Services

The Safety Pin Cafe is a unique care giving service, created out of necessity and imagination. In the second-half of life, when we were both in our 60's we found we needed to recreate the meanings of 'safety' and 'solutions.' To do this we literally pinned together our lifetimes of very different skill-sets with the reality of health challenges and environmental toxicity. We crossed the borders of the status quo and found solutions that were not common; and opened ourselves to an unfolding life with curiosity and trust.

After a wonderful six years of growing community on Whidbey Island, we are spurred, by many reasons (difficulty with mold, a forest that has given us messages with each successive winter wind storm, reality checks on our physical limitations), to simplify once again, and hitch up our vardo.

At the very least we need to open ourselves to shaking things up. That might mean an incremental, slow and steady, movement with a solution for one or two, but not all, the reasons. Maybe, we can't have it all in one fell swoop? Hawaiians say pela paha ... maybe so, maybe so.

What we seek:

• We seek communities who support, and are open to implementing, chemicals-free and fragrance-free daily practices, and do not burn wood or pellets for heat
• We live in a vardo (a Gypsy style sleeping place on wheels) built to the medical and soul-nourishing needs of Mokihana's severe sensitivities to chemicals and fragrance. This 8x12 foot home is our bedroom and safe zone. 
• We seek a place where we can share/rent/caretake space, help with stewarding place, in exchange for electricity, and common (shared) kitchen, bathroom, and laundry; we literally plug-in our vardo and Safety Pin Cafe lifestyle to yours.
• We seek a community, or individual who could benefit from our experiences with a sensitive form of caregiving.
• We seek a community who is unafraid of our version of a contemporary Gypsy (meaning no disrespect to the Romani and their culture) lifestyle.

What we offer:

Pete Little

• began his caregiver career in US Naval hospitals in his early 20's; studied to be a Nurse's Aide in Hawaii, in 2005
• is currently (2016) an Independent Provider of home health care, with five years of continuous service to clients in the state of Washington.
• has a lifetime of carpentry and repair experiences and home-maintenance
• is a versatile and valued volunteer with the local food bank, senior services center, and multiple local community gardens; and an active member of the South Whidbey Tilth Council.

Mokihana Calizar

• is a writer, researcher, teacher and storyteller
• authors and maintains multiple blogs and websites focused on her practice as Makua o'o (elder in training in the Hawaiian culture) living with MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities); chronicled life with chronic illness and the building of a chemical-free and home on wheels (Vardo for Two); has created and taught on-line and community gatherings focused on Hawaiian Culture and Earth-based Values; writes medicine stories (in blog venues) to share the healing value of myth and story as remedy; and shares interactive-storytelling at the South Whidbey Tilth Farmers' Markets
• mentors and offers on-line and phone consultation based on her life experiences as makua o'o
• and, is a fantastic home-style, resourceful cook; and former owner of the Crockpot Cafe in Honolulu

If you think you have a space for The Safety Pin Cafe, or would like to chat about our services ... please,

Contact us via email

mokihanacalizarATgmailDOTcom

dpeteAThotmailDOTcom