In Kona, yes, but where exactly?
Before I answer that, let me take you for an entirely pleasant journey of the Kona Coffee District circa 1866. That was the year Samuel Clemens … sorry, I mean Mark Twain… took a voyage from San Francisco to the islands of Hawaii Nei, and sent back dispatches to the […]

I thought I’d get it all in on this one…
First, the volcano.
I was talking with one of my wife’s friends today, and she had been over to Jaeger Museum last night with some visitors. That’s right next to the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory, where USGS rolls from. She said it was spectacular, with very bright incandescence […]

Whatever is near the surface of the vent at Halema’uma’u is getting brighter, but USGS says it’s not lava yet. Actually, perhaps they should be saying it’s not magma yet, because technically magma is molten rock under the surface, and the term lava is used only when it comes above ground. But no matter. The […]

I’m doing a ‘request’ for this post. Someone asked me how to buy Kona Coffee. That is, which ones I thought were best and would recommend. Frankly, every Estate or Private Reserve coffee that is truly 100% Kona Coffee is probably worth buying. You just have to find one that you like and then, as […]

On May 18 in 1924, there was a tremendous explosion at Halema’uma’u, with a column of ash and gas and rocks shooting up from the entire half-kilometer wide crater, extending at least 3.7 kilometers into the air, with lightening bolts and huge boulders thrown tremendous distances.
That gargantuan show of power was preceded by smaller events […]