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Stars Over Puna January 2024

Welcome to the New Year of 2024. True to the holiday season, we finished 2023 with a family-themed Full Moon in Cancer on December 26. There are many astrological aspects of agreement in this phase of the year. There are…

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Stars Over Puna December 2023

Stars Over Puna December 2023 The Holidays and Making the Most of It December opens with a Full Moon phase in progress. Illumination and a hopeful attitude take us into the shortest days of light. After Thanksgiving feasting and Black…

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The Palace Theater Premiere’s Mermaids Lament

By Dawn Hurwitz By all accounts, the premiere for Mermaids Lament last Friday, November 16 was a smash hit. As the film opens the crowd near to standing room sat hushed listening to an ambient soundtrack focused on the fantastic…

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End of Stables Swap Meet

It’s an odd feeling to arrive at the dead end of a journey one’s been traversing for over seven years. The air is still and quiet, yet the mind races with all the questions, what didn’t I do, what could I have…

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The Gospel Express Experience: A Musical Journey into the Restoration of the Wholeness of Our Heart

By Raydiance Grace A September fundraiser for the YMCA in Hilo featured the first concert by “The Gospel Express”, revitalizing the spiritual mysticism found by participating in gospel music performances. Barbara Johnson is an international performer, actor, singer, dancer, and creator/director of the…

County Town Hall Meeting Report

By Norma Jean Ream Hawaii County Council District 4 Leader Ashley Kierkiewicz, and her team hosted the Town Hall discussion on Emergency Preparedness and Response. The meeting was held in the Billy Kenoi Gym in Pahoa and was attended by…

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Stars Over Puna, November 2023

Scorpio Season: Time to Plan for Contingencies The Fall Eclipse Season has been immensely powerful behind the drama that came about in October. The Aries—Libra are not easy energies. They represent the polarity of Self and Other. October’s Lunar Eclipse…

Peace Gathering in Liliuokalani Park, Friday October 16, 2023

Written by Dawn Hurwitz I drove up to what appeared to be a well organized event staged at the south end of Liliuokalani Park which had already begun. A police car with its blue dome lit up sat conspicuously nearby…

Stars Over Puna October 2023

The Season of Political Drama The highlight of the final week of September was the Sun’s movement into Libra. On September 29th, the Full Moon in Aries brings contrast and hot tempers winding up a month of serious challenges for…

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Stars Over Puna September 2023

Hawaii’s New Challenge to Old Cultures On August 30, the Full Moon is in Pisces opposing the Sun in Virgo, just as the public attention is growing and questioning the Land VS Water topics for the September themes. There are…

Town Hall Meeting: Universal Insurance Pulls Out of Home Insurance

Written by Dawn Hurwitz managing editor of the Talk Story program of Puna Rising Screenshots from zoom meeting and Facebook live Senator Joy San Buenaventura and Representative Gregor Ilagan along with Eileen O’Hara President of the HOA Hawaiian Shores Recreational…

Stars Over Puna for August 2023

A Time for Examining TruthThe New Moon phases this year have occurred in mid-month, giving the light of the Full Moons to the beginning of the calendar month. August 1, the Full Moon in Aquarius, and Sun in Leo, put…

Sound Alchemy Integration

Featuring, the Gayatri MantraBy Raydiance Joy GracePhotos by bengeophoto.com Approaching the well-danced jungle path to the Blue Moon room at Kalani, the streams of Tibetan Bowls, bells, gongs, and other exotic Tibetan instruments fill my ears in anticipation of a…

The Summer of Water Events and Political Upsets

End of June, as Cancer Sun Season heats up the news is full of stories of Water-element events, including the lack of water. As in one case in Quechan, Mexico where the ruins of a 16th century church become fully…

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Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to Amedeo Markoff

Amedeo and his son, Jacob, are Father and Son woodworkers. In addition to being a phenomenal community leader: president of Main Street Pahoa Association, one of the founders of Pahoa Lava Zone Museum, and treasurer of Malama o Puna, Amedeo has…