Ka Puana – Proverb 684
Talk Story with an Advertiser: Hawaii Community FCU
In 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression, 10 struggling coffee farmers who were continually denied loans and services by traditional financial institutions, decided to join together to support their communities by creating a credit union. They wished to…
Talk Story with an Advertiser: Clark Realty Corporation
Consistently ranked as one of the top 10 brokerages in the State of Hawai‘i, Clark Realty Corporation represented buyers and sellers in more than 1,000 transactions valued over $380,000,000 in 2017. That’s no small feat for a Hawai‘i Island-based company…
Celebrating a Long Time Advertiser: Precision Auto Repair
What started as a dream turned into a reality when Raymond and Shelly Ciriako opened Precision Auto Repair in January 2010. After working for other companies for many years, Raymond wanted to start his own auto repair shop. With values…
Island Treasures: Barger Gallery
Fine artist Jeff Barger essentially hadn’t picked up a paintbrush while he operated his 25-year-old interpretation and translation company in Vancouver, Washington. Jeff began his art career in high school; however, after being rejected from the Parsons School of Design,…
Featured Artists: Andrea Pro & Kirk Shorte
Featured Cover Artist: Andrea Pro Andrea Pro, creator of the woodcut print, Nectar, featured on our front cover, shares her inspiration of creating this art piece, “After a hike in Kīlauea Iki crater at Volcano I emerged into the rainforest…
Beautiful Mele: Mark Saito Shares Aloha Through Song
By Karen Rose There are many ways to aloha with others. Feeling the spirit of aloha is a shared experience, and one of the most meaningful ways to feel this spirit is through song. Local Hawai‘i Island musician Mark Saito…
George Applegate: A Kupuna Looking Out for Hawai‘i Island
By Paula Thomas He talks in arcs of thought as he shares stories about his upbringing, his youth, education, and coming of age. George Applegate, born in Honolulu in 1947 and raised in Hilo, has created a career out of…
A Bygone Era — Hilo’s Old Courthouse and Police Station
By Marcia Timboy If walls could talk, an 86-year-old building in downtown Hilo would have a myriad of stories to tell of a wahi pana (special legendary place). In an area where ruling chiefs governed during the pre-contact era, and…
La‘au Lapa‘au: Medicinal Plants and their Healing Properties
By Marcia Timboy Hawai‘i is viewed throughout the world as a place of rest and rejuvenation, a concept that is deeply rooted in and supported by the healing environment of our islands. Ancestral wellness wisdom is the basis of the…
Managing with Aloha: Alaka‘i: To Lead Well, Guide Well
By Rosa Say “Alaka‘i is the value of leadership. You shall be the guide for others when you have gained their trust and respect.” Fifteenth in Series Two on Managing with Aloha When we talk about leadership, we commonly speak…
Beauty All Around: Young Kohala Artist Elijah Rabang
By Jan Wizinowich Entering Hāwi, on the North Kohala coast, just past Kohala Coffee Mill, you are stopped in your tracks by a wall mural with a stunning scene of frolicking humpback whales. You’ve just stepped into the realm of…
Pāhoa Town: Then and Now
By Tiffany Edwards Hunt Pāhoa’s old-timers will tell you that living on the East Rift Zone, they have dealt with flowing lava before. The volcanic soil attracted the Puna Sugar Company to the area, making Pāhoa rich in the history…
Hawai‘i Island’s Hospice Services: Providing More Than You May Think
By Paula Thomas Contrary to what people may think when they hear the word ‘hospice’, hospice is not a place. It is a philosophy of care that is patient-focused, holistic, comprehensive, and designed to support and improve patientsʻ quality of…
Statewide Boat Mooring Program Boasts Kona Roots
By Fern Gavelek From time to time, something is done purely because it is the pono (right) thing to do. How the statewide day-use mooring (DUM) system came to be is one of them. The strategically placed moorings protect marine…
Flying through the Air with the Greatest of Ease: Aerial Arts on Hawai’i Island
By Ma’ata Tukuafu If you’ve ever been to a circus, the trapeze performersʻ seemingly effortless performances might have intrigued and inspired you. In the past five years, several people on Hawai‘i Island have begun teaching different forms of aerial arts…
Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden: One Woman’s Vision to Preserve Hawaiian Heritage
By Lara Hughes The Vision Amy Beatrice Holdsworth Greenwell was a woman with ideas beyond her time. As it goes, when one has a vision, itʻs essential to have help from others to carry it forward into the future. Amy…
Mālama Mokupuni–Caring for Our Island Environment: A Walk through a Home Food Forest
By Rachel Laderman Stepping onto the narrow path of a food forest, the first thing you notice is the cool, quiet peacefulness. In the dappled shade, you see a variety of leaf forms, textures, and colors—dancing oval katuk (sweet leaf…
Ray Bumatay: A Canoe Calling
By Brittany P. Anderson The outrigger canoe is one of the most essential and iconic elements of Hawaiian culture. For centuries, kāhuna kālai wa‘a (master canoe carvers) have been guided by their ‘aumākua (ancestral spirits) who live in the ocean…
Halema‘uma‘u Tribute
August 7, 2018: Civil Air Patrol captured this image of Kīlauea’s summit, providing a stunning view of Halema‘uma‘u and the collapsed area within the caldera. Prevailing trade winds have blown much of the ash emitted during earlier explosions to the…
Woodworking: A Love Story
By Catherine Tarleton Award-winning wood artist Timothy Shafto is part artist, part engineer, and part impresario. A stonemason by trade and self-taught woodworker, Tim presently paints—pours, actually—large epoxy, sand, and wood wall art, using special techniques he has developed over…
Local Foods: Hawai‘i Island Hō‘i‘o (Fiddlehead Fern)
By Brittany P. Anderson It’s one of those rainy days, when the sky is filled with endless layers of clouds painted with broad strokes of lilac and gray. Looking out at the ocean, I see dark indigo patches of rain…
Ka Wehena: Ala ka Lehua, Ke ‘ike Aku
Na Kumu Keala Ching Ala ka Lehuah Ā ala ka Lehua ē Ē ‘e‘e ka ‘āina Pele ī Ī ‘ili‘ili ka Leo malu ō Ō ola ka Luapele ū Ū ‘uhola ke Aloha ē Awakened is the lehua (referencing the…
