THE KONA LIFE

THE KONA LIFE: Living, working and training on the Big Island of Hawaii. Now, living, working, training, playing guitar and drawing on the mainland, just like everyone else.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

A New Adventure -- Bikepacking and Gravel Biking

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 Hey! I know it's been a few years since I've posted anything. Work and life have kept me pretty busy. Hopefully I'll be posting...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

A to Z SKETCHBOOK

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S is for Skateboarder. My first sketch and watercolor in more than a year.  I always have trouble finding things to sketch. Well, maybe not ...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

STILL GOING ... JUST IN A NEW DIRECTIONS ... AGAIN!

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 Hello and aloha, Oh how times have changed. Ten years ago I was basking in the sweet life of living in Hawaii. Today, the country, the worl...
Saturday, March 2, 2019

I'M A RUNNER ... OH, AND I HAVE LUPUS!

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THE GOOD NEWS: After taking the winter off I got out there and ran a little today. IN OTHER NEWS: I just found out I have...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

#ONEWEEK100HANDS ............ WHAT?

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I've always have had trouble sketching hands, especially sketching them quickly for urban sketching. Even coming up with a "mitte...

URBAN SKETCHING AND REPORTAGE

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I've been doing a lot more sketching of subjects I could easily take a photo of.  I’m practicing so maybe I can start sketching to illus...

ONE TALL TREE

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While walking during my lunch break last week I came across this tree that must have been close to 100 feet tall. It just seemed to stand ou...

VW VAN ROAD TRIP SKETCH

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Here's a sketch from one of my day dreams ... Taking a road trip in an older VW van and driving through some of the canyon lands of Utah...
Monday, December 24, 2018

A TRIATHLON POEM ...

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I wrote this poem 9 years ago next month. It's inspired by the poem in "10 Things I Hate About You" You o triathlon,  b...
Monday, September 10, 2018

THE COMEBACK TRAIL: HALF MARATHON TRAINING IN 10 WEEKS

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I undertook a self-imposed challenge this summer — to go from zero running to being able to run a half marathon (13.1 miles) in 10 weeks. ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

URBAN SKETCHING ... RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR

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What do you do when you don't have time to go out on location to do urban sketching? My time is very limited and I often don't have ...
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Randy
Formerly of Kona, Now in Oregon, United States
I am an Ironman! No matter what, I have achieved that status -- twice – at the Ironman World Championship in Kona. I lived in Kona, Hawaii, now on the mainland with my beautiful wife and best friend, Karen, and a few of our five kids and grandkids.
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