Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
HRI to launch taro project in Laie
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, January 29, 1998] Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI) plans to bring taro farming back to Laie on a scale that hasn’t been seen in Ko’olauloa for decades.
Times and things have changed: Part 1
Depending on how old you are and where you come from, some aspects of our lives have changed a lot over the years — largely due to advances in science and technology. For example, when I was a kid in the early 1950s, practically everybody on our block used a “party line.” If you don’t […]
Mormon missionary life in Samoa, 1965
Story and photos by Mike Foley, originally published on December 7, 2008 Many aspects of living in most parts of Samoa in 1965 were very different for a person who grew up in an urban American environment. For example:
Hundreds join in Laie taro planting ceremony
[Story and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, February 12, 1998] Several hundred kupuna, kuleana neighbors, VIPS, community and business leaders, residents, keikis, students and guests gathered in old Po’ohaili on Feb. 7 to participate in the large-scale restoration of taro to Laie. The sounds of the pu shell and Hawaiian chanting by […]