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    Faces of Aloha
    Faces of Aloha
    Faces of Aloha
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    Faces of Aloha

    By Peter Butterworth

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    Three stories, Jeremy, John, and Sammy, are from interactions with these people. Hawaii has such diversity but I only concentrated on those which shows the uniqueness and wonder of the aloha spirit. (There are actually other stories but I could not find them.) These 3 short stories will give you a glimpse of what the aloha spirit means and hopefully what it feels like.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter Butterworth
    Release dateMar 16, 2011
    ISBN9781458125200
    Faces of Aloha
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    Peter Butterworth

    aloha, I was born in Providence, Rhode Island but began a life of many moves soon thereafter (3 high schools, 2 junior high schools...even 2 kindergardens). I kept moving in a westerly direction until I reached Hawaii. If I moved any further west it'd be east so I returned to California (& gave up a Hemenway scholarship from UH). Spent too much time in competitive athletic endeavors (I was told I was the only history major at La Crosse State U. I was there to play baseball at a very good phy-ed school). Yes, history was my major but you can do only 2 things with a history degree: teach or write. I wasn't ready to do either so I ended up as a pysch nurse (after doing this and that). My motto: Life is serious but...you cannot take it seriously. I've always been interested in people and the human condition and I have the gift of wonder (ex. if wisdom is important why does our culture - and others - ignore it and not esteem it? Our educational system doesn't even teach it in philosophy classes ['No more Kant and the color red already!]). Hence (or is it ergo?), I've matured enough to devote myself to the scribbling craft. Mahalo, Peter

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      Faces of Aloha - Peter Butterworth

      THE FACES OF ALOHA

      By Peter Butterworth

      Published by Peter Butterworth

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      The Faces of Aloha

      John

      I met Jon, let’s call him John, when he came to visit my roommate Alan, we’ll call him Allan. Allan was a gourmet chef and part owner of a vegetarian restaurant called Lau Lima - Helping Hands. John had just started working for Allan.

      John couldn’t have weighed more than one hundred sixty pounds. He was of average height but small boned and very slender. Blond hair, recently cut. It had been down to his waist he told me. If his skin had been any whiter he’d‘ve been considered an albino.

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