Growing Veggies in the Air
KEN CONEHow do you grow vegetables in a place without good soil? Or without space for big gardens? And what if water is sometimes scarce — for example in many of the outer atolls?According to Tanner Smith and Don Arkin at the Wellness Center, the answer just may be “aeroponics.” In an aeroponics installation, vegetables Read More
RMI Through Logan’s Lens
April, 2018: This glorious photo (left) of Majuro recently went viral on social media but, sadly, there was no name attached to the shot. But after a bit of hunting, and a nice dose of help from friends, the photographer has been found: It’s Jamison Logan, a young man who teaches sixth grade at the Read More
The Vets are Here!
Fun Fund-Raiser: Dog Daze Afternoon
The veterinarians’ spay and neuter clinic runs from January 6 to 10. January 6 and 7 will be at the College of the Marshall Islands. January 8 and 9 will be at the Lojkar Apartments in Long Island. And January 10 will be at the Rita Salvation Army building. An enthusiastic crowd of children and Read More
Marshall Islands Fixer
If you’re a journalist, consultant, or tourist and would like a fixer (facilitator) for the time you are in the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro, I’m your person! A journalist, photographer, and graphic designer, I have worked in Majuro since 1998 and am a Marshallese citizen. In recent years, I have worked with a number of Read More
Majuro Lagoon Writers
Slideshow above: The Majuro Lagoon Writers Christmas picnic 2017. A small group of people meet every three weeks at RRE Hotel to review and ‘kindly critique’ their latest literary efforts. When asked what we should call ourselves, co-founder Amy Ishiguru immediately came up with the phrase Lagoon Writers, which we all thought was perfect. Each Read More
Events Calendar
If you are holding an event in Majuro that’s open to the public and would like to spread the word, I will be happy to post the event and its details on this site. Events that are about to be held will appear on the home page, while all events appear on the Events Calendar Read More
Majuro in the 1970s
August, 2017: Forty-one years ago, Eldred ‘Al’ Fewkes arrived on Majuro to help Jerry Kramer of Pacific International Inc. build a copra plant, bringing with him his wife Ruth and son Gary. Now we can look back in time at Majuro thanks to Gary scanning in some of the many photographs his family took between Read More
Restrooms Review
The morning mantra: “Money? Tick. Keys? Tick. iPhone? Tick. Toilet paper? Tick.” Really? Really. (You just can’t be sure the restrooms you will be using as you move around Majuro will have the necessary ‘soft and absorbent’ stuff at your fingertips.) And why do all bathrooms have large red Folger coffee cans (or buckets, or old Read More
Flying Tour of Uliga, Majuro
Enjoying dinner at Aliang Restaurant near Uliga Dock one evening, I spotted a young man watching an aerial video of the nearby Uliga area on his laptop. It gave a new perspective to this downtown area of Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands. The chap was Gilbert Lin and he’d been out that day playing Read More
A Day Out to Laura Beach
Take the tour! Join me with a group of cruisers and their friends as we ride in a commuter van and a pick-up truck on a land voyage to Laura. We were 15 in total and stopped in some quite surprising places… Tobolar: The copra processing plant It’s the smell that you really notice Read More
