by Jerry Riverstone | Sep 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
This summer was another nail-biter here on Maui, with one major storm after another heading our way from the eastern Pacific. We were spared -- again, and again!
by Alohajedi | Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Introducing the Local Political Tracker Background Imagine a world in which the top priority of our institutions of government is to facilitate the Great Work of our age: reintegrating human beings with the entire web of life, and maintaining a viable planet for...
by Jerry Riverstone | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some slight movement caught my eye. Turned out to be a pair of pale blue butterflies doing a circular mating dance.I love the rich detail, the false eyespots and antennae, the shaggy wing edges, the powerful little feet, and the exquisite clumsiness of the whole...
by Jerry Riverstone | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Japanese white eye visits Wiliwili blossoms -- A'apueo Gulch. I wonder which of the native birds might have visited these flowers? The white-eyes do knock a bunch of blossoms off the trees -- I think they are going for insects -- not sure if there is any nectar that...
by Jerry Riverstone | Jul 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Took the Girl Scouts camping and on Friday morning we hiked the Pipiwai Trail up Oheo Gulch above the Seven Sacred Pools. After a short hike we reached the lookout for the mist-shrouded Makahiku Falls. Against the brilliant green backdrop of the bamboo forest, the...
by Jerry Riverstone | Jul 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
There had been much ado about the approach of Tropical Storm Darby, and I admit part of me was looking forward to something exciting. Since the Aapueo Gulch burned last month we have had a dry summer, with only the briefest of rain showers. Until this morning when the...
