Squeezing the juice of passion

Heh heh. I got you with that, didn't I? Couldn't resist. I told you I'd blog about what to do with lilikoi, but first I thought I'd share the arduous process of getting the juice. So…Yeah. Renaissance Man just came in and tried to video me with the GoPro. I told...

The road ahead post-kids

Father’s Day 2011 was a big one for Renaissance Man and I, the first ever where we had no children on island to share it with. As of this month, both kids are independent and launched, and we are facing this: A wide open road. Which neither of us are necessarily happy...

Pause for the Super Moon

I'm working on a series of essays about our relationship with the Inadvertent Celebrities we know, the Hamilton family… but I had to pause to post an epic photo from amazing young photography friend Dallas Nagata. Click on the photo to see all her pictures from...

On the care and feeding of muses

It is an exceptionally clear, warm and gorgeous day at the park on the side of Haleakala. The ocean, glowing blue mystery, merges with the sky in the distance and holds the floating green/purple island of Lanai, and the striated majesty of the West Maui Mountains,...

Scuba diving- an immersion experience

She stumbled toward the water, laden like a camel in the Sahara with scuba apparatus. Sweat beaded forehead, trickled down spine, puddled in the claustrophobic carapace over the constricting suit. Her back bowed under the weight of steel and rubber as she staggered...

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