Makawao — There are stories, and then there are stories. The youngest one doesn’t have many yet, but then again I have to wonder: whenever he’s here upcountry he wakes up in the middle of the night crying instantly, recipient of a nightmare, or perhaps just the scariness of dream-which-isn’t-quite-differentiated-from-waking-life-just-yet. He is, after all, barely all of two years old. Perhaps the stories o...
Makawao — If you don’t know what (or where) you’re looking at, if you’ve never been to this locus of the planet (Maui), then you might miss it in the relatively low-rez photo above. The ocean, that is. There....
Makawao — Nearby, long dark planes of sugarcane rustle in the light trade winds. Traffic along the highway hums, adding its inorganic counterpoint to the proceedings. Inside the car, I see my hanai son Snapcha...
Makawao — I have this ritual, something I’ve done since Pono was in elementary school. Whenever I drop him off at school, I always stay and watch him walk off, until he’s out of sight. Disappearing through an a...
A beautiful early morning to reach 54 by...
Fins, inverted and etched upon the sheltering sky: stylized, slouching penguins. ;-)
Dew on grass at a Kulamalu parking lot. In the car, Pono finishes up a native breakfast...
Three generations of Hawaiians. Early morning tableau out on the lanai, of people I have come to call family.
School breakfast was boiled eggs and grits, unliked. So, brought Pono grapes and an apple, on way to work.
Moments before sunrise: yes, do go thataway! ;-) KS Maui high school parking lot, having just dropped Pono off.
Before sunrise. 6:52 a.m., Pukalani LDS Ward parking lot.
It's a stormy day and epic surf is rolling in (see the white line faintly visible way downhill).
Turning around, I beheld the massive swell of the volcano, akin to a wave beginning to crest.
A mongoose's-eye view of the panorama.
Haleakala's shadow across the valley. KSM campus. Half past 7.
January 1, 2014. Mid-afternoon, at a deserted road upcountry. (2: at knee-level, the verge)
January 1, 2014. Mid-afternoon, at a deserted road upcountry. (1: eye-level)
Driving the kids to town for a movie night with friends; stopped along hwy. to capture thundercloud growth.
9 a.m., somewhere near Hali'imaile—selfie with sugarcane seas and an ocean rainsquall off of Kahakuloa Headlands.
Early morning magenta (2)—right next to Kamehameha Schools Maui (HS) principal's office, 8:32 a.m..
Early morning magenta (1)—parking lot near Longs Drugs at Kulamalu, 8:23 a.m..
Early morning, Kamehameha Schools Maui campus, upon which the volcano's mass is imposing...
Daybreak now. From, progressively up the volcano—Pukalani, Makawao, Olinda.
Dusk now... Pukalani exit off Haleakala Highway.
Halfway down Haleakala Highway, I paused along the verge... to ask Nina what her JFK story was, about today.
Early morning... LDS Pukalani Ward parking lot.
Main portal at Kamehameha Schools Maui, half past 8. Skies are voggy—Kona winds are general above the islands today.