Let’s Talk Food: Pumpkin in season
Happy Halloween! On this day, the souls of the dead return to their homes, according to ancient Celtics who celebrated a festival called Samhain on Nov. 1. They dressed in costumes and lit bonfires to ward off spirits,
Volcano Watch: Unrest continues at Kilauea summit
The most recent eruption at Kilauea’s summit began on Sunday, Sept. 10. Following weeks of heightened unrest, fissures opened on the Halema’uma’u crater floor and to the east on the “down dropped block,” a remnant of the older caldera floor that collapsed in 2018.
Volcano Watch: Aloha ʻoe to a remarkable and beloved volcanologist, Dr. Jim Kauahikaua
Distinguished volcanologist Dr. James P. “Jim” Kauahikaua, Ph.D., passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. James Puupai Kauahikaua was a respected geophysicist and the first kanaka maoli (indigenous Hawaiian) to serve as scientist-in-charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).
Want to take majestic night sky photographs in the desert? There’s a class for that
It’s no secret that one of the best stargazing spots in Southern California is Joshua Tree National Park. The park is an International Dark Sky Place — meaning that aside from some light pollution coming from Palm Springs and the Morongo Basin, it has some of the darkest skies in the region — and it’s just a two- or three- hour drive from Los Angeles.
Let’s Talk Food: Hawai‘i Washoku cookbook
Lillian Cumic’s third vegan cookbook, Hawai‘i Washoku, is a collection of over 175 plant-based and gluten-free Japanese washoku recipes.
10 reasons to hit the road along Oregon’s North Coast
The 75-mile stretch along Oregon’s Highway 101 from Astoria to Tillamook offers a day trip full of surprises. Also known as the Oregon Coast Highway, this route can be accessed a couple of hours from Portland and includes traversing the Northern Oregon Coast Range.
Let’s Talk Food: Cooking with children
If you have your kids with you this week because they are on winter break, this is a good time to spend time with them in the kitchen.
Virginia is for lovers … of wine and autumn leaves
OUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Virginia has long been a favorite destination for travelers, thanks to its beautiful beaches, breathtaking mountainous scenery and storied American history. (It was home to four of the first five U.S. presidents.)
Volcano Watch: Hawaii’s volcanoes are quiet and it’s a bit spooky
Here in Hawaii nei, we don’t have the dramatically changing leaf colors and brisk temperatures that mark the arrival of fall. And as October arrived this year, our night skies were dark, with no warm orange glow indicative of lava erupting on the surface.
Tropical Gardening: Cool weather perfect to plant a vegetable garden
Inflation and increasing food costs can be a problems but also an opportunity to be creative in your garden. One project to reduce food bills and have some family fun as is to grow your own vegetables. Yards and lanais are prime opportunity to help cut food expenses. You can do it by planting vegetables along with your ornamentals.
Let’s Talk Food: Food happenings around the island
The 25th annual A Taste of Hilo will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15 at Sangha Hall.
Volcano Watch: What do we know about the Kulanaokuaiki Tephra of Kilauea volcano?
Kilauea’s recent summit eruptions and lava lakes are exciting for residents, visitors, and scientists. However, Kilauea has had numerous explosive eruptions in the last 2,000 years that remain poorly understood.
This little Las Vegas claims a large presence in New Mexico’s history, landscape — and skies
In the first chapter of Genesis, it is written, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Eons later, the Las Vegas City Council wrote, “Let there be dark: and there was dark.”
Tropical gardening: Fertilize with organics for health fall vegetable gardens
It is time to think about planting your fall vegetable garden. This week and for the next few weeks let’s consider landscapes that feed us.
Let’s Talk Food: The ubiquitous cauliflower
Poor cauliflower! It is a vegetable that did not get much attention until someone decided to mince it and call it cauliflower rice. It always seemed to be a stepchild, some calling it ubiquitous as it is ever present but it doesn’t get much attention.
It’s a glorious time to hike the High Sierra, now a paradise of wildflowers and snow
“Have you ever heard of the cowboy straddle?” my partner, Emanuel, asked.
Volcano Watch: Tsunamis pose a major threat to Hawaii: 24/7 monitoring at PTWC
It’s 3 a.m. and you’re halfway through a 12-6 a.m. graveyard shift at the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu. Fortunately, you slept before your shift began so you’re feeling alert while you alternate between performing checks on the global seismic and sea level data analysis systems and doing research aimed at improving the speed and accuracy of earthquake magnitude estimation.
Tropical Gardening: Add fall color with flowering plants
What crazy weather we are having! Kona normally experiences the rainy season from April to almost November. This year August and most of September were abnormally dry, as was the rest of the island.
Let’s Talk Food: KTA Super Stores Kona Coffee Recipe Contest
The oldest food festival, the Kona Coffee Festival, will be held November 3-12. The very first festival occurred in 1970 with the intent to preserve, perpetuate and promote Kona’s unique, nearly 200 year heritage.
Volcano Watch: Another Kilauea summit eruption, another opportunity to learn
Kilauea is now erupting at the summit for the fifth time since 2020! The ongoing eruption offers an opportunity for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff to learn and collaborate with partners at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH-Hilo) Geology Department.