By the time I get to the remote end of a North Shore beach where two Hawaiian monk seals are hauled out, there are already three naked people under the heliotrope tree where I usually sit. But they’re nice, offer me a piece of their Peruvian fruit, yacón, and report the seals galumphed onto the…
Author: Kim Steutermann Rogers
Kim Steutermann Rogers lives with her husband and dog on the island of Kauai. She's a longtime freelance science journalist and author covering Hawaii's natural history and, periodically, Mark Twain. In between assignments, she writes fiction and nonfiction. She maintains a website at http://www.kimsrogers.com. You can find her on social media @kimsrogers.
Mark Twain’s Lesson on the Literary Sidekick
The smell of the fireplace at historic Volcano House permeated the air, threatening to give me a headache, while a motor roared to life behind us. “I’m just going to do a fast vacuum,” a housekeeper said. “You guys can stay.” My traveling companion—we’ll call her D—and I sat in wicker rocking chairs facing a…
Mark Twain Would Have Loved the Wilderness Act at First Glance
It’s appropriate that I’m in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Not that I planned it, which makes the whole thing even better. I’m here researching and writing about Mark Twain’s visit to Hawaii in 1866. He made the long horseback journey to Kilauea Volcano during that visit. This…
Labor in Nature? O.K.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the holiday we know as Labor Day—the one that provides a day off from work and rolls around every year on the first Monday in September—was the “creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly…
Seasons and Writing and Birds Come and Go.
I was in search of a story today, so I went on a walk. Since you cannot lace up your athletic shoes at my house without this one giving you the eye, I happily said, “Wanna go for a ride,” and Lulu darted out the door. We headed for the coastal path on Kauai’s East…
10 Tips for Your Hurricane Preparedness Kit*
The word, “kit,” of course, is a misnomer. You’ll need a garage to store all this stuff. That aside, next time there’s a hurricane warning, remember to: Put all essential documents like passports, marriage certificates, birth certificates, driver’s licenses, and credit cards in Ziploc plastic bags. Go ahead and double bag them. And don’t chintz…
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