IN 12TH POST OF MAUI CHRISTMAS SERIES, THE BLOGGER AND FAMILY HIGHLIGHT OUR 2015
KA’ANAPALI, MAUI, Dec. 25.Blogger and family wish everyone a Happy New Year through this belated Christmas card highlighting what we did in 2015. Details below the montage. SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILS PLUS 11 OTHER POSTS FOR WHAT CHRISTMAS WAS LIKE ON MAUI THIS YEAR…SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL 12 POSTS OF THE 12 PHOTO POSTS ON MAUI, CHRISTMAS DAY, 2015
OUR YEAR IN WORDS: HIGHLIGHTS
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE BEZANES AFTER ANOTHER EVENTFUL YEAR
•Norm and Sara complete sale of Chicago apt.; norm suffers through 0 degree weather to put everything in storage. (January)
•Sara campaigns for new board at Vintage condo association. elected president. (March)
•Daughter/grandson visit Maui; we send in our income tax. (April)
•Norm in Honolulu wins two awards as finalist for best column and best independent journalist in Hawaii from Society of Professional
Journalists. (June)
•Sara takes lead as board member of Maui Friends of the Library picking graphic designer for $180,K book mobile to be given to state
Sara/Norm spend three months in Chicago with grandson/ family, get
rids of all our things in storage unit and attend many concert, Cub, Illini games’ Norm diagnosed as losing brain cells (no surprise to you)
•Norm appears on 30 minute WGN radio on 50,000 watt station to talk about his books and Maui.
•Sara wins praise for producing harmony at the Vintage, completing a major rehab of the rec center during the year with input from 22
owners December
•Norm completes 325TH Lahaina News column since 2006, completes 300 Joys of Kaanapali blog post, struggles to finish formating of fourth book (December)
Little dog Kea Aloha petted by 300th visitor at Starbucks, Norm types 250th typos of year in email (Decmbur)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
PROUD TO SAY
Honolulu–The blogger is proud to finally post news that your columnistl author and blogger received two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii chapter last month. One as a finalist for best independent journalist in the State of Hawaii and a second for best feature column for my column Voices of Maui Beyond the Beach in Lahaina News. Just proves that in some places, journalism is alive and well on Maui. Now if I can only slow down enough to stop making typographical errors, everything will be perfect;
JOYS of KAANAPALI 