By Ken Pinsky The winter rains came and Maui had a bout of weather. Then, just the day before this year’s annual Body and Soil Conference – the 10th annual – the skies cleared. The event was held January 14, 15 and 16th in a spectacular setting in Olinda, rain-washed and verdant, Steve Wilson’s Kumulani [...]
By Paul Wood It is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, so I am driving as fast as I can. Since dawn I’ve had the feeling that darkness is closing in fast. Then a bitter pantomime by the side of the road causes me to spin around. The scene involves three large [...]
The UFO By Phil Swatek In the early 1970′s very few people ventured into the Haleakala Crater. It was a vast, empty preserve frequented mostly by hunters and hippies. Prevailing public opinion held that it was nothing but a cold and lifeless desert with all the charm of a rock quarry. We of the National [...]
By Shri Swami Permananda The other day my kid (a.k.a. the knucklehead) and I set the photo voltaic tracker to its maximum southerly declination. This involves loosening a set bolt, moving a gimbal on a fulcrum and resetting the bolt to the desired angle. Solar electric panels are at optimum output when positioned perpendicular to [...]
By Karen Chun Why is Dowling’s tool writing for your paper? (See http://ilind.net/2007/11/17/saturdaymore-on-akaku-and-its-critics-and-more-morning-dogs/ ) Epstein’s hatchet job on the Maui Democratic party is so filled with inaccuracies as to be completely unrecognizable as anything even approaching reality. He makes statements about who the “leadership” supports which are simply false. I don’t know where he’s getting [...]
The repaving of the parking lot in Pa‘ia next to and behind Charley’s finished up Christmas week – as heavy rains finally got to Pa‘ia. Linda Chestnut, long time waitress at Charley’s, ventured out into the rainy afternoon to check out the work. “They did a nice job, and with the heavy rain yesterday we [...]
Here’s the info… Fridays 1-6 in the center of Hali’imaile town. This market is another Maui Only market just like the Makawao Farmers Market. Nothing from off-island is acceptable for vending. We are in the long open bay right next to the General Store. Space has been provided by MLP. List of stuff you can [...]
Maui Aloha Aina Association (501c3) is holding their 10th annual conference this January 14, 15, 16. in Olinda up on the farm. “Getting to the heart of Body & Soil Vitality”. This year’s conference theme is, “It’s all about the food.” How it’s grown, how it effects us when we consume it, articulating its healing [...]
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