By the time you read this, things will have already changed. (In fact, I’ve had to update this letter since it was originally published in our Summer 2020 issue.) By late March, COVID-19 was widespread and this summer it only got worse . There are nearly 200,000 deaths around the world and more than 10,000 confirmed cases in Hawai‘i. […]
I’m writing this from my living room, staring at the rain outside from my living room windows. It’s Tuesday and most of us are working remotely, a move encouraged by our employer to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the fast-spreading respiratory virus that’s already in 50 states. We’re supposed to stay indoors—easy since it’s pouring
It never occurred to me, as a kid growing up in Hawaii, that Santa’s thick, heavy suit wasn’t very practical for delivering presents around the world, particularly to this always-tropical climate. I just figured it was his thing. Maybe he didn’t have enough time to swap the suit for a breezy aloha shirt and board
