A concise overview of the island to help you plan your vacation to "The Most Hawaiian Island" in Hawaii. Includes Ocean & Land Adventures as well as local contacts for Yoga, Mud Baths, and Hawaiian 'lomi lomi' Massage. Focusing more on the east end on the island--the place of waterfalls, endangered rain forests, and ancient fishponds.

Growing up in Honolulu isn't all it's cracked up to be for Jeffrey Gill. After he gets into prestigious Punahou School, his rite of passage includes losing the babe of his dreams to a creep, surviving Killahaole Day, and getting pushed around by the school bully. In the world of academics, Jeff knows he's hardly Stanford material. Uncle Sharkey teaches Jeff the sweet science and he beefs his arch enemy at Waialae Golf Course. He salvages his senior year by getting into a mainland college a...

The fishpond had been built in the 1500s by the king of Moloka'i. Before its construction, a man named Kilo had told the king that the work could not be done without the help of kahunas. The king said Kilo's punishment for this outburst was to be cooked alive in an imu when the pond was complete. Instead of worrying about his impending doom, Kilo organized the men from Moloka'i into a long line from the ocean up into the mountain. Stones were passed hand-to-hand down to the men building t...

We got in the jeep and Gramma sped through the pineapple fields. She braked suddenly and made us get out. Ben and I picked pineapple after pineapple, until our pink suits were stained with red dirt. The jagged leaves of the plants cut my hands. Before leaving, Gramma flung our Easter baskets into the opposite field. When we got to the ranch she had us shovel manure and wheelbarrow in our suits until the seams split. She told us to stuff all our pockets with dung beetles. Gramma never washe...

A second son tries figuring out the sad and troubling relationship between his older brother and their father.

A girl attempts to make her father appear less threatening by dressing him up as a woman.  

Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga are dead. So is the President. Psytrance parties rage as Palm Springs burns. Police and fire departments are gone. Marital Law is imposed to deal with the riots but the military is overwhelmed when Mexicans storm the border to reclaim California. Warlords battle private security forces for control of coastal towns. Power, gas, and water are luxuries. Hummers and Motor Coaches are obsolete. The internet and cells are inoperative. Wifi is history. Stores ha...

Prose, Poetry, and Photos set in China and Hong Kong.

By the spring semester, junior high boys and girls were beginning to pair up. The catalyst for these love matches was the Punahou Carnival, the biggest and best on Oahu because of its rides, food and game booths, and a white elephant tent stocked with alumni donations ranging from Tiki lamps to Vegematics to 14 carat gold ku’uipo bracelets. High school students were responsible for manning the booths with the help of alumni volunteers. Bishop Hall buzzed with gossip about who was taking wh...

Here we discover why the older brother needs to defeat his younger brother at board games and how they understand the workings of their parents' relationship.

A father is threatened when his oldest son gets stronger and stronger lifting weights. He orders his son to quit lifting.  The son retaliates in a way his father never imagined.

Keoni didn't look like his parents. His mother was so white she'd blister hanging out the wash. His father's face was as red as a tomato. Keoni was a husky kid with a baby face and an olive complexion. If he spent time in the sun, he just got darker. Keoni could polish off a dozen malasadas in five minutes and Ben said that proved he had Portuguese blood. Keoni seemed more sophisticated than my other clazzmates. He discovered a secret path through the kuku weeds from the rectory over to th...