April Showers Bring May Flowers
By Virginia Beck Rain in April was a gift from Heaven. Global Climate changes are heating the ocean, expanding water volume and pushing the Tradewinds further north, unlike the reliable patterns of...
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By Virginia Beck ‘Ilima flower. Photo by Rebekah Magers The rains of April and May have nourished our island and filled our reservoirs, bringing new growth to everything. Blessings to our farmlands,...
View ArticleSummertime, Together Again
By Virginia Beck Chandley G. Jackson is seen here enjoying a sunset at Miloli‘i, Napali Coast last summer. Photo by Léo Azambuja Summer Vacation! Beautiful skies are gracing the Islands, spreading the...
View ArticleAloha Is All Around Us
By Virginia Beck Shannon Hiramoto, fine artist and also fashion designer created a wonderful online archive at themumuuarchive.omeka.net, launched in 2022 with the assistance of a Hawai‘i State...
View ArticleAloha Brings Beauty
By Virginia Beck The late kumu hula Kaua‘i Iki with two of his students from Ni‘ihau, Kilolani Kanahele and Kapua Kelley-Kanahele, performing at Kekaha Beach. The blessings of rains have helped eased...
View ArticleEight Billion Miracles
By Virginia Beck Kaua‘i moonset. Photo by Léo Azambuja Clarence Beck, Brigadier General, and my deceased father told me toward the end of his life, that “expansion of global populations will create...
View ArticleAll Beings Are One
By Virginia Beck Freckles driving without a license — and happy as a Jack Russell. Photo by Léo Azambuja Our planet is spinning faster than ever, whirling around the Sun at 30 kilometers per second...
View ArticleAloha Means Compassion
By Virginia Beck A Hawaiian monk seal caught hugging itself. Photo by Claire Lower February is the month for love, and in Hawai‘i that’s aloha. Love in action. Showing up in caring and compassion....
View ArticleForever Young?
By Larry Feinstein Larry Feinstein doing a keg stand. Contributed photo “A man growing old becomes a child again.” — Sophocles (496BC-406BC) More than 2,500 years ago, Sophocles was not writing about...
View ArticleAloha Is a Blend of Colors
By Virginia Beck Carlotta Stewart Lai at 19 years old in Hawai‘i, circa 1900. Contributed photo Enough rain this year to last a long time, if only we had the means to capture it. Time runs swiftly...
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