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I hesitate to write this. My impulse is to hide – to prevent anyone from seeing the hard reality of a household invaded by pancreatic cancer. But as I have helped Ron navigate this worst-possible diagnosis, the painful and honest stories from other cancer families are the ones that have given me comfort and offered […]

Different trips offer different tourist adventures. Although the Big Island has whale watching, hiking, volcanoes, star-gazing and more, we have devised our own agenda. With no whale watching planned, I wanted to make sure my commitment to marine biology was clear to all, and so I packed ONLY whale shirts for my workouts here. Here’s […]

We’ve moved to the sunny Kohala coast and rented a house that is outside the purchase consideration for our entire group, even if we pool our finances and then throw in your finances as well. The house is a conglomeration of items/appliances that I have seen in magazines but never had any actual contact with. […]

I want you all to know that even I was embarrassed at how little we gleaned from the national park and so we drove back over there at the end of the day today – the park was empty, the rangers were sitting around, waiting for tourists. The opportunities for knowledge were endless. And yet, […]