Category: Blog
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Time For A Change
So far, this blog has chronicled my “Wailing Peacocks” project, which involved a Kickstarter campaign, traveling to Hawaii and writing about the revival of ancient Polynesian voyaging and its role in navigating climate change. Now, this blog will tell of my second Kickstarter venture, which involves a trip to Quito, Ecuador to write about an…
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Article Published In Yes! Magazine
It’s official! Nearly a year after launching my Kickstarter campaign, my project is complete. My article “Rising Sea Levels: The View from a Canoe” appears in the spring 2012 issue of Yes! magazine, which hit newsstands in late February. This national publication aims “to support people’s active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable and compassionate…
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Now, My Final Reflections
Now that the shock of returning to normal life after two weeks in Hawaii has subsided, the time has come for a list of final observations made during my trip: Good luck enjoying dinner as a vegetarian in Waikiki. My nightly menu consisted of either a $10 Gardenburger or a $14 cobb salad. I am…
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A Day At Dry Dock
On Tuesday, I went to dry dock for Hokule’a at the Marine Training Education Center. Volunteers with the Polynesian Voyaging Society and their young sailing group, kapu na keiki, were there, refurbishing the double-hulled canoe. Here are some photos by Cole Allen.
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Things My Sister Says
Just a peek into what I’ve been experiencing the past eights days with my sister. “That man was bumping his tape cassette player.” ~ Julia, about a guy on the bus with us. “I wanted to know what he was listening to.” ~ me “I wanted to know what year he thought he was in.”…
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So, We Finally Meet
Yesterday, I had the privilege of hanging with six members of Kapu Na Keiki — young voyagers with the Polynesian Voyaging Society. We met at the Marine Education Training Center, operated by Honolulu Community College and where Hokule’a and two other canoes are docked. We took a cab to the center after my sister wisely…
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Observing The Scene
Four days in O’ahu. My observations thus far. Hawaiians don’t recycle, so it seems (no recycle bins anywhere. What the heck, I’m trying to be a good person here!). The gross habit of cigarette smoking is alive and well among Europeans travelers/non-Californians. There’s something for everyone. “Lost” hummer adventure anyone? Oahu ghost tour? “The fish…
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Mini-Island Tour
As I wait to meet members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, I have, of course, been a total tourist. Today, my sister and I took a mini-island tour. The guide, a former banker in downtown Honolulu, told us his life story — including how he spent two days lost at sea as a young man.
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