Once upon a time,
…there were twelve Kūpuna. They were highly respected people, who did not yet think of themselves as worthy enough to be called Kūpuna, however indeed they were.
They had come together amid swirling, addicting Learning Excitement in the ninth month, of the sixth year, of the twenty-first century. Some called this an Age of Humble Curiosity. Some called this an Era for Citizen Publishing. Still others called it a Revolution of the New Social Media.
All twelve Kūpuna were authors, though they would have quietly called themselves practicing “writers” instead, and all were learning about a Hawaiian celebration of spirit called Aloha within a virtual community they belonged to. It was called The Ho‘ohana Community, and within this ninth month, of the sixth year, of the twenty-first century, a great Learning Forum was to be held. All twelve Kūpuna were to write for this forum with sixteen others, twenty-eight writers in all, and the community waited patiently in expectant anticipation.
The writing was well worth the wait, and the community feasted upon the nourishment of the words presented in heartfelt story after story. The Learning was as rich and tasty as could be, yet these twelve Kūpuna found they were still left with an almost insatiable hunger for more. They read each other’s work, and they chattered excitedly about this thing called ‘Learning’ which bound all their sentences together in a very pleasing whole.
However, the whole seemed to have much more capacity for being an even greater wonder than it already was. The Kūpuna could not stop their chattering about it, and by the time the ninth month had ended, and had made way for the tenth month, the Joyful Jubilant Learning Network of the Ho‘ohana Community had been born.
The Kūpuna invite you to their Wahi Noho, their new dwelling place at www.joyfuljubilantlearning.com. For them, it is Ka lā hiki ola, the dawning of a new day. It can also be Ka lā hiki ola for you.
I am certain the day will quickly arrive where this place is called Wahi Pana by some, legendary place. If you go quickly, you can be part of the making of the legend.
For those who prefer the story with its links of origins, it follows below.
Once upon a time,
…there were Twelve Kūpuna. They were highly respected people, who did not yet think of themselves as worthy enough to be called Kūpuna, however indeed they were.
They had come together amid swirling, addicting Learning Excitement in the ninth month, of the sixth year, of the twenty-first century. Some called this an Age of Humble Curiosity. Some called this an Era for Citizen Publishing. Still others called it a Revolution of the New Social Media .
All twelve Kūpuna were authors, though they would have quietly called themselves practicing “writers” instead, and all were learning about a Hawaiian celebration of spirit called Aloha within a virtual community they belonged to. It was called The Ho‘ohana Community, and within this ninth month, of the sixth year, of the twenty-first century, a great Learning Forum was again to be held. All twelve Kūpuna were to write for this forum with sixteen others, twenty-eight writers in all, and the community waited patiently in expectant anticipation.
The writing was well worth the wait, and the community feasted upon the nourishment of the words presented in heartfelt story after story. The Learning was as rich and tasty as could be, yet these twelve Kūpuna found they were still left with an almost insatiable hunger for more. They read each other’s work, and they chattered excitedly about this thing called ‘Learning’ which bound all their sentences together in a very pleasing whole.
However, the whole seemed to have much more capacity for being an even greater wonder than it already was. The Kūpuna could not stop their chattering about it, and by the time the ninth month had ended, and had made way for the tenth month, the Joyful Jubilant Learning Network of the Ho‘ohana Community had been born.
The Kūpuna invite you to their Wahi Noho, their new dwelling place at www.joyfuljubilantlearning.com. For them, it is Ka lā hiki ola, the dawning of a new day. It can also be Ka lā hiki ola for you.
I am certain the day will quickly arrive where this place is called Wahi Pana by some, legendary place. If you go quickly, you can be part of the making of the legend.
-Kupuna is the word for elder in Hawaiian; Kūpuna, with the macron above the first u, is the plural version of the word. Those who are Kūpuna are not necessarily elderly, however they are respected as the most desirable mentors one can have.
Stay tuned: If you are wondering exactly who these twelve Kūpuna are, their About Page will be linked here as soon as it has been completed; As writers, they are taking their care with it! Methinks they are also enjoying remaining in a more humble place for now.
-The now common phrase “Citizen Publishing” was first taught to me by Mr. David St. Lawrence, author of Danger, Quicksand, Have a Nice Day and the Ripples blog.
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