screen

#HaikuHive

JenlovesJT47 So pretty 💛🐝🖤 2w
dabbe Loverly. 💙💙💙 2w
lil1inblue Phenomenal! 💛 2w
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TheSpineView Beautiful 💛🐝💛💙🌛 2w
TheBookHippie So pretty all the blues…. 2w
AnnCrystal Gorgeously mystical 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌝🐝💝. 2w
bellabella Wow. So majestic! 2w
Eggs What an amazing photo capture and haiku💙💙💙 2w
Reggie I feel like you were your own ocean tide under the pull of the moon. This is great! 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me So beautiful and beautifully expressed. 💛💛💛 2w
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The King's General | Daphne Du Maurier
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#Bibliophile

Honor from this Du Maurier I read a couple of years ago is a #ProtagWithDisability after she falls from a horse & is paralyzed from the waist down.

Eggs 🩶🖤❤️ 2w
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#HaikuADay.

If you are going to feel stuffy, sweaty & gross & work anyway because you work from home, might as well haiku about it! 😉🤧

Stuffy, wheezy mess—
no camera day at work.
Sweat clings to jammies.

#HaikuHive

AnnCrystal Oh dear, take breaks for rest. May you feel better 🙏soon 🐝👍🏼🐝💝. 2w
JenlovesJT47 No bueno, hope you feel better!! 💛🐝🐝 2w
TheBookHippie 😝😭 hope you‘re better soon!!! 2w
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TheSpineView Poor thing! Feel better! 💛🐝💛 2w
jdiehr 🤧 2w
lil1inblue Oof! I hope you're on the mend soon! 💛 2w
Suet624 Oh, I‘m sorry. 2w
dabbe That totally sucks. Not your haiku, which was fab, but your cold! Feel better soon! P.S. I love that you turned “haiku“ into a verb, too! 💛🐝🖤 2w
bellabella Oh no! I have allergies this week really bad, but I'm afraid that's minor compared to a cold. 😖 2w
Susanita Ugh. I hope you feel better soon. *sends chicken soup* 2w
Reggie Oof, I hope you feel better and your haiku is rockstar level. 2w
DebinHawaii @AnnCrystal Thank you! 💛🐝 2w
DebinHawaii @JenlovesJT47 Thanks! 💛🐝 2w
DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie Thank you!!! 💛🐝🖤 2w
DebinHawaii @TheSpineView Thanks so much! 💛🐝 2w
DebinHawaii @jdiehr 💛💛💛 2w
DebinHawaii @lil1inblue Thank you! Me too! 💛🐝💛 2w
DebinHawaii @Suet624 Thanks! 💛 2w
DebinHawaii @dabbe I think it can definitely be a verb! 😂 2w
DebinHawaii @bellabella Allergies are no fun either! Hope your‘s get better soon! 🤧💛 2w
DebinHawaii @Susanita Thank you! 🥣😋 2w
DebinHawaii @Reggie Aww… thank you! 💛🖤🐝 2w
Kristy_K Amazing haiku, awful that you‘re sick. Hope you feel better! 2w
Eggs Hope you feel better 🔜 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Praying you feel well soon! 💛 2w
DebinHawaii @Kristy_K Thank you! 💛🐝💛 2w
DebinHawaii @Eggs Thanks! A bit better today! 💛🐝💛 2w
DebinHawaii @BooksandCoffee4Me Thank you! 💛💛💛 2w
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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

I actually finished Book 19 for #NancyDrewBR last Sunday but I‘m behind in reviews. This one is in the middle for me. There are no exploding oranges or sauna pool of boiling water so the action isn‘t quite as crazy. We are back to Bess being described as “slightly plump” & Nancy is in art school which I don‘t think has ever been mentioned before. Small concussion spoilers ***For those keeping track of the #NNK counter⬇️

DebinHawaii …& Nancy Noggin Knockouts, she get knocked out twice!🤕🤕Once accidently by a slightly bratty child who knocks a croquet mallet down from a shelf (while bound & gagged nonetheless) & then again on a boat when it lurches & she falls backward. So the #NNK is now at 9/19 & I have serious concerns about her head. Also Ned wants her to take her mind off the mysteries & think of him. Yeah, whatever Ned. 🙄I look forward to the discussion in a few days. 3w
TheSpineView Fantastic!❤️📖📚 3w
Librarybelle In your dreams, Ned! 2w
DieAReader 🤭😂 Great job!🎉 2w
Andrew65 Classics, well done 🎉🎉🎉 2w
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#Bibliophile

One book from an #AsianAuthor that I‘m reading this month for #RiseUpReads Sophie Kim is Korean-American 🇰🇷

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
Eggs Perfection ❤️❤️ 2w
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#HaikuADay

All the work bustle & travel lately & I‘ve caught a cold. Stopped for a bowl of Phở yesterday which inspired this haiku:

Ode to Phở

Steam lifts from the broth
Cold‘s healer, soother of souls
Solace in a bowl

#HaikuHive

dabbe Your words have wafted all the way over here! I hope you feel better soon! 💛🐝🖤 3w
JenlovesJT47 💛🐝💛 now I‘m hungry! 3w
TheSpineView Perfect 💛🐝💛 3w
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bellabella I love Vietnamese cuisine. 😍 3w
AnnCrystal 🐝👍🏼🙏🐝💝...may your cold cure quickly 🙏💝. 3w
Reggie Reminds me of that Sade song where she sings- I wanna cook you a soup to warm your soul. What a comforting haiku! 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Ah, “soother of souls, solace in a bowl.” Beautiful and warming. Feel better soon! 💛 3w
Eggs Beautifully done 🍜 2w
lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 2w
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Time After Time | Karl Alexander
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#Bibliophile

I was semi-obsessed with this #TimeTravel movie in 1979 with the mashup of H.G. Wells & Jack the Ripper & even bought a copy of the book.

BkClubCare I love time travel stories and movies 3w
MemoirsForMe I remember that movie! 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 3w
Eggs Well played👏🏻👏🏻 2w
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#HaikuADay Day #10

A typical Saturday #Chatterday for me includes time reading & catching up with letters & writing in my local coffee shop. It inspires today‘s haiku:

Saturday Oasis

Weekend coffee shop
brews, breakfast, low-key bustle,
public solitude

#HaikuHive

TheBookHippie Just pure zen!!!! 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩 Coffee Oasis 👏🏼🐝👍🏼☕🐝💝. 3w
kspenmoll 👏🏻👏🏻 3w
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dabbe Love the words “public solitude!“ 💛🐝🖤 3w
JenlovesJT47 💛🐝💛 3w
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼‘public solitude‘👏🏻👏🏻 3w
Suet624 Love that term public solitude. 3w
bellabella Can I come? 😄 3w
julieclair “Public solitude” Love that phrase! 3w
lil1inblue You've definitely captured the vibe! 😍 2w
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Leather and Lark | Brynne Weaver
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Knocking out the three #Bibliophile prompts that I missed this week in one post.

The tagged book is part thriller & I think also a slightly #PsychThriller (or maybe “psycho” thriller). It‘s got my #FaveColorOnCvr (all shades of blues & blue-greens) & it‘s the #2ndBkInTrilogy (in this case it‘s the Ruinous Love Series).

Eggs Well done 💚🩷💜 3w
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Sleepytime Me | Edith Hope Fine
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#HaikuADay Day #9

I had so much planned for tonight. We‘ll call this one “Friday, After Work”

‘Twas but a moment
Briefest interlude with couch
Sleep stole its way in…

#haikuhive 💛🐝🖤

JenlovesJT47 🐑💛💛💛🐝🐝 3w
TheSpineView That lamb is so cute. The haiku is good too. 3w
bellabella Great. Now I'm getting sleepy! 😂 3w
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julieclair I love this! The same thing happened to me yesterday afternoon. 💤 3w
TheBookHippie Oh yes!!!!! Genius!!! 🐑♥️ 3w
dabbe Your body needed a break! 🖤🐝💛 3w
AnnCrystal 🐑😍👏🏼🐝👍🏼🐝💝. 3w
Reggie That sleep is sneaky! 3w
lil1inblue This felt like a lullaby! 😍 2w
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My #5JoysFriday post, on Friday…

1. My favorite food truck was finally back at the maker‘s market last weekend. I can‘t help but keep ordering their Peruvian Pesto Pasta w/Lemongrass Shortribs and Huancaina Potatoes. I‘m missing it already. Total mouth & stomach joy! 😋

2. Got upgraded both ways on my Hilo flight this week. Nothing matches a dragonfruit hard cider for joyful refreshment on the way home.

3. This fun regency romance let me ⬇️

DebinHawaii …escape & gave me reading joy. Can‘t wait to start the ARC of Book 2 in the series.📚💛

4. Being part of #HaikuADay & the #HaikuHive gives me simple, relaxing poetry joy! Thanks @dabbe! 💛🐝

5. My Print Club subscription—a pretty print & sticker plus an extra little piece of ephemera for journaling (& that packaging!) Art joy for $7.95 a month.🎨💛

I will get around to visiting posts soon! Thanks for joining in! 🤗
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dabbe 🖤🐝💛 3w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝
🐝💖💖💖.
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Aims42 💛🧡🩷 3w
dabbe 🖤🐝💛 3w
TheBookHippie I am enjoying the Haikus!! 3w
Reggie I gained 5lbs by just reading #1. lol sounds delicious. 3w
Lesliereadsalot Short ribs and potatoes sounds like heaven! 3w
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Catching up on yesterday‘s #HaikuADay (Day #8) I didn‘t have a chance to breathe all day & I wrote this one last night at our company All Hands dinner.

In Hawaii the starch of choice at every meal is rice & the rice tray was refilled multiple times. Me, I‘m a potato girl! 🥔
(Sometimes you need a little silly in your haiku!) 😉

Ahh, Potatoes… 🥔

My favorite starch…
two decades on the island
taters still beat rice!

#HaikuHive

Bookwormjillk That looks delicious 3w
JenlovesJT47 😋🥔🍟🤤 💛🐝💛🐝💛 3w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 Nothing beats potatoes! I mean, look at your words and the pic! 💛🐝🖤 3w
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bellabella Yeah, I love me some good mashed potatoes and gravy or a nice baked potato with extra sour cream. But Mexican rice... Delish! I'm part Mexican, so I eat it almost all the time.
I'm torn between the two.
Fun haiku, though, @DebinHawaii!
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TheBookHippie Potatoes are life giving!!! 3w
AnnCrystal
👏🏼🐝👍🏼Yummy Potatoes anytime 🐝💝.
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Kristy_K Love! Potatoes are one or my favorite foods! 3w
julieclair Potatoes. 100% . 3w
lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 😂 😉 2w
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I just got home at 9 pm after a long day at work, in focus groups & helping with attending our regional All Hands meeting 😵‍💫then I realized that tomorrow is Friday! So you know what that means, it‘s time again for #5JoysFriday 💛

Make a post with those 5 things big or small that brought you joy this week. Tag it with #5JoysFriday & tag me too.

Starting off with some regulars to get things started but all are welcome to join in the joy! 🤗

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag 💛🏷 3w
TheBookHippie 💛💛💛💛 3w
Aims42 Happy Friday!! Thanks for the tag 😍 3w
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peaKnit I love the weekly joy 💣! 3w
AnnCrystal Have a restful weekend. Thank You for the tag 🥳👍🏼💖. 3w
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😍 3w
Sace Thank you for the tag! 3w
julieclair Thanks for the tag! 3w
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If Clouds Were Cotton Candy | Laura E Falotico
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#HaikuADay Day #8

I tried to post this morning from the airport & Litsy wouldn‘t let me & I was teaching class all day & just got home 14 hours later.😵‍💫Anyway, this one was inspired by my skylight view last night.

Pink Clouds ☁️💕

Clouds before sunset,
pink cotton candy edges,
view from my skylight

#HaikuHive @dabbe
@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K
@JenlovesJT47 @lillinblue @bellabella
@julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal

TheBookHippie So pretty!!!! I love pink clouds! 3w
JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous! 💛💛🐝 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼😍☁️💖. 3w
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TheSpineView Fabulous! 🤍☁️🤍 3w
kspenmoll Love it! 3w
lil1inblue Love, love, love. 🩷☁️🩷 3w
bellabella Skylights are the best! 💛 3w
dabbe L🩷VERLY. 🖤🐝💛 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Again, inspiring new views and perspectives. 💛 3w
Kristy_K So pretty! The poem and the clouds. 3w
Reggie So lovely. 3w
julieclair What a day! 😵‍💫 But that view is very serene… 💙 3w
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#Two4Tuesday

1️⃣ Mostly reclining or laying down unless snacking or enjoying a beverage—then it‘s sitting.

2️⃣ I‘m reading the tagged book prior to starting the ARC of the second book in the series. It‘s been a while since I‘ve read a light regency romance romp & it‘s fun so far! 🤗

If you want to join in, consider yourself tagged!

TheSpineView ❤️📖🛏 Thanks for playing 3w
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Valley of the Dolls | Jacqueline Susann
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#Bibliophile

Both the book & movie are a #CultClassic My path to it was a little backwards. I first read the book in high school after the miniseries came out in 1981 & I bugged my mom about the paperback copy on her shelves & then I went back & watched the original move. 💕💖💕

MemoirsForMe Hard to believe this classic is over 50 years old. 😳 3w
Eggs A classic book/film👏🏻👏🏻 3w
rubyslippersreads I always think about how weird it would have been for Judy Garland to be in that movie, when Neely O‘Hara was based on young Judy. 😏 3w
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#HaikuADay Day #6

Ugh, Tuesday…

Tuesday, by all rights
should be better than Monday
Please send some tacos! 🌮🌮🌮🐲🌮🌮

#HaikuHive
@dabbe @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K
@JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 3w
JenlovesJT47 Love it!! 🌮🌮🌮💛💛🐝 3w
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 and 😭 3w
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TheSpineView Yes! 3w
lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 3w
bellabella Haha! amazing! 3w
dabbe 🤩🤣😍 Besides your witty words, your emoji visual is its own haiku! I love that they ain't all tacos! 🐝🖤🐝 3w
Kristy_K 🙌🏼🙌🏼 3w
julieclair 😂😂😂 3w
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Merry Month of May | James Jones
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My May TBR is aggressive & already in progress. Lots of readalongs & challenges including:

#SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #FoodAndLit #Bangladesh
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025
#RiseUpReads #Roll100 (6 books) #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction2025
#JaneAustenThenAndNow plus some library books & a book for work.

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
Librarybelle Wow! Good luck! 3w
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Ruthiella Looks fantastic! 👍 3w
julieclair Lots of happy reading hours ahead! 3w
Catsandbooks Great list! ❤️ 3w
TheBookHippie WOWIE!!! 3d
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#HaikuADay Day #5

Practically every morning there‘s a bird argument outside my bathroom window & I wonder what they are saying…

Outside My Bathroom Window

A Common Mynah
argues daily with House Finch
“In fact, I‘m Special!” 🐦

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Also I just realized I could use this for today‘s #Bibliophile #Birds prompt! 🐦💙🐦

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dabbe They may be common in your area, but wow! I'd love to see one in person! They probably do think they're more special than just a common house finch! 💜💚💜 3w
TheBookHippie I love birds. ♥️ 3w
DebinHawaii @dabbe They are officially a Common Mynah on the Merlin app & I gotta believe they don‘t want to be known as that! 😂 3w
dabbe @DebinHawaii Most definitely not! They're beautiful! 😍 3w
Kristy_K This one made me smile. 💜 (edited) 3w
Eggs Perfection 🐦 3w
bellabella So sweet! I love listening to the birds. 3w
CatLass007 Excellent Haiku. In my parents‘ old house I listened to a mockingbird outside my window every morning. 3w
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour tonight on the couch with Nancy Drew, herbal tea & my last pack of Cadbury Mini Eggs for the season.😢

As usual, the weekend was too short & another busy work week awaits. 😵😵‍💫