Homesteading in Hawaii

Life is different this year. The 4th is nothing like last year. And unlike parts of the mainland where they are heading to the beaches and l...

In the past 3 weeks, all my spare time has been devoted to a community service project. You see, I somehow got into the position of being ma...

Driving up to Volcano (it's the name of a village, and yes it's at the top of Kilaeua Volcano), we could see rain up ahead of us. Bu...

Our local hongwangi put on a bon dance this year. We haven't had one in our town for a number of years, so it was delightful to see it ...

Took a break from the home hubbub to enjoy the holiday. Parade. Fireworks. Rodeo. And food----lots, actually too much. My small town...

As part of the Ka'u Coffee festival, there was another farm tour. This time it was Aikane farm & ranch. I've never been to this ...

Went on a great farm tour yesterday -- Ka'u Valley Farm. Right in my own neck of the woods, how convenient. The tour was part of our loc...

Making coffee in the kitchen, I noticed that the light coming in through the windows was making everything weirdly colored. It almost had th...

Night time holiday parade in town. Wow, how crazy, no? But boy, it was fun!  Lots of families came out and lined the street. And to my surpr...

Our little town just had one super Veteran's Day celebration. Who'd believe it that a town so tiny could do such a grand thing! Wow....