Hawai'i
Ke Ala Ea
The Way of Life, Ke Ala Ea, in Middle Earth, is simple… based upon the simple beauty of nature and the wisdom of all our ancestors as indigenous earthlings.
Lava Tubes
Lava tubes are fun! Not to mention intriguing entrances to the underworld of the Mu…
Sculpting underground rooms is perhaps considered less fun by many, but there are those of us who enjoy this sort of challenge! Just look at the underground chapel at the Damanhur community in Italy!
Earth
Dwarves and earth hobbits have an affinity for digging holes in the ground. This is very useful for harvesting rock and soil, planting trees, building gardens, roads and paths, as well as providing material for rock and mortar construction of foundations and pillars, or dry laid rock construction such as traditional Hawaiian stone walls.
E Komo Mai!
This level of participation in Makamaka open to all people is free and expresses your awareness, interest, and support of our mission. Maka means eye in Hawaiian.
Lava Trees
You see, lava tree molds are holes in the earth that can easily be ten feet deep and up to two or three feet wide, a mold formed around a tree by a lava flow, leaving a void where the tree once stood.
Fire
The Shire is located adjacent to the Burning Land of Mount Doom, otherwise known as Kilauea, the most active volcano on Earth…
The Shire
The Shire is a twenty-acre paradise of green grassy glades, pastures, tropical food forest with a seemingly endless variety of fruits and nuts dripping off the trees just begging to be sampled, and populated primarily by special creatures known as halflings or hobbits.
Lava Cracks
Crevices in the earth form near the Rift Zone of the most active volcano on Earth, as the land to our South (the unstable side of this fault line), sinks under the massive weight of the newest land on Earth, being deposited daily whenever the lava is flowing into the ocean…
Metal
Metal is useful for many tools. When kept well oiled in our ‘marine’ environment, these tools are one of the most precious and lasting sources of utility and value we have.
Middle Earth
The Shire is a place for growing healthy hobbits. Hobbits are simple folk, living close to the land, caretaking the aina of Middle Earth. They enjoy their savory fresh produce, dew picked and preferably eaten at six times a day… at breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, tea, dinner, and supper!
Water
Humans and water hobbits have an affinity for water. While The Shire rainforest environment famously supplies over 11 feet of rainwater each year, keeping the aina lush and green, and blooming round the seasons, there is no naturally occurring surface water feature in the lands of Puna, except during floods, of course.
Cultivation
Everything grows at The Shire… well almost everything. And some things grow faster than we might want, like grass and vines around orchards and garden plantings.
Middle Earth
Welcome to the inner sanctum of my mind. As the character of C.S. Lewis says in the movie Shadowlands, “We write to know we are not alone.”