Author: Blaine Fergerstrom

June 22, 2016 0 Comments Hawaiian, Health, Social Media, Stories May 10, 2016 Facebook post

My Diabetes Journey

[I wrote this article for HMSA’s Island Scene magazine. It won’t be published until Oct., so I was given permission to post an advance copy, here. Mahalo Lisa!] On Feb. 10, I went to the doctor’s complaining about shingles which had lingered …

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April 5, 2016 0 Comments General, Music, Stories June Millington Fanny 1970s A by Linda Wolf

Fanny Guitarist June Millington In Honolulu

Pioneering Woman In Rock June Millington To Play Honolulu Benefit Show FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Apr 5, 2016 Download a PDF version of this release Download a PDF of the concert poster Honolulu, Hawaii – June Millington, “one of the hottest female guitarists …

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April 5, 2016 0 Comments General, Internet, Technology T-Mobile website

Flipping the Switch

After nearly 20 years with AT&T, I switched to T-Mobile By Blaine Fergerstrom Nov. 2015 – There, I went and did it. It was hard leaving a comfortable spot, but a man reaches a point where something has got to be done, …

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March 9, 2016 0 Comments Stories Booga-Booga 1974

A Blind Date…With Booga Booga!

A Blind Date…With Booga Booga! By Blaine Fergerstrom, 2016 In August 1976, I had just been honorably discharged after four years in the Navy and almost three years of living on the mainland. I had missed much of the “Hawaiian Renaissance” which …

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November 11, 2015 0 Comments General Reynaldo De Luna, Blaine Fergerstrom, boot camp graduates, 1972.

Boot Camp Graduation 1972

This photo was taken on boot camp graduation day, 1972, Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA. Reynaldo De Luna on the left and Blaine Fergerstrom on the right. Rey was a super-good dude from L.A. I never heard from him again. frown …

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August 13, 2015 0 Comments General Jody Fergerstrom

Kokua Cousin Jody and the Kids of Konawaena Elem.

Jody Fergerstrom: Shout out to airline connected friends. At Konawaena Elementary School (Facebook) where I work we are looking to ask for donations of inexpensive headsets/earbuds for kids to be able to keep to use with iPads/Chromebooks/computers in school. Itʻs on their school supply lists …

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