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Get Your Fill of Spam in Waikiki

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
Tomorrow, some 20,000 people are expected to crowd Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki on Oahu between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. for—of all things—SpamJam. (Officially, Waikiki SpamJam.) Yes, we’re talking about the canned, spiced ham here. Read More
New Year's Resolution

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
A couple weeks ago, a group of virtual writer friends started posting their goals for 2010. They could all be my own: Write more, publish more, stop procrastinating. But out of the dozens of New Year’s resolutions I read, one stood out. And ever since I read it, I have pondered it. Rolled it around in my mouth like my dog eats peanut M&Ms. Read More
In Memory of Heroes in Hawaii

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
When you live in Hawai'i, you don't forget December 7, the anniversary of the attack of Pearl Harbor 68 years ago. It's a day of remembrance. Today is another such day. The 25th anniversary of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. It only runs when the surf reaches heights of 20 feet at Waimea on O'ahu during the annual one-month holding period. In its 25-year history, the event has only run seven times. Today makes eight. Read More
Hawaii’s St. Damien

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post

Pope Benedict XVI canonized Jozef De Veuster yesterday, Rosary Sunday, October 11, 2009. In Hawai'i, we know him as Father Damien. He arrived in Hawai’i on March 19, 1864 as Brother Damien. Two months later, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace ordained him a priest. In 1873, Father Damien asked to be assigned to a peninsula on the north shore of Moloka’i, known as Kalaupapa, where he could minister to the 816 Hawaiians who had been exiled there, because they suffered from Hansen’s Disease.

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Hawai'i Writers Conference. Day 3

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
Located in the middle of the Pacific and known as the most remote body of land in the world, Hawai’i exists in its own time zone. But I think time works in another way here. More times than I can count, I run into just the person I seek, know, need, want. It’s like a conspiracy is going on. Out of the thousands of people in Waikiki, the elevator doors open and there’s one of the two people I know attending the Hawai’i Writers Conference.
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Hawaii Writers Conference. Day 2

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
Let's say your husband dies suddenly. Let's say you're in your mid-30s when it happens and let's say you also have three young children at the time. What you really want to do is crawl into bed and never get out, but you have these children. They need their mommy. They also need clothes to wear and food to eat. You decide the only thing you can do for your children is to show them that tragedy does not give one permission to live a small life. Read More
Hawaii Writers Conference. Day 1

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
I've attended the Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly "Maui Writers Conference) four out of the past five years, and I can easily say this opening was the most powerful. I cried. I laughed. I stood with my mouth open, shaking my head, holding my hand to my heart. Read More
Day 4: Bryce is Back

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
A little Paul Newman, a little Johnny Carson. By the close of the Maui Writers Conference, all the women in the audience had fallen in love with Bryce Courtenay. Or, at least, co-director Shannon Tullius and emcee Sam Horn. Truth is I think I did, too. My love didn’t come from his antics Friday night. My love developed this morning, as Bryce shared with a ballroom of writer wannabes just how he became Australia’s best-selling author ever. It’s a classic Kleenex story. Tears rivered my face.
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A Long Walk On The Beach

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
The Kings of Appletown was directed and produced by Oscar-winning Bobby Moresco. You might know his work. He co-wrote Crash and Million Dollar Baby, scooping up Hollywood’s most prestigious awards for both movies. This new movie was written by Bobby’s daughter Amanda. It was a perfect choice for the Maui Writers Conference, because it was inspired by one of America’s favorite literary masterpieces: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Read More
Day 3: The Book

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu
Article Source: Blog Post
For me, it was Roots. Alex Haley’s masterpiece is the book that introduced the power of storytelling to me as a teenager. Shortly thereafter, it was Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. They both rocked my world. Today, I enjoyed breakfast with Elizabeth Evans, a literary agent with Reece Halsey North, and I asked her about what we have come to call The Book, and she admitted for her it was The Power of One by none other than Bryce Courtenay. Read More