This morning over coffee, my wife mentioned a conversation she had the other day with one of her lady friends. The woman, who is a relative newcomer to these islands, was saying that she loves snorkeling a couple of hundred yards out from the beach off Kihei on Maui’s south shore because that’s where the…
It happens in every generation, I guess … older folks being critical of the up-and-comers over what they do and how they do it. My mother would snap at us whenever we used a word incorrectly, even in casual conversation. “Lay” vs. “lie” was one. And “May I?” vs. “Can I?”. If I sent her…
I arrived here in Hawaii some 52 years ago and, as with all newcomers, couldn’t get over how consistently beautiful and benign the weather was. A typical afternoon in August would be sunny, temperature in the upper 80s, and a breeze from the northeast at perhaps 10 miles an hour. A typical afternoon in February…
The World Series opens tomorrow night in Boston’s 101-year old Fenway Park and — although one never knows when it comes to this incredible game — it has every sign of being a wonderful series. Both the Red Sox and the Cardinals have rich histories and the two teams have faced each other in World…