Practical Ponderings in 🏝️ 🌺🌈Paradise

Pumpkin Season

Post author:Vicki
Post published:October 25, 2024
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Fall Holidays and Seasons Plant Based/Plant Forward/Flexitarian

Here are a couple of pumpkin or kabocha recipes I tried recently: Vegan Pumpkin Soup from NoraCooks It required caramelizing the onions: and Roasted Kabocha with Maple Syrup and Ginger…

Educational/Cultural/Historical/Nature Outings on Oahu

Post author:Vicki
Post published:July 14, 2024
Post category:Astronomy Culture Educational Hawaii History

I have an ongoing list of Educational/Cultural/Historical/Nature Outings on Oahu that may be good for children, teens, homeschoolers and anyone. You have probably heard of many of these before, but…

Lonohana Chocolate Factory Tour

Post author:Vicki
Post published:April 6, 2024
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Hawaii USA Wounded Warrior Program WWP

Lonohana Estate Chocolate 🍫 🏭 Factory Tour with Wounded Warrior Project #wwp 😋. The entire process from the cacao trees grown up on the North Shore to the final products…

DPAA Center Visit

Post author:Vicki
Post published:April 5, 2024
Post category:Educational Hawaii History Military Travel/Geography/Info About Countries and Locations USA

Recently we have been able to do some outings with a veteran’s organization, Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). On Thursday, we visited the forensic lab at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency…

Zero Waste Choices in a Single Use World

Post author:Vicki
Post published:March 20, 2024
Post category:AARP Educational Practical Ideas Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

This link is to watch a replay of an excellent free webinar, "Zero Waste Choices in a Single Use World", hosted by The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virgnia Tech and…

AARP HI iPhone Photography Tips and Tricks

Post author:Vicki
Post published:March 11, 2024
Post category:AARP Hawaii Photography USA

Join us on 3/19/2024 for a free Zoom webinar hosted by AARP Hawaii, iPhone Photography Tips and Tricks. This useful webinar will be led by leaders of the Eyes of…

Tripler Ridge Trail Hike

Post author:Vicki
Post published:February 16, 2024
Post category:Hawaii Hiking/Walking Nature Outings Restaurants and Take Out Travel/Geography/Info About Countries and Locations USA

https://youtu.be/TwKUcqlPASw After my (Vicki's) doctor's appointment at Tripler, Ben and I hiked some of the Tripler Ridge Trail. Mostly nicely paved, beautiful views, so nice to be out in nature.…

Make Chinese New Year Decorations 2/20/24, AARP Hawaii’s free Zoom workshop

Post author:Vicki
Post published:February 14, 2024
Post category:AARP Arts and Crafts Holidays and Seasons New Years

Make Chinese New Year Decorations 2/20/24, AARP Hawaii's free Zoom workshop Expert crafter Joy Shimabukuro will lead attendees through the process of creating Chinese lanterns and paper fortune cookies. Celebrate Chinese New…

Galentine’s Day Pasta and Fudge

Post author:Vicki
Post published:February 14, 2024
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Gift Ideas Plant Based/Plant Forward/Flexitarian Valentine's Day

Last night, women in our church's community group gathered for a Galentine's Day themed dinner and Bible study. I tried out some new-to-me recipes. A few months ago, our friends…

Pantry Check App

Post author:Vicki
Post published:February 13, 2024
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Shopping

I checked out an interesting app called Pantry Check. You can inventory your pantry, refrigerator and freezer by taking a photo of the item's bar code and it even alerts…