Sesame Workshop enlists Elmo, Cookie Monster on hand washing
NEW YORK — Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on.
Island Life: Taking a break
A barn owl gets some shut-eye in Kailua-Kona. (Chris Stewart/Community Contributor)
10 things you can do to improve your home garden right now
Waiting is always hard, but when you’re waiting for an unseen force that could, at any time, sicken or kill you, your family and your friends while devastating the global economy … OMG OMG OMG …
Have we met our match with COVID-19?
We humans have considered ourselves at the top of the food chain above all the plants, fish, birds and mammals. But the real top of the food chain is actually the bacteria, viruses and fungi that feed upon us. Coronavirus is just the most recent example of how nature may work to put us in our place, so to speak. Great civilizations have disappeared due to plagues and pestilences in the past, and we can learn these lessons as we tend our gardens.
Lead. Grant relief. Don’t take more. Please.
We are in trying times now, folks. Much of the state is closed. The Capitol and many government offices, including the Department of Taxation, are locked down. People are working remotely when they can, and we are too.
Island Life: Empty shore
A deserted Kahalu’u beach at sunset on Monday. (Jennifer Menegas/Community contributor)
Island Life: Takin’ it slow
A giant African snail creeps along the blacktop in Kona on Wednesday. (Bob Viggers/Community Contributor)
Stock your pantry with simple ingredients for budget friendly and fast soups, virus fears or no
With just a few staples on hand, you can choose any of these three budget-friendly soups, customize with other additions, and still have supper on the table in 40 minutes or less. Choose from a hearty lentil stew, cream of tomato or potato soup. Theyre not high-end cooking, but they are fast and nourishing and soothing.
Vines add to Hawaii’s tropical ambiance
Good fences make good neighbors goes the old saying, and maybe in the old days it was the case. Stone walls are traditional and impressive, but expensive. Today, we have so many choices that an unattractive fence might create all kinds of neighbor problems depending on type of material used.
Who’s watching the store?
It seems like every year we have a legislature, we have dozens of legislative tax proposals to wade through. Some would lessen the burden on the beleaguered consumer, but most would do the reverse.
Gathering virtually: Older people embracing online gaming amid coronavirus pandemic
On the last Tuesday of each month, a group of about 20 caregivers and dementia patients gather in Hilo to play board games, eat lunch and socialize at the Memory Café Hui.
Bench Warrants: March 20, 2020
As of Friday March 20, 2020 the following individuals are wanted by the Hawaii Police Department because of outstanding warrants:
Island Life: Sunday sunset
Another lovely Kona sunset. (Henry Kellogg/Community contributor)
Island Life: Floral Friday
Its Floral Friday! Enjoy these photos of local flowers by community contributors.
Island Life: A cute fishie
A school of acute halfbeaks (Hyporhamphus pacificus) cruise near the surface of Kailua Bay in February. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)
Island Life: Lizard Battle
Two male lizards battle for territory Monday in a newly-pruned pomegranate tree in the Kamani Trees subdivision, locking jaws and attempting to throw each other off the tree. (Laurie Sigel/Community contributor)
Island Life: Take a deep breath of fresh air
Keanakolu Loop Trail at the Keanakolu Ranger and Bunk House Cabins off the Mana Road is seen last week. (Julie Parmentier/Community Contributor)
What makes Kenyan chicken magical? Tomatoes and coconut
When chicken is cooked with tomatoes or coconut milk, the result is delightful. When its cooked with tomatoes and coconut milk, it is doubly delightful.
Coronavirus food advice: Keep calm and make these two soups from great Seattle chefs
SEATTLE Out here in Seattle, were just washing our hands down to nubs, Googling can drinking alcohol kill coronavirus (answer: sadly, no, but can help with nerves), definitely never touching our faces again and encasing all older relatives inside protective bubbles for the foreseeable future. Business at restaurants is suffering in a way thats getting dire quickly, yet among all the talk of social distancing, a collective end-of-days bacchanal spirit may still be readily found. Have a nice cold pint and wait for all this to blow over suggested the sandwich board outside my neighborhood favorite Bait Shop last Friday night, and the place was standing-room-only packed with a loud, festive, low-risk-category crowd doing exactly that.
DOH issues spring break guidelines for families to take action against COVID-19
HONOLULU With thousands of students off from school for spring break and the following week, the Hawaii Department of Health has issued guidelines families can follow to protect themselves against COVID-19 infection.