KauaiEclectic

Friday, December 30, 2011

Kauai Cops Raid Native American Church

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Kauai police raided a Native American Church in Wailua last week. But you wouldn't know it from the county's press release, which ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Musings: The Bigger Picture

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It occurred to me, gazing out on a beach strewn with white coral, white clouds scuttling overhead where albatrosses with their plump white b...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Musings: Puzzling

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I recently met a charming couple from Southern California. She's an architect and former planning commissioner for her city; he is an ed...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Musings: Seals in the Scheme of Things

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It's not yet getting light earlier in the mornings, but when it's clear, as it was today, it seems as though it is. The first cresce...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Musings: Varying Versions

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Clouds drifted overhead like gray ghosts in a somber pre-dawn sky, but all that changed when the sun began to rise, infusing the world with ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Musings: In the Zone

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I happened to be in town yesterday afternoon, so I stopped by Judge Trudy Senda's District Courtroom for round one in the criminal proc...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Musings: Why?

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Hard to look at, but even harder not to wonder, why, why, why? Why do we keep doing this? Iraqi War Photographers: Their War at Home
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Musings: Winter Solstice

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I happened to open my eyes at a fortuitous moment and look out the window to see the golden glow of the rising moon and so I had to go out a...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Musings: Payoffs and Promises

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The moon, a thinner sliver today than yesterday, and in the company of a few stars, shone down intermittently, obscured at times by drifting...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Musings: Ticky-Tacky

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After a night of frequent heavy showers, the dogs and I took advantage of a lull in the rain this morning to go out walking beneath a fat we...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Musings: Worth It?

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Pink clouds were closing in on the waterfall that streaked down the face of Makaleha and a rainbow shaft had just touched the top of Waialea...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Musings: Many Questions, Few Answers

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Mist clung to the summit of Makaleha, softening the jagged edges of the range, while white clouds raced across a pale blue sky when the dogs...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Musings: Steamroller

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I came home yesterday to find Jeremy, the yard guy provided by my landlords, preparing to do some weedeating. I apologized for creating ext...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Musings: Losing Lifelong Homes

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Another piece of Kauai's history is on the chopping block. Grove Farm has issued eviction notices to 13 families living in Koloa Camp —...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

Musings: Somebody's Watching You

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As some Kauai folks worry about KIUC's foray into “smart meters” and an 88-year-old lodges a complaint after being forced to show her co...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Musings: Eclipsed

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I wasn't sure what I'd have to do to see yesterday's lunar eclipse, given that rain had fallen repeatedly in the night and cloud...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Musings: All Over the Map

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The thermometer read just 68 degrees and I could hear a lot of dripping from rain showers that passed in the night when the dogs and I went ...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

New Reporting on Hawaiian Issues

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I recently complained that media coverage of the proposed settlement between OHA and the state over the so-called “ceded lands” revenue cla...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Musings: Go Look

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I knew the moon was out there, because I'd seen it, hovering over the part of Nounou that is closest to the Wailua River, already risen,...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Musings: On FEAR

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So much of what's being fed to us these days is Fear, with a capital F. But what is fear all about, anyway? In the absence of wild ...
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