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Stolen in Paradise is here!
Stolen in Paradise, a Lei Crime Companion novel, will knock your heels off! One betta fish, two dead biologists, three trysts, four suspects and thirty-five … Read More
Stolen in Paradise cover reveal will knock your heels off!
Stolen in Paradise cover reveal will knock your heels off! Stolen in Paradise, A Lei Crime Companion Novel, is on track for an April release. The … Read More
Posted in Fiction, Hawaii, Photography, The Writing Life
Tagged cover, photo shoot, Stolen in Paradise
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Flipping the coin of Adventure
Flipping the coin of adventure. In saying yes to adventure, you don’t just get the fun bits. This year, I’ve decided to be … Read More
Posted in Hawaii, Life, Local, Photography, The Writing Life
Tagged adventure, airplanes, travel
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Broken Ferns, latest in the Lei Crime Series, is here!
Broken Ferns, latest in the Lei Crime Series, is here and live on Amazon. The print book will be available in a month or so. … Read More
Aloha Writers’ Conference Lessons
Aloha Writer’s Conference Lessons I had the privilege (and I do mean that, in every sense) of attending the recent Aloha Writer’s Conference on my … Read More
Bee orchestra in the cherry tree.
Bee orchestra in the cherry tree. There’s a bee orchestra in the cherry tree. Bees descend in a buzzing cloud in the earliest morning, when … Read More
Hiking Haleakala Crater- Day Three of epic adventure.
Hiking Haleakala Crater-Day three of epic adventure. Peacefully frying steaks with the door of Holua Cabin open, we are unexpectedly confronted by a group of … Read More
Hiking Haleakala Crater- day two of epic adventure.
Hiking Haleakala Crater- Day Two of epic adventure. An unearthly golden glow, the sunrise, wakes me. The cabin is warm, the stove crackles with fresh … Read More
Posted in Conservation, Hawaii, Life, Personal, Photography
Tagged fitness, hiking, nene geese
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Hiking Haleakala Crater- Day One of an epic adventure
Hiking Haleakala Crater- day one of epic adventure. Trash out. Chickens and dogs fed. Backpacks, way too heavy, loaded into truck. Starbucks in hand (latte … Read More
A five mile hike ending in a bag of frozen peas.
A five mile hike ending in a bag of peas began this way: Training for a big hike Takes trespassing At least the way we … Read More
