What brings you peace?
[ My Writings Give Me Peace ]
[ My Wife Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Dog Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Son Brings Me War ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What brings you peace?
[ My Writings Give Me Peace ]
[ My Wife Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Dog Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Son Brings Me War ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
[ There Are Lots Of Things That Are Important ]
[ I Can’t Think Of Something Important To Carry ]
[ There Are Several Important Thought Thoughts That I Have In My Mind All Of The Time ]
[ The Most Important Thought Is To Stay Humble ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Well … Listing (30) Things That Make Me Happy Can Be Tricky Because That Is A Big Number To Come Up With ]
1. [ My Wife ]
2. [ My Marriage ]
3a. [ Roxie, My Dog ]
3b. [ J.B.D. ]
4a. [ My Early Caregiver, Chrissy ]
4b. [ My Daily Caregiver, Susan ]
5. [ The Wt. That I Am @. I Am @ My Lowest Wt. Since 2015 ]
6a. [ Elizabeth, My Friend ]
6b. [ The “F.F.ofF.” ]
7. [ Rita, My Friend ]
8. [ Lisa, My BFF ]
9. [ My Writing ]
10. [ Our Home ]
11. [ Silvia, Our Car ]
12. [ My Collections ]
13. [ Nick, My Friend ]
14. [ The Thought That Frump Will Not Be The POTUS Forever ]
15. [ Where We Live ]
16. [ My Accomplishments ]
17. [ The “Good” Barbara ]
18. [ Our Possessions ]
19. [ Our W.W. Tribe ]
20. [ My Health @ My Age ]
21. [ That I Have Not Had A Drop Of Alcohol In Almost (30yrs) ]
22. [ That I Did Not Fall Down The Same Drug Rabbit Hole, Like My (2) Older Sisters ]
23. [ My Sense Of Humor ]
24. [ B.D. ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Last Month My Beautiful Wife Took Me On An Errand ]
[ She Took Me To An ATM ]
[ When We Pulled Into The Parking Lot, I Noticed What I Thought Was A Homeless Man Sitting In A Small Patch Of Grass ]
[ We Parked & I Got Out ]
[ I Went To The ATM & Got What I Came There For ]
[ Well, Maybe Just A Little More Then I Originally Thought I Would ]
[ I Walked Over To The Man & Said, “Hello” ]
[ The Man Was Polite ]
[ He Was Very Unsure Of The Reason Why I Came Up To Talk To Him, Though ]
[ I Reached In My Pocket & Gave Him Some Money ]
[ He Was Quite Shocked, But Said, “Thank You” ]
[ I Said, “You’re Welcome” ]
[ I Got Back In Our Car & We Went Home ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Well … What Is A Typical Day To Me? ]
[ Let’s See ]
[ What It Could Be ]
[ It Depends If I Slept The Night Before ]
[ If Not ]
[ Then I Will Try Not To Stumble Onto The Floor ]
[ I Hope That What I Am Saying Will Not Be Misunderstood ]
[ I Have (2) Caregivers Come During The Day ]
[ Because My Health Is Not Very Good ]
[ Hopefully I Will Be Able To Eat Something ]
[ I Have Not Had Much Of An Appetite As Of Late ]
[ So I Guess Trying To Eat Anything ]
[ Would Be Great ]
[ Because I Have To Sit All Day On Our Bed ]
[ I Like To Write The Thoughts ]
[ That Are Swirling Around In My Head ]
[ To Some This Might Seem Like The Ideal Life ]
[ But Everyday I Feel Guilty ]
[ Because I Cannot Go Out & Work Like My Wife ]
[ So The Typical Day Can Have Alot Of Downtime ]
[ That Is How & Why ]
[ I Write Stories That Rhyme ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
How would you describe yourself to someone?
[ I Guess I Would Call Myself An Aquired Taste ]
[ Take The Time To Get To Know Me ]
[ Don’t Leave En Haste ]
[ Hopefully You Will See ]
[ That The Time Spent, Was Not A Waste ]
[ I Will Give You Cause ]
[ To Pause ]
[ For A Little Personal Introspection ]
[ Not Persecution ]
[ There Is So Little Time For A Specific Description ]
[ I Definitely Side With The Non-Fiction ]
[ I Try Not To Always Live In Fantasy Land ]
[ Even Though There Is A Little Bit Of Disneyland ]
[ In All Of Us ]
What’s the story behind your nickname?
[ One Place I Was Working, There Was A Father & His Son Working. They Were From Hawaii. I Told Them I Was Also Born There. The Father, Kavika, Told Me My Name Is Lopaka. So That Is My Nickname & How I End My Stories. Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ When I Feel Stressed I Try To Collect My Thoughts & Write Them ]
[ Writing Helps Me Make Sense Of It All ]
[ It Seems Through The Years I Have Found That I Have Been Getting Better Expressing My Thoughts Through My Writing ]
What would you change about modern society?
[ I Feel The ‘VID’19 Was The Worst Thing To Happen To Our Society As A Whole ]
[ Nobody Trusts Anyone ]
[ We Are A Very Fractured Society ]
[ People Grouping & Labeling Others ]
[ By Gender, Sexual Preference, Race, Heritage, Politics, Religious Beliefs … ]
[ To Some, We Are No Longer Male Or Female Because They Want That Line Blurred. Like Washing Away The Line That Was Drawn In The Sand. ]
[ People Labeling You A Republican Or A Democrat. That Is NOT What People Are, That Is The Political Party That They Vote For ]
[ Everyone Wants To Be An Individual, On An Island. No Longer Part Of Anything. People Marking “Other” On Forms ]
[ But Then Wanting To Be Treated As An Equal, But Then Equal To Who. People Want To Be So Different Than Others, Then They Don’t ]
What’s your go-to comfort food?
[ I Do Not Really Have A Go-To Food ]
[ It Just Depends On My Mood ]
[ Maybe The Whole Premise Is Completely Misunderstood ]
[ I Do Not Feel Very Good ]
[ About It ]
[ I Really Do Not Have A Food Imagination When It’s Time To Sit ]