by toby | Apr 16, 2016 | Food, Hawaii, The Writing Life
Organic farming hero of Maui chef James “Kimo” Simpliciano has an enduring quality that reminds me of the sun-hardened monkeypod logs we pass as we walk along the red dust road of his farm. Far-seeing eyes hidden under a billed cap, Kimo speaks softly, each sentence...
by toby | Aug 19, 2015 | Conservation, Hawaii, The Writing Life
There’s just something magnetic about Bone Hook, Lei Crime #10, the book I’m currently writing. Reef conservation and fish poaching research is bringing me in contact with some of the most interesting people on Maui. My time-tested method for developing a story is to...
by toby | Jul 17, 2010 | Life
Guest Blog by Tawny Neal, Cellular/Molecular Biology Major and Intern I’m back from the misty jungle, tired and dirty but pleased. After a long week in another world, the return to civilization is jarring. It is one of the most astonishing things I’ve ever...
by toby | Jul 9, 2010 | Life
“I need natural material shoes,” my daughter says, pacing nervously around the house as she packs for her first-ever helicopter trip. “I also need to wear all natural fiber clothes.” She’s packing for a week in the trackless jungle on the rainy side of the volcano...