Dee Tidwell

by Dee Blake Tidwell
(Columbia, SC)

I plan to visit Kona for three weeks in January of '09. The goal is multi-dimensional. I will take my Hawaii professional boards. I will look around and begin to plan a move to the Big Island. I had a relationship with a man from Kona. It did not work out, but I fell in love with not just the man, but the dream. He is gone, but I still have a dream to live there. Don't ask me why since I have never been. If I am not sick of it in a few weeks, it will be a go.

I live on the east coast. I have traveled extensively to the Caribbean. I always loved tropical settings. I traveled up and down the east coast for over a year looking for a place to call home. I never found one. I have this very strong gut feeling that my home will be in Kona.

I am a health care professional, so I can work anywhere that I can get a license. I love to garden. Better, I want to buy a very small farm and grow organics. I have many tropical flowers like the Hibiscus at my home here in South Carolina. I have fresh flowers in my vases all year round. I can't wait to get hold of some of those local beauties!

Other than that I love to write. Children's books, novels, short stories and poems. Whatever moves me and pops into my brain. I think Kona will accelerate that. Its about growing as a person. That is what I hope to gain by living in the Kona community. I truly hope that as I take, I will also be able to give back.

I want to thank Bob for creating this web site. I have enjoyed looking around and feeling at home. As a writer, I know the thing you look for in an author is believability. He portrays that. Pretty darn good writer for a mechanic. I will probably have him fix the brakes on my Kona cruiser move than once.
Aloha!