KauaiEclectic

Venturing out in the darkness, into a night that was cool and filled with stars, I encountered brilliant Jupiter, giving off a glow as brigh...

It’s ironic that the county, which feeds people’s fears through press releases like the one published today on the results of “green harvest...

The moon, heading into its final quarter this week, was a cup into which Jupiter appeared poised to fall when Koko, Paele and I went out wal...

The moon snuggled up to Jupiter, directly overhead, and then the rain came, softly at first, then steadily, and it stayed long enough to giv...

It was all about color when I went walking with Koko and Paele this morning; indeed, the rosy glow soaking the world and seeping through the...

The sky was just starting to stain burnt orange around the edges when Koko, Paele and I went out walking, two hours after we’d first gotten ...

Walking with the dogs after a rain so big it muffled the clank, whine and grind of the garbage truck, skirting a just-made stream racing dow...

The first applications for vacation rentals (TVRs) on agricultural land are now starting to trickle in for Planning Commission approval, wit...

There’s a certain color that comes before dawn, a pale shade of lavender that edges on pink, and it affixes itself to the sky above the moun...

This morning’s arrival was marked by rain that shifted from misty to faint to steady, a gentle wind that caused the ironwoods to sigh and, l...

Showers continue to provide welcome bookends to each day, keeping everything fresh and green and delighting my senses as I watch, feel and l...

A big rain fell shortly before I crawled out of bed, and so the land was thoroughly drenched when the dogs and I went out walking. The sky h...

Lying in bed, listening to the Newell’s shearwaters, which I now hear every morning, their calls more frequent, more numerous, indicating th...

As we head into the Fourth of July weekend, with America noisily celebrating itself as the supposed “land of the free and home of the brave,...

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...