KauaiEclectic

I’m off this morning to cover the hearing on the motion to stop construction of a house over the Naue burials. The proceedings are now enter...

Makalii was directly overhead, flanked by Orion and Aldebaran, bright as a planet, when Koko and I went walking in a world dominated by chir...

The breeze was cool and brisk when Koko and I went walking this morning — cool enough to prompt me to don a sweatshirt, brisk enough to send...

It seems that Sen. John McCain and his campaign have sunk to a new low in their choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. It’s one t...

The County Council’s move yesterday to finally approve a bill allowing people to walk their dogs on the precious path — provided they can ...

I awoke about 3:30, the way I sometimes do, briefly, and as I waited to fall back to sleep I was struck by the utter blackness and silence ...

Today is Koko’s birthday, so we celebrated with two walks, first a short one beneath a crescent moon and the glittering stars of Orion’s bel...

It’s with a bit of twinge — of longing, not envy — that I’ve been following Ian Lind’s account of his journey to Denver to blog the Democrat...

Koko and I went out walking this morning on streets puddled with rain, beneath dove gray skies that promised more to come. At times it raine...

The pre-dawn sky promised color this morning and that, frankly, was the only thing that prompted me to leave my warm bed and the pleasant wo...

Was it the name of the event — “Jam the Harbor” — that raised alarm in minds trained to enforce law and order? Was it the idea of a celebrat...

The bright golden moon beckoned at 4 a.m., and I almost yielded to its call for a moonlit stroll, but just as I rose it slipped behind thick...

Thick clouds put a damper on the full moon’s brilliance but couldn’t completely dim its glow, which persisted through the night until finall...

The pre-dawn sky was clear with a hint of gold this morning, prompting Koko and me to head for the beach where we could watch the sun, bold ...

I wasn’t sure if I imagined the rain I heard in the night, so deeply was I immersed in the world of dreams, but Koko and I found proof when ...

Yesterday, after finishing an article on the abject failure of the state’s burial preservation laws, which will appear in tomorrow’s Honolul...

The days are shrinking on both ends now, a minute here, a minute there, offering inexorable proof that summer is on the gentle wane. Not so ...

The Kauai Police Department is now working with the county prosecutor’s office to identify those protesters who remained at the Naue burial ...

I spent several hours today at the Naue burial grounds, where about 30 protestors succeeded in halting construction on Joe Brescia’s house. ...

Tis the season for campaigning, and along with the yard signs and beef stew fundraisers and bumper stickers come pledges and promises that a...