The tables at our Huli Ka Lima I Lalo fundraiser were graced with 24 'umeke made from Ulupō mud and native-plant glazes by Kauka de Silva, a potter raised in the muds of Kailua. The pots were also stamped with pewa (the "fishtail" peg used to repair cracks in cherished wooden objects), and in them were placed living kalo manaulu from Ulupō along with nanea and 'ākulikuli donated by Hui Kū Maoli Ola. The layers of meaning expressed in this convergence of mud, glaze, plant, and pewa are a reflection, we think, of Hika‘alni's efforts at Kawainui to turn the hands down and bind us up again in the things we hold most dear. Huli Ka Lima I Lalo raised more than $10k in funds that will go directly to keeping the hands of Kaleomanu‘iwa Wong engaged in this resurgence of aloha ‘āina. Mahalo to all who helped. -- Kihei de Silva
