To celebrate the season, my husband and I made a donation in our friends’ and family’s honor to Ke Kai Ola, also known as the Hawaiian monk seal hospital, in Kona on Hawaii Island. Please see the Marine Mammal Center to learn about the great work they are doing to help young Hawaiian monk seals…
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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…
Fishwatching: The One that Got Away
There is really only one piece of equipment essential for snorkeling. Technically, you don’t even need a snorkel. Or a swimsuit, for that matter. But you do need a mask. My friend Heather and I had long talked about conducting a REEF survey at Makua on Kauai’s North Shore. So, a couple weeks ago, Heather…
A Hui Hou, Buzzy
While visiting Kalaupapa last week and attending mass at St. Francis, I learned Buzzy Sproat, the famous muleskinner of Molokai, was in ill health. Yesterday, I learned he passed on, no doubt with his boots on and sporting his Princeville Ranch rodeo belt buckle. Here, in his honor, is a piece I wrote over two…
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