Ka Puana: The Wall of Death
A true sailing adventure, excerpted from The Hawaiian Voyages of the Ono Jimmy, by Big Island author Steve Dixon This story is about one of the two later passages, after that night crossing from Lanai, that Tony and I tried…
What’s in a Seed? Seed Is the Living Source of Life on Earth
By Nancy Redfeather How many times have you bought seed in a store, planted it, and were disappointed at its failure to germinate, or worse, thought of yourself as a “black thumb?” The answer to this common complaint is in…
Motifs in Polynesian Design
By Ma‘ata Tukuafu From the earliest European voyagers who traveled the vast Pacific Ocean in the 1500s to the vast numbers of visitors who spend their savings on touring the Pacific islands, the lure of Polynesia has always been present.…
The Life in Business: Dr. John Stover
Dr. John D. Stover, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., came to the Big Island in 2001, bringing with him the knowledge gained from 20 years of medical schooling. Hailing from Louisiana and North Carolina, where he achieved doctorates in medicine, dentistry and…
The Life in Business: Trudy’s Island Arts
Trudy Farley entered the business of representing Hawai‘i Island artists while helping a friend who was battling cancer. She and her friend, Katrina Bellak, first began in a kiosk behind the Wyland Gallery. Soon after, they moved to Ali‘i Gardens…
Carving Pathways to the Future: The Rocky Jensen Family Bonds in a Love of Art and Their Hawaiian Legacy
By Lucia Tarallo Jensen In the year 1975, a blind prejudice still gripped the art world, believing that native Hawaiians, as well as other native artisans, were only competent to create on a craft level. Up until that time only…
Then & Now: Kailua Pier
By Ann C. Peterson The historic Kailua Pier covers a turtle-shaped rock that may have inspired early Hawaiians to name the small bay just north of the pier, Kamakahonu (lit.: the eye of the turtle). The extended rock outcropping later…
Ka Puana: Chameleons in the Garden, Being Jacksons, Doing What Jacksons Do
Mary and Matt Lovein, artists and owners of Holualoa Gallery in Holualoa, have a love affair with chameleons. “We are so lucky to live in Hawai‘i, which is one of the only places on the planet that we can see…
The Life in Business: Dolphin Journeys
Dolphin Journeys has been a real journey for owner, Captain Nancy Sweatt. If she hadn’t been hit with a Mack truck with 50,000 pounds of rock in it, she says, she might not be where she is today. A life-altering…
The Life in Business: Alakea Healing Center
A decision by the Veterans Administration to cut off funding to a program that was helping some Vietnam veterans moved Family Nurse Practitioner Nancy Emery to take matters into her own hands. While training at the Upledger Institute, she learned…
This Kupuna Radiates Beauty, from the Inside
Hawaiian Studies Educator & Kumu Hula Ulalia Berman By Ann C. Peterson One look at her and you understand the meaning of “Aloha”— she is always dressed in Hawaiian patterns, wearing a lei—made from any number of things…flowers, nuts, seeds,…
Then & Now: Ka‘awaloa
By Ann C. Peterson To reach the remote site of the Captain Cook Monument, you have to kayak, hike, or ride on horseback to this narrow stretch of land between the base of Pali-kapu-o-Keoua and Kealakekua Bay. This land’s Hawaiian…
Remembering Hawai‘i’s Future by Recognizing Its Traditions at Kahalu‘u and Keauhou
By Matt Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center Hanau ka ’Uku-ko’ako’a, hanau kana, he ’Ako’ako’a, puka (Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth.) Thus recounts Martha Warren Beckwith’s translation of the Kumulipo, the chant of Hawaiian…
Ka Puana: My Island
By Rocky Sherwood I came to the Kona Coast in search of contentment. What I have learned is how to manifest it from the simple beauty of the earth. Chameleons hang like jewelry in the trees. Doves coo a constant…
Leo Papa–Voice of the Land
By Nancy Redfeather I knew something was up the day my third grade teacher asked, “Who would like to help me plant a salad garden?” I found myself standing beside my desk with my arm raised and waving only to…
The Life in Business: Dr. Joan Greco
“I’m a dental phobic like most of my patients are, I empathize with them,” says Joan Greco, DDS, OMS. It is not just her professional experience, but her experience as a patient that guides her treatment style. An oral and…
The Life in Business: Kona Stories
If Brenda Eng was ever asked what her “dream job” would have been, it would have been to own a bookstore. “I just started talking about it like it was real” states Brenda. “I would go to independent bookstores and…
Light of Compassion at the Temple of Great Happiness: Rev. Jiko Nakade at Daifukuji Soto Mission
The weekday commuter traffic creeps up Hwy. 11 in South Kona near the Y-intersection at Honalo, slowing down briefly to pause at the intersection before accelerating on to the next daily obligation. Drivers glance at the familiar sight of the…
Then & Now: Moku‘aikaua Church
By Ann C. Peterson Church folks have gathered every Sunday for 185 years on the site where the stately Moku`aikaua Church now stands in Kailua Village. Their purpose has remained the same, but the structure sheltering their worship has changed…
The Advantage of Being Green: More Businesses are Realizing it IS Easy Being Green
By Michael Kramer, AIF® Our fragile island lifeline is, thankfully, waking people up to how we can survive here beyond the longstanding traditions of tourism and export agriculture. As consciousness shifts towards how we feed, shelter, clothe, work, and play…
The Many Faces of Josh Green: Multi-Tasking is an Understatement for this Doctor-Senator
By Bob Hogue It’s hard to believe that Josh Green sometimes gets criticized for working too hard—but he does. Perhaps it might seem daunting to think that one person could hold down two full-time jobs on separate islands—as a doctor…
The Life in Business
Glimpses into the stories behind a few of our ads Kona Stories: If Brenda Eng was ever asked what her “dream job” would have been, it would have been to own a bookstore. “I just started talking about it like…
Ka Puana: Rock Garden
Rock Garden By Wayne Stier With what cauliflower costs in Kona I concluded it was time to start a garden. I planned pragmatic rows of vegetables Outside my home On the lower slope of Mauna Loa where the land swirls…
