Losing Sleep Over Invasive Species
By Jan TenBruggencate Ah, the wonders of living in rural Hawai‘i. Much has been written about the invasive species crisis in the Islands. Some invaders [...]
Cook’s Landing
By Jan TenBruggencate An Island View in Atooi, One of the Sandwich Islands. Drawing by John Webber describing a village near Waimea visited by [...]
Feasting in Paradise
A photograph of a royal lu‘au thrown by King Kalakaua, with Robert Louis Stevenson and Queen Liliuokalani, taken Feb. 1, 1889 at the Henry [...]
How Ready Are You for an Emergency?
By Jan TenBruggencate Hurricane Lane. Image courtesy of NOAA Many of us who lived through Hurricanes ‘Iwa and ‘Iniki remember that the food [...]
Should We Be Afraid of Fear?
By Jan TenBruggencate Aliomanu Road in Anahola has been reduced to a one-lane road due to erosion caused by the ocean years ago. Photo [...]
The Great Chiefs of Kaua‘i
By Jan TenBruggencate The Hikina a Kala heiau in Wailua. Photo by Léo Azambuja Victors get the spoils, and also write the histories. [...]
A Brief History of Hulē‘ia Region
By Jan TenBruggencate Hule‘ia River and Estuary The Nāwiliwili and Hulē‘ia region has been a center of Kaua‘i activity since the earliest days. [...]
Chickens
By Jan TenBruggencate High on a fence, a wild rooster scans his surroundings at the Kaua‘i Museum in Lihu‘e. Photo by Léo Azambuja [...]
Hawaiian Canoe Building
By Jan TenBruggencate The Princess displayed at the Kaua‘i Marriott Resort in Kalapaki belonged to Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole, born in 1871 in Po‘ipu. [...]
Monk Seals
By Jan TenBruggencate A Hawaiian monk seal and its pup rest at Miloli‘i, Napali Coast last summer. Photo by Léo Azambuja The Hawaiian [...]