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Floating Flowers on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 10/15/2009

Destination: Kauai

I took a picture of a friend's flower floating in her fish pond. Any guesses as to what kind of flower it is?

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Hawaii’s St. Damien

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 10/12/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

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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Multi-Cultural Healing on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 10/7/2009

Destination: Kauai

For centuries Hawaiians traveled to a healing heiau (sacred site) in Lawai valley. Then, in the late 1800s, Asian immigrants arrived to work on sugar plantations and erected Taoist and Shinto temples. In 1904, a series of eighty-eight small Shingnon shrines--miniature temples with figures of wood and stone--were crafted and set along a path to replicate a traditional temple pilgrimage route of more than 1,000 miles in Shikoku, Japan, that was established more than 1,000 years ago.
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Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 10/2/2009

Destination: Kauai

Visit Kaua‘i’s National Wildlife Refuges during National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 11 - 17, and celebrate America’s wildlife heritage! Our National Wildlife Refuge System is made up of more than 550 refuges throughout the United States. From Alaska to Puerto Rico, from Maine to Guam, Refuges protect more than 95 million acres set aside to conserve habitat for birds and other wildlife.
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Big Waves, Yoga & Equanimity

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 9/27/2009

Destination: Oahu

As I write this, the ocean is swelling and waves are building as they roll over shallower depths making their way for these Hawaiian Islands—in particular, the shores of Ha’ena and Hanalei on Kaua’i and Waimea Bay, Banzai Pipline and Sunset on O’ahu. It is the first big swell of the season. (That’s the reason for all those vehicles toting surfboards you may see on the road today.)
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Makana Packs the House on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 9/20/2009

Destination: Kauai

Last night, the contemporary slack key guitarist Makana played solo at the Tahitian Lanai Bar & Grill at the Waipouli Beach Resort on Kaua'i. The Tahitian Lanai Bar & Grill is a small restaurant--open air with an ocean view. Few knew about the restaurant on Kaua'i's east side. That is, until Makana performed there last night. He packed the house.
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Shave Ice Hawaii Style

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 9/18/2009

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

Shave ice as we know it is believed to have been invented in Yokohana, Japan, in 1869. (Yes, 1869.) By the 1920s, shave ice was a fixture in stores throughout Japan. It only made sense, then, that as Japanese moved to Hawai'i and opened stores, they sold shave ice, as well. The frozen concoction isn't isolated to Japan and Hawaii, as many of you may know. It's found around the world. What makes Hawai'i's particularly nice, we think, is its super-fine, fluffy texture and tasty tropical flavors.
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Possibility is Alive on Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 9/14/2009

Destination: Kauai

Earlier in the day, as I chatted with the gas station attendant who pumped gas into my Jeep, we both commented on the day. Only a few clouds mingled above the mountaintops in the center of the island. The sky and the ocean gleamed a brighter blue than normal. It felt like a chocolate sundae kind of day.
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Hawai'i Writers Conference. Day 3

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 9/7/2009

Destination: Oahu

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 on Sat 9/5/2009

Destination: Oahu

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.
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