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KEIKI ATHLETES
Send pictures of your young sports stars to bmossman@midweek.com.
The future is in good hands with Dominic-
Toretto Tuinei, who plays flag football for D
Team Blessed (8U division) in Wai‘anae. The youngster is trying to follow in the footsteps of his hero, head coach Joseph Tuinei, who also happens to be his father and a former player for the Wai‘anae Seariders. PHOTO COURTESY KAOHU TUINEI
by Nicole Monton
Embracing Silence In A on World Filled With Noise ha
noticed things were quieter. NPR host Ari Shapiro de- tailed this phenomena on “All Things Considered” in April 2020. Humans quar- antining indoors possibly meant birds didn’t have to strain to sing so loudly, and Mother Earth was getting a break from seismic rum-
rie
uring the pandemic, my life ended up get- ting a lot noisier. In-
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stead of filling my days with conversations with friends, family and co-workers, a lot of time was spent in a new kind of silence. It wasn’t the soothing quiet as you wind down for bed, nor was it the relaxing calm after a busy day. It was a stifling kind of silence amplified by the lack of human contact.
with endless amounts ofwi noise. When it suddenlymi changed, I didn’t know how fas to cope in a healthy way. In-sh stead of looking at silence as H i
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Book Pick Of The Week
Anthologies are always fun reads because you get mini stories in one easy-to-transport book. Island Fever: New Mysteries From Hawai‘i’s Finest Writers is the brainchild of
11 authors — AJ Llewellyn, AK Gunn, JM Calverley, Justine Valent, Katharine Nohr, Lizbeth Hartz, Patricia Logan, Rosemary and Larry Mild, Rose Tigarden and Steve Novak — who all write along the theme of “fevers” (think COVID,
dengue or even love). Find Island Fever on Amazon. As an adult, I still find children’s books enchanting,
and Leilani Blessed and Grateful is a wonderful look at a
child’s gratitude for all that Queen Kapi‘olani and King
Kalākaua have done for the Hawaiian people. During a
dream, Leilani is transported back in time to when the
two monarchs reigned, and learns how their legacy
continues to present-day Hawai‘i. And you know what
else is cool? Leilani Blessed and Grateful is the state’s 2022
selection for the Library of Congress’ Great Reads from Great Places program. Find the book at mutualpublishing.com or where books are sold in the state.
PHOTO COURTESY DAVID AND STACIE KNIGHT
Ian Chester (left) and Kayne Hercules proudly show off the medals earned at the fourth annual San Sei Bo Kenpo/Open Karate Tournament at Mānoa Valley District Park. The youngsters were among the students of Knights’ Karate of Kailua to participate in the competition.
Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Yunji de Nies shine a spotlight on issues affecting Hawaii
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So, I filled my life with noise, specifically the sounds of human voices. Commutes that used to be spent listening to music in the background or rolling down the window to enjoy fresh air became chanc- es to get through my podcast queue at super speed (instead of listening at the regular pace, I bumped it up to 1.25 or 1.5 times the normal rate). Jogs and hikes in the great outdoors became chances to finish the latest audiobook. I had this need to be surround- ed by sound.
And it wasn’t just me who
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