'Ole Pau

 We were up early this morning. Hina peeked through the trees.

We were up before sunrise to prepare our Quonset as the remote Ho'omoku site. We have made adjustments to how and where we 'make island.' We strung the 'olelo inside our little place, set the table for our homemade ceremonies, and dialed our student who lives up island from us.

We chanted:

E ALA E to welcome the sun. She from her home overlooking the water of Penn Cove and the sunrising over the Cascades, and us from the woods in Langley

We shared:

In English The Words Before All Else The Thanksgiving Address, an allegiance to gratitude for all who are present with us.

We chanted:

Na Aumakua to welcome and invite the Ancestors to be with us.

And our haumana asked for information about E HO MAI:

I answered and then chanted E HO MAI teaching our haumana to pronounce the 'olelo with more attention and accuracy

It was a good way to wake up. 'Ole Pau is when the 'ole phase ends, or it is a time when what is happening never ends.