KauaiEclectic

The sky was dark, more from clouds than night, when Koko and I set out walking this morning on streets glistening from frequent passing show...

Hunger, and the thunking-thumping, rustling-rummaging of a rat — which still has Koko whining and pacing — woke me up early, so we went out ...

The sky was just turning yellowish pink around the edges when Koko and I set out walking this morning on soil that had been quenched and rep...

Rains kept moving through this morning, keeping my bedroom dark and the temperature cool, scuttling plans for a walk and repeatedly lulling ...

It looks like the tanking world economy is going to keep Kauai ferry-free for at least another year, according to a breaking story in today...

The world, or at least my small part of it, is muffled today. Human sounds are squelched by a thick layer of clouds, but bird song, happily,...

The sky was a brilliant blanket of stars last night and that clarity persisted until morning, when Koko and I went walking beneath a sky tha...

This latest piece of crock from the GOP campaign really makes you wonder about McCain’s grasp on reality. First, there’s his bold predictio...

While walking up the mountain trail about sunset time last evening, with Koko running fast and free, birds singing gleefully all around, sha...

A swirl of gray clouds and a few drops of fat rain greeted Koko and me this morning as we took a slow, sleepy, short walk. We're general...

I had dinner with several friends last night, and before the meal one couple sang a lovely Maori children’s song. Afterward, the husband tra...

The air had that wintry nip when Koko and I headed out in the colorless time just before sunrise, the grass sparkling with the remnants of l...

The moon, just slightly fuller than half, was directly overhead in a patch of blue within a sky of quilted gray that soon enveloped it, too,...

Murky skies greeted me this Honolulu dawn as I prepared to return to nani Kauai, more appreciative than ever of the little gem that I call h...

An elevator traveling up the side of a nearby building reflects the rising sun, sending periodic flashes of rosy light into my hotel room. T...

Few sounds are more welcomed than rain pounding on the roof, dripping on the ti, bouncing off the banana leaves, and that’s what I awoke to ...

I almost rolled over and went back to sleep, but the slightest glimmer of pink light filtering through the window pulled me up and out into ...

Walking through the neighborhood in the usual quiet of a Saturday morning, with chickens and bird song and barking dogs providing the bulk o...

My alarm clock today was Koko, flying out of bed, small feet narrowly missing my head, intent to get outside where a chicken was making a pa...

The Hawaii Independent, a well-done — and very welcome — alternative news website put together by Ikaika Hussey, Chad Blair and others, ha...