Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
86-year-old singer continues to market her talents
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, November 2, 2004. Note: Aunty Genoa passed away February 25, 2008] The “Hawaiian Lady of Song,” 86-year-old “Aunty” Genoa Keawe, continues to promote her successful recording business by performing regularly in Waikiki and in special appearances around the world. Keawe’s son and […]
Not just a writer
I’ve done tons of writing over the past 35 years, and have been a relatively successful freelance writer for the past eight years (prior to that I usually wrote as part of my regular job assignments)…but I’m actually interested in all the digital media: web building, still and motion imagery, web movies, etc. Check out […]
Brushes with military and government service
[Story by Mike Foley, originally published January 21, 2010] First, let me pay tribute to all those currently serving and who have served in the military, especially including my dad, the late F. W. “Mike” Foley — who met my mom while he was stationed at the U.S. Army’s Fort Douglas in Salt Lake […]
Origins of Laie street names
[Originally published in KALEO on April 3, 1997] A recent proposal to rename one of the streets in Laie caused Kaleo to investigate how the streets came to be named as they are. Kupuna said talk to retired art professor and longtime Laie resident Wylie Swapp. Typical of his high degree of organization and sense […]