This is an excerpt from Sugarcane Days, due on the island any day now! Innovation was an everyday thing at midcentury HC&S. Safer, easier, cheaper—these were goals for everyone, from supervisors at “work simplification” conferences to the workers who informally fine-tuned the processes they performed. Isolated in the middle of the Pacific before the days…
Category Archives: And Now
Two New Maui History Books on the Way!
Maui Then and Now is back! After a marathon of book creation followed by various technical glitches, I’m happy to return to this blog, my way of sharing the things I’ve learned about Maui history (and other odds and ends). I’m especially happy to report that the aforementioned book-creation marathon resulted in a book that will…
Maui’s Waters of Destruction
The Wailuku River (once known as Iao Stream) lived up to its name the other night when it became a “water of destruction.” The storm that wrought such destruction on other parts of the island resulted in what I’ve been wishing for in my new, dry Kihei location: a quiet rainy day. It wasn’t so peaceful elsewhere…
Picturing the Past at Maui’s Sugar Museum
I’m heading off for another day trying not to read old newspapers. That might not make much sense to you, but it’s a real issue for me, no pun intended. My latest project is a picture book about Hawaii’s last sugar plantation, HC&S, which will close at the end of this year. While many focus…
Haleakala Shares Centennial with Park Service
Happy birthday, Haleakala National Park—and the National Park Service, and the Friends of Haleakala National Park. It’s a big summer for folks involved in any of these organizations and for those who love “America’s best idea,” the national park. There are some who criticize the parks for various reasons. For one thing, they’re extremely controlling…
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