by Kathryn | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
A brief history of our bay by Kathryn Smith “Carroll’s Point” is available online at KathrynSmith.com The history of Hamilton Harbour goes back far beyond our memories or any recorded history. In the early 1600s it was noted by Jesuit Missionaries...
by Kathryn | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lennie and I shared a beautiful love affair for 996 days and nights from Valentine’s Day 2009, when we met by serendipitous chance on the Internet, to November 7, 2011 when he died in my arms in his beloved Hawai’i. The following is a pictoral history of...
by Kathryn | Nov 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tonight I drove in to Waikiki to have dinner with a friend. A $30 cabride got us the 10 blocks or so from the Ala Moana Hotel to the Halekulani because the security was so high during APEC (Asian, Pacific Environmental Conference). The dignitaries are scattered...
by Kathryn | Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
It is Friday night as I sit here crying. I have a flight booked back to Honolulu for tomorrow morning. Lennie was rushed into hospital a few hours ago with a perforated bowel. The cancer has spread and his vital signs are not good due to the fecal matter that is...
by Kathryn | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
At 4 a.m. I awoke to the sounds of screaming. There was a doctor and a nurse in our room packing yards of gauze into Lennie’s rectum, trying to stop the bleeding. The screams were Lennie’s screams as he bit into his pillow, not being able to stand the...