Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
BYUH unveils Hawaiian Studies program
[Story by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, February 26, 1998] All the hopes and emotions of a long-time vision being fulfilled were on display the evening of Feb. 12 when the Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies at Brigham Young University-Hawaii was introduced to the public. The new program’s introduction occurred on Founders […]
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, […]
Laie Hawaii Temple…undergoing renovations
The Laie Hawaii Temple on March 6, 2009, stripped of its gleaming white paint while construction workers totally overhaul the 90-year-old edifice. [Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, April 2009] While we’re happy that the Laie Hawaii Temple is undergoing renovations (for approximately the next 16 months) that will enhance and improve the […]
China Journal: The Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven was one of the places in Beijing, China, I really liked . . . probably because in addition to lots of shady green places, there were people throughout the large park-like compound engaged in various cultural arts — some in which anyone could participate.