Embrace the Bitter with Recipe for Stir-Fry Bitter Melon
By Brittany P. Anderson You’ve probably come across bitter melonʻs mass of coiled tendrils, deeply lobed green leaves, and small yellow flowers. Their distinctive warty oblong light green fruits hanging on the vine waiting to be picked. Bitter melon is…
Managing with Aloha: A Language of Intention: Our “Language of We”
Series 3 on Managing with Aloha, Bringing Hawai‘i’s Universal Values to the Art of Business. Sixth in Series Three on Managing with Aloha By Rosa Say Language of Intention is Key Concept 5 in a Managing with Aloha practice, wherein…
Ka Wehena: Kohala Ku‘u ‘Āina Aloha
Na Kumu Keala Ching Aia‘o Kohala ku‘u lei Aloha‘A‘ahu hulu mamo kau i ka poli Eō mai ke Ali‘i Kaulana ē Kohala Ku‘u ‘Āina Aloha lā He ‘āina kupaianaha, Kaulana nā ‘ōiwiNoho ka pono, ‘imi ho‘i ke ‘ala ē Eō…
Kākau: The Nearly Lost Art of Hand-tapped Polynesian Tattoos
By Star Bolton The Polynesians were a seafaring people who navigated the seas and settled in several of the islands of the Polynesian triangle (the Hawaiian Islands being at the top most northern point). The further south you travel, you…
Hawaiian Naming Traditions: A Cultural Legacy
By Jan Wizinowich According to Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language professor Dr. Larry Kimura, Hawaiian language was and still is a “treasure house embedded with the whole way of seeing the world. It adds to the…
Holualoa Gallery: A 30-Year Retrospective with Matthew & Mary Lovein
By Kristina Anderson For more than 30 years, Matthew and Mary Lovein’s Holualoa Gallery anchored the center of this small art hamlet in the lush upcountry of Kailua-Kona. Not only was the gallery location central and highly visible, the Loveins…
Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary: A Living, Teaching Tool
By Fern Gavelek The sun goes in and out of rain-filled clouds while driving up Koloko Mauka to the Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary (KCFS). Upon arrival, the air is cool and damp, smelling of dew and moist earth. The sun…
Farm to Table at Kona Community Hospital
By Brittany P. Anderson The sounds of griddles sizzling, knives chopping, and jovial laughter fill Kona Community Hospitalʻs Ginger Café. It isn’t a typical scene at a hospital cafeteria, but here local food has brought the community together at the…
Wood Valley Temple and Its Fascinating Historical Journey
By Karen Valentine Those who wonder how a small, yet world-renowned, Buddhist temple ended up in a remote valley not far from an active volcano, may realize that a scholarly account isn’t adequate to tell the story. There must be…
Pana Jones: From Ocean Waves to Airwaves
By Sara Stover “I’d say I wanna go back to my little grass shack but I’m already hereAin’t no disappearing, for me it’s clearI’m on a high, livin’ life aquaticSpear into my crystal, my blue simplistic, tropical, unique, diverse, exquisite……
Featured Artists: Suzy Papanikolas & GP Merfeld
Featured Cover Artist: Suzy Papanikolas Suzy Papanikolas’s paintings grab your attention immediately. While visually stunning with their vibrant colors and textures, they are most remarkable for their sense of drama and the window they open into the emotions of those…
Talk Story with an Advertiser: Kawika’s Painting
As a young man, David Dunham, founder and president of Kawika’s Painting, thought “There’s nothing more important than an education;” however, he faced a major obstacle in the pursuit of his dream—lack of funding. To overcome this problem, David painted houses while getting…
Talk Story with an Advertiser: IMI Clinics
Dr. Joanna Smith has many well-deserved credentials following her name. She owns IMI Clinics, also known as Integrated Medicine Institute. IMI is Hawai‘i Island’s medical center for wellness, esthetics, and preventive health. Opened in 2018, IMI is the first practice…
