2018-05-13 01:20
“Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts”, by Annie Duke, describes how most people incorrectly view the outcome of a decision as being… Read More
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2018-01-01 04:50
Here are our annual predictions, based on the Chinese lunar calendar, for the 2018 Year of the Earth Dog. As we predicted, the current 2017 Fire Rooster year has seen a focus on justice… Read More
2017-10-16 01:34
About five years ago, I read a study that started my interest in the ketogenic diet as a cure for cancer. In the study, a woman had a brain tumor, a Glioblastoma (GBM), completely disap… Read More
2017-08-25 22:47
The book, Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton, summarizes current research on how you spend money changes how happy and satisfied you are i… Read More
2017-08-06 01:41
I found a lot to like about the The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns by John C. Bogle. Mr. Bogle was the founder… Read More
2017-07-29 01:33
I recently read an interesting study, How your bank balance buys happiness: The importance of "cash on hand" to life satisfaction, by Ruberton, Gladstone, and Lyubomirsky from the Unive… Read More
2017-05-29 21:43
I just finished reading Jane Bryant Quinn’s book "How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide”. Ms. Quinn wrote this book last year and is now 78 years old, s… Read More
2017-04-23 17:25
The Index Revolution: Why Investors Should Join It Now by Dr. Charles Ellis explained a lot of the changes that I have witnessed in the stock market over the last 40 years. Dr. Ellis has a g… Read More
2017-03-24 02:44
The book Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise is based on the story of how the author discovered thatmini habits work better than traditional big habits. For ten… Read More
2017-02-12 19:36
Rapid change and uncertainty can be upsetting and even make you sick. The media’s daily portrayal of President Trump’s s behavior as crazy and unpredictable has convinced m… Read More
2017-02-05 01:44
The book, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business was written by journalist Charles Duhigg who became interested in habits while covering the Iraq war after observing U… Read More
2017-01-16 01:06
I became interested in the nutrient “inositol hexaphosphate”, known as IP6, after finding out that it reduced toxic levels of iron in the blood and organs. Initially, my research… Read More
2016-12-19 05:05
I became concerned about iron in my body after reading an article by a researcher at Duke on the “Golden Age of Iron Biology”. I then read, “Dumping Iron: How to Ditc… Read More
2016-11-13 01:27
The book, Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet, is blogger Jimmy Moore's personal story of losing weight on the ketogenic diet. Jimmy b… Read More
2016-11-07 00:50
Tripping Over theTruth: The Return of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Illuminates a New and Hopeful Path to a Cure by Travis Christofferson is a surprisingly interesting collection of st… Read More
2016-10-22 00:11
It is time for our annual predictions based on the Chinese lunar calendar for 2017 Year of the Fire Rooster. As we predicted, the current 2016 Fire Monkey year has been crazy and… Read More
2016-10-01 23:53
The book “Ego is the Enemy”, by Ryan Holiday, was motivated by the author’s personal experiences of fantastic wealth at an early age and subsequent loss of his wealth and m… Read More
2016-09-26 03:32
“Could it Be B12?; An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses”, by Sally M. Pacholok, R.N., B.S.N. and Jeffery J. Stuart, D.O., appears to be written by people who work in a clinical setting wh… Read More
2016-09-18 18:51
This book, by Rebecca Skloot, tells the extraordinary story of how Henrietta Lacks’s cancer cells became immortal. On one level the book detailed how cancer researchers in the 1950's w… Read More
2016-08-14 22:42
One of the challenges of living on the Big Island of Hawaii was I often had gout attacks when emissions from the active volcano (volcanic smog or VOG) got really bad. I attributed my gout at… Read More
2016-08-07 23:24
Ever since the US downturn in 2008, interest rates have been dropping both for savers and for borrowers. The upside is those with debts, who were able to refinance,enjoyed a greatly reduced… Read More
2016-07-30 19:39
As we were researching for our last book, "Your Ideal Hawaii Health: Why People in Hawaii are so Healthy and Happy", we discovered that the health and happiness was due to people getti… Read More
2016-06-30 05:55
It has been a year now since we moved to Oahu from the Big Island. We live in central Oahu at an elevation of 800 feet above sea level in the town of Mililani. This is the first ti… Read More
2016-05-27 22:11
Predicted spread of Zika virus-carrying mosquito in the U.S.When we first heard about the Zika virus we were concerned that it would quickly spread in Hawaii’s tropical climate, l… Read More
2016-04-24 01:10
Our first experience with a volatile housing market and mass foreclosures was in Texas after the oil crash, in the mid-1980’s. Ten years earlier Dallas and the surrounding ar… Read More
2016-03-07 02:08
Since moving to Oahu nine months ago, we have been perplexed about whether to buy a home or keep renting. Since we plan to move back to the Big Island at some point, our decision has to take… Read More
2015-06-29 15:47
Turtle Release CeremonyIf you are lucky enough to be on the Big Island for Independence Day, you may find it difficult to choose between all the amazing things to do on the fourth of July.If… Read More
2015-05-30 01:02
It has been a strange Spring on the Big Island. Usually by this time of year it is very warm, the tourists are gone, and the residents that live full time on the island have the beaches… Read More
2015-05-02 00:03
We recently discovered some amazing health benefits of taking apple pectin. We have known for awhile about the benefits of malic acid found in tart green apples, which we take as a sup… Read More
2015-04-19 23:46
Hawaii Island tourists on a cruiseMerrie Monarch is over in Hilo and the spring break season has come to an end. This time of year on Hawaii Island the beaches are mostly empty and the… Read More
2015-03-14 01:07
Snow and clouds cover Mauna KeaLike most of the world, the weather on the Big Island of Hawaii has been strange this year. Two weeks ago the island was blanketed in vog from our consta… Read More
2015-02-28 21:11
Hawaii Avocado TreeHawaii has over 300 varieties of avocados. The variations of shape, size, and taste are amazing. The avocado skins vary from pliable to woody, smooth to rough, and are gre… Read More
2015-02-20 19:55
East Hawaii, which includes Hilo, was selected as one of 3 communities in the state of Hawaii as a Blue Zones projectby HSMA, Blue Zones LLC, and Healthways Inc. The Island of Kauai ha… Read More
2015-01-30 20:24
We moved to Hawaii seven years ago to escape our stressful life in California. We were out of shape, exhausted, and obese. Fortunately, just being in Hawaii improved our health a… Read More
2015-01-14 18:04
Snow covered Mauna KeaIt has been a chilly winter on Hawaii Island this year. It may be hard to believe that 61 degrees F is incredibly cold to us, but compared to our normal morn… Read More
2014-12-19 20:03
The first Christmas I celebrated in Hawaii was in the 1960's when I was in grade school. I remember vividly how wonderful it was to be warm, feel the sun on my skin, be outside without… Read More
2014-12-09 01:23
Living in Hawaii is always an adventure and this week it was the sudden lost of our US mail service.When we moved to a remote part of the Kohala Coast three years ago, we were surprise… Read More
2014-11-27 20:34
Every year we use to hunt for a day planner to keep track of our goals, events, daily to-do lists, and record the food we ate. Although some day planners were close to what we were loo… Read More
2014-11-21 20:29
2015 Wood SheepIt is time for our annual predictions based on the Chinese lunar calendar for 2015 Year of the Wood Sheep. As we predicted, the current 2014 Wood Horse year has bee… Read More
2014-11-07 22:13
Before we moved to Hawaii, baking soda was just one of those ingredients to make fake “lava” for paper mache volcanoes in grade school. When we lived in Hilo we found baking soda… Read More
2014-10-27 19:10
We have been heavy coffee drinkers for over 40 years and always believed that we could not function without our daily mega-dose of caffeine. That changed this summer when we started taking s… Read More
2014-10-15 22:40
We recently read The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney and it gave us a new insight into how bread and other carbohydrates cause gout att… Read More
2014-10-08 01:20
Harrison's H4 in National Maritime Museum GreenwichWe sometimes wonder why it took ships from the west so long to find the Hawaiian Islands. European ships had reached China in 1517, hundred… Read More
2014-09-26 17:03
The biggest attractions of living in Hawaii for us are the bright sunlight and warmth which uplift our spirits and take away our aches and pains. Since Hawaii is south of the Tropic of Cance… Read More
2014-09-16 02:36
Hawaiicon brought science fiction lovers to the Kohala Coast on Hawaii Island this past weekend. Unlike conventions we have attended in the past with long lines, unhelpful volunt… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We were inspired to write our first book, Your Ideal Hawaii Home after meeting so many people who were unhappy with their new dream house in Hawaii. We noticed that mainland-style home… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Empty Beach on Hawaii Island during off-seasonWe have never been able to convince people that the best time to visit Hawaii Island is during off-season. They prefer to come between January t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A couple of years ago we started on a travel book for Hawaii Island: Your Ideal Hawaii Vacation. We wanted to tell visitors about the island’s rich history and guide them to the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Hawaii Island has four resort areas clustered in South Kohala and North Kona on the sunny, west side of the island. The contained, coastal resorts are large properties with one o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It is time for our annual predictions based on the Chinese lunar calendar for 2016, the Year of the Fire Monkey. As we predicted, the current 2015 Wood Sheep year has seen some fi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We recently moved to Central Oahu from South Kohala on the Big Island. Though we are still in Hawaii with its great weather and aloha spirit, the differences between the two islands are… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Packing crates on the Big Island for OahuWe always assumed that moving between islands in Hawaii would be much easier and cheaper than our move from California to Hawaii Island. The distanc… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Our Oahu ApartmentWe loved living on Hawaii Island for the past 7 years. We were able to experience the culture, climate, and life styles of Hilo, Kona, and Kohala. The beaches… Read More
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