A legend in his own right, a man who has inspired and perspired many an artist, I bring you a thought provoking interview. I am honored and privileged to have had an opportunity to talk with a man whom I deeply admire and respect. Humbly, I give you Wahyoe Wijaya...more

The day I visited the truck was in bringing in a few tonnes of grapes from the island’s dry grape producing areas of the north. A dozen boys in red teeshirts were standing around unloading the grapes into the grape cleaner that separates the seeds and stems from the fruit. We watched as they squished their way down to the next process - one of many that end up, a few weeks later as very drinkable reds, whites and roses...more

At one time the question of whether or not coconuts could be dispersed by sea without the aid of man was widely debated, the view that the coconut is a classic example of the dispersal of a fruit by sea was heatedly disputed by Cook {1901} and Werth {1913}, for example, both of whom argued that nowhere could a coconut palm be found self established on a seashore...more