Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Kupuna, others harvest HRI taro
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo on December 17, 1998] (Left-right): Sione Feinga, Theresa Bigbie, Tino Koahou, Martha Kalama and Lemau Tauali’i show the taro they’ve just pulled. It seemed like déjà vu as kupuna and other community members gathered at the new Hawaii Reserves taro farm mauka of Laie in […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘Johnny Lingo’ cast, crew hold Laie reunion
Story and photos by Mike Foley (July 2010) LAIE, Hawaii — Cast and crewmembers of the 1969 Latter-day Saint film Johnny Lingo reunited on July 29, 2010, in the BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center to celebrate the cinematic Polynesian fable’s perennial popularity over the past 40 years and also to hear from two of its main […]