When I stepped off the plane here for the first time—it was in May of 1962—Honolulu was a very small town. Not so much in terms of population, which was about 400,000 at the time, but everybody knew everybody else. Certainly that was true for the business community and, to a lesser extent, it still…
Over the years, the contents of the file cabinet in my little office have expanded. It was raining yesterday, so I began doing some weeding out and, in not more than ten minutes, had tossed a half dozen old files. Then, quite by accident, I came across my “WEIRD FILE”, a souvenir of my days…
Whenever I travel from here in Hawaii to the mainland United States, I’m reminded immediately of a number of differences. First, although it’s certainly changing, there are all those white faces on the mainland. By contrast, everyone who lives in Hawaii belongs to a racial minority, which probably has a lot to do with why…
This time of year, when friends and family call from the mainland, most of them make some envious comment about what our weather must be like. They assume it’s balmy and beautiful, and of course that’s how it is most of the year. But winter in Hawaii can mean rain and so far this year,…