October is the month when we catch up with the sunrise, as these photos make clear. During most of the summer months, the sun comes up well before 6 a.m., before we even leave the house on our daily walk. But by October, we can get down to the beach and catch the full colors [...]
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Yes, we’re about 25 miles from the University of Hawaii, a little less to downtown Honolulu, and yes, we pay the fuel bill every month for the commute. Peak oil looms. On the other hand, this is the way we are able to start each day. Everything is measured in tradeoffs, I suppose. This is [...]
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Now that the University of Hawaii has hired itself a new football coach, it’s time to go back and take another look at the issue of governance of its athletic program. My initial interest was sparked by a statement by ASUH, the Manoa student government organization, protesting the makeup of the search committee named to [...]
We received our city property tax appraisals in the mail this week. Our home in Kaaawa, which sits on just over 20,000 square feet of land, now has an assessed value of $686,100. That’s down 4% from a year ago, and a drop of over 30% its highest assessed value back in 2007. The house [...]
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Merry Christmas, folks! The cats are enjoying their holiday catnip, along with an extra taste of canned food, always a treat. And here are a few things from the ghost of Christmas past that you may enjoy. First, enjoy a quick listen to my Kaaawa Christmas poem, written in 2002 and last revised when Leo [...]
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I’m betting that most of you aren’t interested in the blood pressure boost delivered by political commentary on the day before Christmas, so I’m not even going to consider going there today. Instead, here are a few goodies. First, a few pictures from our walk at dawn here in Kaaawa. Just click on the photo [...]
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Here’s today’s Feline Friday #2. No rats in this batch of pictures. That’s Mr. Silverman leading the way while snoozing on Meda’s suitcase. Do you suppose he’s dreaming of travel? Maybe he’s recalling when he disappeared for several weeks. That was a number of years ago. We eventually found that he was living just a [...]
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It’s amazing what computers can do as an aid to long-term memory. I managed to find several of my old folders in a backup of a long-gone computer. It’s got files dating back more than 20 years relating to Eric Lighter, convicted this week in San Jose on 17 counts stemming from a complex tax [...]
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