Author Archives: JASNA Hawaii

Koko Crater Garden Walk

Our second in a series of visits to Honolulu County’s five Botanical Gardens took us to Koko Crater in February. We were joined JASNA British Columbia friend Marigayle and Ken Paterson and once again called on the botanical expertise of member Donna Lum’s husband Larry. We took cover under a tree when our pleasant morningContinue reading “Koko Crater Garden Walk”

Podcast Participants

JASNA Hawai‘i members were guests during season 5 of JAS New Zealand’s Frances Duncan Amateur Austenite podcast, which discussed Lady Susan letter by letter. In Letter 27, Gretchen Savage discussed Frederica’s childhood and the disappearing Vernon fortune.In Letter 41, Cheryl Ernst read the final letter before the expository wrap-up .Bob Newell has also been aContinue reading “Podcast Participants”

At the 2023 AGM

Hawai‘i Regional Coordinator Cheryl Ernst (in back row) attended the JASNA’s 2023 Annual General Meeting in Denver. She joined fellow regional coordinators at a reception hosted by JASNA President Mary Mintz (far right) and had a ball with frequent Hawai‘i Zoom attendees Jeanne Talbot and Kirk Companion. Entertainment included a Q&A session with Adrian LukisContinue reading “At the 2023 AGM”

What We’ve Read

The JASNA Hawai‘i Region Reading Group has explored all six Austen novels as well as Sanditon and Teenage Writings. And we’re always willing to revisit them! Member and region founder Bob Newell good-naturedly answered questions and endured critique of his first novel, Courting Jane, which features an infatuated time traveler and a fictional JASNA Annual GeneralContinue reading “What We’ve Read”

Whatever Happened to Margaret?

A Life of Her Own: The Story of Margaret Dashwood got mixed reviews from participants in October’s reading group. The positive: fascinating, well researched historical facts and personages (as befits a journalist author), some interesting development of minor characters and the description of Edward’s pastoral duties. The negative: some implausible plot twists (surely even aContinue reading “Whatever Happened to Margaret?”

High Time for Tea

JASNA Hawai‘i members enjoyed Tea at 1024 in Honolulu so much that we returned with friends and family. The tea not only provided welcome refreshment for those who had strolled Foster Botanical Garden earlier in the day and featured a great deal of lively conversation and easy camaraderie, but it served as a decadal celebrationContinue reading “High Time for Tea”

Botanical Bliss

We think Jane Austen would have enjoyed strolling through Honolulu’s Foster Botanical Garden as much as we did, marveling at it’s amazing specimens from around the world — Indonesian black pepper vine growing on a Gold Tree and the waxy flowers of the Cannonball Tree from the Guianas (pictured), not to mention the largest, sticky-sappedContinue reading “Botanical Bliss”

Maui Member Helps Humane Society After Wildfire

I In the wake of the deadly and devastating wildfires on Maui in August, Hawai‘i JASNA member Stacey Gomez Chaleff (pictured with niece Stacia Arnold, of California) is busier than ever at the Maui Humane Society, where she has been a volunteer since 2022. Fortunately, both the Pu‘unene Humane Society facility in central Maui andContinue reading “Maui Member Helps Humane Society After Wildfire”