Category: Editorial

  • The Joy of Retirement

    I was tired yesterday and I’m tired today. So I guess I’m re-tired. It’s an old joke, but one that sort of fits my situation. At the end of September, I left KHON2 after 27 years. It was time. I will miss my friends at the station, and I will miss having the chance to…

  • 5 Spice Pork Tenderloin with Baby Bok Choy

    This Asian-inspired dish is perfect served by itself or with fragrant, nutty brown Jasmine rice. It’s hard to believe something so satisfying could be healthy, but the lean pork tenderloin and abundance of veggies and heart healthy edamame make this dish a healthful superstar! Ingredients: 1 lb. pork tenderloin 2 Tbsp. canola or vegetable oil…

  • Message from The Editor – December / January 2015

    “Giving” flows through every page of this issue of Generations Magazine. We feature Sam and Mary Cooke, who preserved an ancient Hawaiian earthwork and created Manoa Heritage Center for our community. This educational site and beautiful native Hawaiian gardens are close by, but a world away from modern Honolulu — a ‘must see’ for your…

  • KHON2 & Moon Physical Therapy Presents

    They taught us, cared for us, sacrificed and continued to share so much with us throughout our lives. As a way to say thank you to all our Kupuna who have given of themselves so freely over the years, KHON2 and Moon Physical Therapy have partnered to bring you “Celebrating Our Kupuna.” It’s our way…

  • You’re The Love Of My Century

    “I always tease him that I am the oldest,” says Adele Rickstrew, wife of Vernon. “And he laughs.” They are Hawaii Kai Retirement Community’s 100 years old couple. She was born in Nevada on June 1913, and he in Colorado on February 1914. Both came from large families, did chores and helped with younger siblings.…

  • Two Traditional New Year Celebrations

    Treat yourself and the grandchildren to a cultural New Year celebration this year — one of the big benefits of living in Hawai‘i. Japanese Mochitsuki Mochitsuki is a Japanese New Year tradition of getting together to make ceremonial mochi. Ancient Japanese warlords with the most laborers and rice won wars, so rice came to signify…

  • Life In Focus

    This article will start with the ending results … “everything is so beautiful.” I recently underwent cataract, astigmatism and lasik eye surgeries. I never realized that what I was seeing was not how things actually appear to others. My eye doctor has been monitoring me for a few years and told me when it was…

  • Aging In Place Workshop Bigger Than Ever

    The 8th Annual Aging in Place Workshop at the Ala Moana Hotel on August 23rd had attendees waiting to go into the exhibit area by 7:30 am. They could see 60 agencies and companies busily setting up their displays and were anxious to visit them. Workshop sessions were “standing room only” and organizers were very…

  • Editor’s Note

    As we enter the fall season we are so happy to bring you the wonderful story of a true gentleman and caring Director of the Hawai‘I County Office on Aging, Alan Parker. Alan “talksstory” about the people who mentored him and the plantation values that allowed him to be successful. We are grateful to Alan…

  • It’s Not A House – It’s HOME

    In 1992, when Hurricane Iniki hit the islands, my mother-in-law refused to leave the house. Both Linda and I were working and we called her over and over, trying to get her to go to a shelter. She wouldn’t leave her beloved dog behind and at that time, not many shelters accepted pets. Fortunately, she…