He and She were driving down scenic roads (the signs said so) on Hawai‘i Island, He in search of plants to study, She in search of plants to photograph. Part of what made these roads so scenic was their profusion of diamond-shaped yellow signs, most of them announcing that They [...]
Amoeba and the Quill are in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. He gets to work everyday in a laboratory with his algae specimens and a microscope. She is having to enjoy the beaches, shoreline drives, and beautiful scenery. I know it seems unfair, but she is making do. They went [...]
He: “So I’m standing here trying to fix dinner …” She: “Fix dinner? I didn’t know it was broken.” He: “Right. How ’bout you give me a break?” She: “Where?” He: “Um .. as I was saying. I get a saucepan, open the box, pour the contents of the box [...]
It was after sundown. Darkness falls quickly on the Hawaiian Islands after sundown. I was walking down a beachfront road in Kailua-Kona, on the western shore of Hawai‘i Island, when out of the darkness a drunk called out. “Do you know God?” “Do you know Jesus?” “Or”, as I kept [...]
I need sunshine! It has been raining here for days. Yesterday I saw a bit of blue sky and the sun peeked through for a minute but my friends and I at the coffee shop all ran outside to see it and I think we scared it away. Alas! After [...]