How To Make a Solar Powered Oven

How can someone construct a solar powered oven locally? This really good question came from a reader of this blog in response to the post Solar Powered Cooking Oven. There are several good resources on building your own solar oven, and I’m going to summarize them here.

Start with a Black Box
Any kind of [...]

Maui Dining and Art: 3 Top Meal Deals in Kihei

By Stephanie Sachs
Maui can certainly be expensive. Plus you can easily end up in a tourist trap and spend good money for bad food. Being an artist I always look for clean food on a budget. Here are some of my favs.
1. Wok Star – This brand new international noodle shop just opened [...]

Solar Powered Cooking Oven

Solar cooking ovens are an inexpensive and easy way to make every day Earth Day. Since I have owned mine, I have experienced lower energy bills, reduced carbon footprint, a cooler kitchen during summer, set and forget cooking and delicious tasting food. They are inexpensive, low-tech and downright amazing.
I live on solar power (“off [...]

Big Centipedes in Hawaii

This big centipede was recently on my deck in Maui. I measured it at five inches long and one inch wide. The tropics support an abundance of life, and centipedes are no exception.

Children Learn More When Parents Listen

A recent study shows something that most parents already know: listening to your child helps them solve problems better.

“The basic idea is that it is really effective to try to get kids to explain things themselves instead of just telling them the answer,” says Bethany Rittle-Johnson, the study’s lead author. “Explaining their reasoning, to [...]