Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Hot, quaking, chicken-skin metaphors
[Oriignally published on April 12, 2009.] A number of times during this morning’s Easter program in church the music so moved me that I felt a thrill fill my body as tears welled in my eyes . . . which leads me to some thoughts on those familiar feelings. In addition to the Easter music, […]
Elder Kikuchi encourages Korean, Japanese students
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, April 20, 2006] Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi [pictured at right], a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy since 1977, shared words of encouragement and a powerful testimony during special meetings on April 20 with Korean and Japanese students at BYU-Hawaii. Elder […]
Confession: I like country music
Because I’ve lived in the islands for over 40 years, most people who know me might be a little surprised to learn I really like country and western music. A Samoan friend’s Facebook comments about James Taylor’s beautiful Carolina being one of his most favorite songs led me to make this confession. Actually, I have […]
PCC celebrates 27th annual Moanikeala Hula Festival
The Kamaluwehiokapalai halau hula from Japan Story and photos by Mike Foley [First published in the Polynesian Cultural Center blog, February 2017] As it has for the past several years, the Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on February 4, 2017, in a perfect setting — under the monkeypod tree in the […]