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By Anthony Pignataro It’s hard to imagine these days–especially if you’re standing on any south or west-face Maui beach in the winter for more than a minute–but even just 50 years ago there were fewer
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Just because Earth Day has passed, that doesn’t mean we can all go back to our fast food meals, sports utility vehicles and 15 gadget chargers. Sure, Maui seems more enlightened than many places
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Where environmental matters are concerned, Maui these days is a place of great contradictions. As a relatively tiny rock in the middle of the vast Pacific, the island has extremely limited landfill potential–a reality everyone
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The good news for those of us who still write books is that the rest of you still buy and read books. Bookstore chains may be dead or merely dying, but the act of
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By Anthony Pignataro It’s about noon, and a light rain is tapping the corrugated metal sheet above my head. The skies are dark gray, but the land is still serene and beautiful. I’m in Kanaio,
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Kula Kid Does Detroit: Or, what happened when MauiTime won it’s first AAN editorial award
by Anu Yagi “I’VE GOT A GOOD FEELING IN A BAD CITY TONIGHT.” – Rancid, “Detroit” (eponymous debut; 1993) Oh, Detroit. A place that demands you feel it. It’s got smooth, cool hands and hot nasty
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Kula Kid #60: “The Meaning of Hawaiian, Part 2″
“The Meaning of Hawaiian, Part 2” [MauiTime, -- September 22, 2011 -- Volume 15; Issue 14] by Anu Yagi (@anuheayagi on Twitter) “Behold, the Promised Land / Within the living man / Heaven is in your hearts
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REQUIEM FOR A STREAM: Controversy in Waihe’e Valley Runs As Deep As Its Storied Waters–And Deepens Still As A New Razor Wire Gate Denies All Entry To The Famed ‘Swinging Bridges’ Area
[Image: Waihe'e area marked in red. Maui County (lower, B&W) + Hawaiian archipelago (top, color; L-R) Ni'ihau, beige (Kaua'i County); Kaua'i, beige (Kaua'i County); 'Oahu (City & County of Honolulu), beige; Moloka'i (Kalawao County
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Kula Kid #53: “Responsibility Matters”
“Responsibility Matters” [MauiTime, -- July 28, 2011 -- Volume 15; Issue 06] by Anu Yagi (@anuheayagi on Twitter) “[T]here are some things that can beat smartness and foresight. Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the
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Kula Kid #51: “Dead Heads”
“Dead Heads” [MauiTime, -- July 14, 2011 -- Volume 15; Issue 04] by Anu Yagi (@anuheayagi on Twitter) *** So I’m in Africa. Though I’m just an obscure third party to a band of so-called explorers, I’m still
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Kula Kid #50: “Strangers With Candy”
“Strangers With Candy” [MauiTime, -- July 7, 2011 -- Volume 15; Issue 03] by Anu Yagi (@anuheayagi on Twitter) *** “I catch a paper boy / But things don’t really change / I’m standing in the wind /
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Kula Kid #48: “The Tweet Generation” (Gazing at Garrett Hedlund)
“The Tweet Generation” [MauiTime, -- June 23, 2011 -- Volume 15; Issue 01] by Anu Yagi (@anuheayagi on Twitter) *** “Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac / I can tell by the way you smile
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Kula Kid #47: “I’m A Big Kid Now (Kind Of)”
How should I know what blooms outside the beer garden? There might once have been a time when I knew, but that was many Blue Moons ago. Because from the moment I plant a kiss on the lip of a glass, I’m locked in until the world spins...
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Kula Kid #45: “Uneasy Rider”
If it wasn’t already official, it is now: I’m a bitch. And, apparently, a “phenomenal” one. I’m sure my friend Chuck Light—who on Memorial Day took me on my first-ever motorcycle ride—was just being nice when, after our adventure, he called me a “phenomenal back seat rider.” I interpret this to mean, “Kudos for managing to not fall off.” But, being the kind of person with an...
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Kula Kid #44: “Kingdom Come”
It’s Friday night in Hawaii, well past doomsday in Kiribati (i.e. the island nation that straddles the International Date Line). The pious members of my ‘ohana are not supermaning skyward, and I know both empirically and via Twitter that the Earth is no more plunged into chaos than it was yesterday. #rapturefail But like a Witness wondering why Santa Claus didn’t leave me any presents, I feel an awry twinge of...
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