Mike Foley's blog
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Francisco, Kemoeatu head for Super Bowl
Congratulations to Arizona Cardinals safety, BYU and Kahuku High player Aaron Francisco who’s heading to the Super Bowl — as is Chris Kemoeatu for the Steelers. Hopefully, Koolauloa family, friends and fans will be reading and seeing more of them . . . but in the meantime, Aaron shared some of his early SB impressions […]
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 […]
The beauty and harmony of Navaho rugs
One of the side benefits of recently staying at Jacob Lake Inn near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was meeting the grandson of the founders, John Rich, who used his personal experiences and 40-year career of dealing in hand-woven Navaho rugs to help us understand the concept of hozho. Rich, pictured at left, […]
‘Do you paint your head?’
Ya gotta’ love Samoan semantics: Not too long ago a Samoan friend asked me, ua vali ea lou ulu? which more literally translated means, “do you paint your head?” The Samoan word, vali, however, can also mean makeup or dye — as in hair dye — so in a kinda’ Samoan way she was really […]