Kaleponi

We’re back in Walnut Creek for a while, going through the mail, calling up friends, stocking the fridge. It’s a mild climate here in Northern California but it seems pretty darned cold compared to Kailua.

That lovely climate makes the outdoors as pleasant and comfortable as the indoors, maybe more pleasant a lot of the time. So the garage or carport or lanai becomes the social center of the house, the rec room, the TV room, the music room. No room for cars, of course, but no matter.

I’ve spent some of my happiest hours hanging with Ledward Kaapana in his garage, playing and learning and listening to stories. I finally took the time to hook up cameras and an audio recorder to capture some of the fun.

The piece we’re playing, Kolomona Slack Key, was composed by Ledward’s brother, Nedward Kaapana, as a gift for a friend. But it has become a gift to the whole world through the playing of both the brothers.