The Samoan Letters

Recent Posts

• Post 88: Tales of the South Pacific Redux
• Post 87 —Epilogue (Part 2)
• Post 86— Epilogue (Part 1)
• Post 85—Tofa mai feleni
• Post 84—”K-V-Z (zee ya real soon!)”*
• Post 83 — The End Begins
• Post 82 — The Pow-pow-powerful Winds of Change
• Post 81 —The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway . . .
• Post 80— LB, LBJ and KVZK (Part 2)
• Post 79 — LB, LBJ, and KVZK (Part 1)
• Post 78 — Super Visors
• Post 77 — Liner Notes
• Post 76 — The Write to Remain Silent
• Post 75 — The Girls With Kaleidoscope Eyes
• Post 74 — Hondalulu
• Post 73 – So Long, Farewell
• Post 72 — It’s Quarter to Three . . .
• Post 71 — Highs and Lows
• Post 70 — Smells Like Teen Spirit (Part 2)
• Post 69 — Smells Like Teen Spirit (Part 1)
• Post 68 — Tastes Like Chicken
• Chapter 9: Post 67— Aaaand We’re Back
• Post 66 — In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle
• Post 65 — We Are Eager to Learn
• Post 64 — Tapa the Morning to You (Part 2)
• Post 63 — Tapa the Morning to You (Part 1)
• Post 62 — Downtown (Where All the Lights Are Bright)
• Post 61 — There’s No Place Like Home
• Post 60 – The Pago Pago Intercontinental Hotel
• Post 59 – The Hurricane: Aftermath (Part 4)
• Post 58 – The Hurricane: Aftermath (Part 3)
• Post 57 – The Hurricane (Part 2)
• Chapter Eight (1966): Post 56 – The Hurricane (Part 1)
• Post 55 – Going Under Kava
• Post 54 – Samoa Samoas (Part 2)
• Post 53 – Samoa Samoas (Part 1)
• Post 52 – The Samoan Fales: A Complete Fail if You Pronounce it Wrong*
• Post 51 – Caviar of the Sea
• Post 50 – A Confirmation That Life is Not Fair
• Post 49 —What Happens in Manu’a, Stays in Manu’a (Part 3)
• Post 48 — What Happens in Manu’a, Stays in Manu’a (Part 2)
• Chapter Seven: Post 47 — What Happens in Manu’a, Stays in Manu’a (Part 1)
• Post 46 — An Awkward Stage
• Post 45 — Scratching the Surface
• Post 44 — The Tutuila Trots
• Post 43 — The Turtle and the Shark
• Post 42 — Surf’s Up! (Part 2)
• Post 41 — Surf’s up! (Part 1)
• Chapter 6: Post 40 — 1965!
• Post 39 – . . . ma le Tausaga Fou!