Monk Seals
By Jan TenBruggencate A Hawaiian monk seal and its pup rest at Miloli‘i, Napali Coast last summer. Photo by Léo Azambuja The Hawaiian monk seal is showing signs of recovery after decades of collapsing...
View ArticleHawaiian Canoe Building
By Jan TenBruggencate The Princess displayed at the Kaua‘i Marriott Resort in Kalapaki belonged to Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole, born in 1871 in Po‘ipu. An avid supporter of canoe racing, his...
View ArticleChickens
By Jan TenBruggencate High on a fence, a wild rooster scans his surroundings at the Kaua‘i Museum in Lihu‘e. Photo by Léo Azambuja Kauaʻi’s famous chickens are, of course, not standard domestic fowl....
View ArticleA Brief History of Hulē‘ia Region
By Jan TenBruggencate Hule‘ia River and Estuary The Nāwiliwili and Hulē‘ia region has been a center of Kaua‘i activity since the earliest days. The bay held the nearest safe anchorage for sailing ships...
View ArticleThe Great Chiefs of Kaua‘i
By Jan TenBruggencate The Hikina a Kala heiau in Wailua. Photo by Léo Azambuja Victors get the spoils, and also write the histories. And when the Kamehameha family supplanted the historic Kaua‘i line...
View ArticleShould We Be Afraid of Fear?
By Jan TenBruggencate Aliomanu Road in Anahola has been reduced to a one-lane road due to erosion caused by the ocean years ago. Photo by Ruby Pap We are often scared of the wrong stuff. As we go...
View ArticleHow Ready Are You for an Emergency?
By Jan TenBruggencate Hurricane Lane. Image courtesy of NOAA Many of us who lived through Hurricanes ‘Iwa and ‘Iniki remember that the food was real good for the first day or two — until we finished...
View ArticleFeasting in Paradise
A photograph of a royal lu‘au thrown by King Kalakaua, with Robert Louis Stevenson and Queen Liliuokalani, taken Feb. 1, 1889 at the Henry Poor residence in Waikiki. Others present are Fanny Stevenson,...
View ArticleCook’s Landing
By Jan TenBruggencate An Island View in Atooi, One of the Sandwich Islands. Drawing by John Webber describing a village near Waimea visited by Capt. Cook during his third voyage to the Pacific Ocean....
View ArticleLosing Sleep Over Invasive Species
By Jan TenBruggencate Ah, the wonders of living in rural Hawai‘i. Much has been written about the invasive species crisis in the Islands. Some invaders go after the environment, like the Argentine ants...
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