KauaiEclectic

It’s only a week past solstice and already it’s noticeably darker in the mornings, which is why the sky was filled with stars when Koko, Pae...

In a hellish scenario, an intense wildfire is approaching 30,000 55-gallon drums of plutonium-contaminated waste stored in fabric tents at...

Stars, not often seen in the cloudy weather of late, were out, and a thin gold wedge of moon cupping a dark whole that seemed smaller than t...

Just a few odds and ends for the end of the week…. First, the former Hawaii Superferry and its twin are for sale. Looks like even the mili...

First, here’s a link to the piece I wrote about the fight over FERC for the current edition of Honolulu Weekly. I hope it will provide rea...

When the dogs and I first went out, the world was ethereal, wet, silent, Jupiter nearly as bright and high as a moon on the fat side of half...

It rained in the night, long and hard, a welcome blessing for today’s summer solstice, which I greeted in my usual way: in reverence to the ...

I keep wondering, is KIUC devious, deluded, incompetent or just completely and utterly dense? I mean, first, it commits the incredible b...

The heading-into-solstice dawn light came early, earlier than I wanted to rise on this Sunday morning, but when it began to exude color, I c...

The day began with a shower. Not for me, but the `aina, delaying our walk for a bit as I petted the dogs and listened to the rain fall from ...

The moon, full today, and eclipsing, had snuggled under its blanket of fleece in the west, but the sun had not yet risen, when the dogs and...

Clouds mottled the light from the big moon, confusing the roosters into thinking they were crickets and so should crow all night, but becaus...

It was the kind of quiet — as in no human noise — darkish, drippy Sunday morning that made it easy to sleep in — yes, I sometimes do — thoug...

Koko, Paele and I spent about an hour walking through a totally trashed landscape the other day, and I’m not talking about abandoned cars or...

I hadn’t heard them for a while, a couple of weeks, at least, but the Newell’s shearwaters were back today in the wee, wee hours of the morn...

The stars were just disappearing and the sky was turning its pre-dawn white when the dogs and I went out walking this morning. The grass was...

It’s officially official: the war on drugs is a complete and utter failure that has devastated people and societies around the globe. So s...

Today, when the dogs and I were out walking, watching the world awaken, the clouds in the west an exquisite shade of lavender, the sky stain...

Today brings a partial solar eclipse and a new moon in Gemini, making it a good time to engage in fresh ways of thinking and being in the w...