  Where I’m From  Knowing a person’s hometown tells you more
than just where they were raised.  Henry Kapono Ka‘aihue,
Musician B.1948 Kapahulu, O‘ahu  My parents lived in the same
house on Moheau Street since before the war. There were eight of
us kids; I was the third youngest. My father had three jobs—he
worked for the city and county. He also worked as a parking lot
attendant, and late at night, he moved houses on trailers. He
was a worker, but he always had time to take us to the beach in
between jobs.  There were a lot of families with kids in
Kapahulu. Either we were at the beach or playing football or
baseball or kickball on Winam Avenue. It wasn’t paved streets,
either, so we would be bust up some days when we came home, with
bruises and scrapes.  Kapahulu Avenue had only a few stores
then. There was the Okamura Store, where you could buy a shave
ice for 5 cents. There was Bill’s Bakery that had the best
custard pie. Every Sunday morning, my dad would go down to
Bill’s Bakery and buy pastries—that wa