If you can get beyond the clich s of what Hawaii should be like (according to picture postcards), what's 'native' and belongs here -vs- what's 'invasive, ' along with getting beyond a sometimes insane amount of challenges ( ) towards what is actually authentic about this unusual, sacred place...life on the Big Island of Hawaii CAN be paradise A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes. We exist in a time when each moment and every choice matters. This is the third slim of a triptych exploring the author's real life adventures on the volcanic Big Island Hawaii (#1 Hawaii: Heaven Or Hell? : Magic in Hawaii). From Cristina Salat, author of Community: the COMPLETE Missing Manual and the 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' companion novels.