http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/seeing-green/ An online salon for those who love wicked good prose. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/seeing-green/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Sarah Baker Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=510#comment-334 What a beautiful piece of writing! On yet another gloomy New England day, your images lifted my spirit. The only thing possibly better would be a plane ticket to see if I can find that butterfly myself. What a beautiful piece of writing! On yet another gloomy New England day, your images lifted my spirit. The only thing possibly better would be a plane ticket to see if I can find that butterfly myself.

]]> http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/seeing-green/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Constance Hale Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:16:34 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=510#comment-311 I have no idea whether this is true, but here is an explanation of the name wilelaiki, apparently a transliteration of Willie Rice: "The Hawaiian name Wilelaiki originated from the kama’aina rancher and politician Willie Rice who saw a group of Hawaiian women stringing leis from the berries of the Christmasberry tree. He asked for a hat lei (worn by most paniolo) made from the berries, and from then on, he was always seen with these red berry lei. Hence: Wilelaiki (pronounced 'Willie·Lie·Key')." From http://www.bigislandbees.com/products.htm. I have no idea whether this is true, but here is an explanation of the name wilelaiki, apparently a transliteration of Willie Rice: “The Hawaiian name Wilelaiki originated from the kama’aina rancher and politician Willie Rice who saw a group of Hawaiian women stringing leis from the berries of the Christmasberry tree. He asked for a hat lei (worn by most paniolo) made from the berries, and from then on, he was always seen with these red berry lei. Hence: Wilelaiki (pronounced ‘Willie·Lie·Key’).” From http://www.bigislandbees.com/products.htm.

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