So much talent
Last weekend, I was blown away by the talent on-stage at Aloha Theatre. “Into the Woods” features some of Sondheim’s wittiest lyrics as well as achingly beautiful and intricate melodies. The actors, actresses and musicians of south Kona nailed it. The story follows a convoluted mashup of fairy tales and it was well-sung, well-acted and a well-staged musical that is worth taking a look at.
Get a ticket while you still can. Keep up the great work Aloha Theatre.
Nicole Gour
Kona
Only money, not people
We used to honor heroes for their military sacrifices or people committed to helping others while in service to the greater good. We used to have presidents who showed compassion and understanding; who took a personal interest in the everyday struggles of Americans. Now, we honor money and those who have the most.
We elected a businessman who ran his companies by looking at the bottom line and profit was the point, not people. We elected a businessman who gages his success by dollars and justifies using a team of lawyers and accountants to escape the law and the tax man in pursuit of financial gain.
We elected a businessman who assumes absolute power as the boss of this country. He hands out White House jobs to his rich friends as “favors” and “glad hands” dictators as if he’s networking to make deals in his business circles.
We elected a TV reality actor; someone who loves attention, works audiences with showman style and lives protected from the masses in a rarefied bubble of wealth. People are used as props at his rallies, while he performs on stage to increase his celebrity status.
This man operates on two goals; making money and convincing people to like him. But democracy isn’t the same as business although many seem to think money is what makes America great. What about “we, the people” who make America great ? I miss having someone in the White House who values people as human beings not solely as his adoring voter audience.
Martha Hodges
Kailua-Kona
Sometimes even a chicken coop would do
I always look forward to reading Karen Anderson’s “At Home” and her witty editor’s Column with multiple puns in every sentence. She must lie awake at night giggling over each one that bubbles out of her brain. Also admire the amazing homes she features. Great photographs.
Today, the chicken coop is in a class by itself. Since one of my passions is homelessness, I could not help but think how (some of) the street people I know, who live in cars or in the weeds, yearn for a little place to call home, with or without the pooper-scooper. With or without ohia posts, solar fan, and three swings. (Two would probably be enough.) Just saying.
Suzanne Field
Kona/Flower Mound, Texas