crates | May 31, 2008
We were standing holding on to the railing of the catamaran as it pitched through the indigo blue of the deep waters off Kona. I mentioned to my dad that I hadn’t seen a gull since we had arrived on the islands. If this had been back on a mainland coastline, there would have [...]
crates | May 10, 2008
Because of my strange schedule, on Saturday afternoons I often find myself at the KFC in Fife, WA (see Dec. 27, 2006 entry on Fife, the City that Sold its Soul to the Devil). I alway order the same thing, a three piece dinner plus water. Since I have done this many times, I know [...]
crates | May 9, 2008
There are few things that really matter in this life. At the top of my list is family, and second are friends. I am of the sort that makes very few friends. I have seen many people that can make friends extremely easily. I have never done this.
I am more of a loner [...]
crates | May 5, 2008
As I was walking down a brushy slope this morning toward the beach, stopping to check out the birds, I suddenly heard a very loud chirp near me and then immediately I heard the high pitched chittering of a hummingbird. Assuming it was an Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna), I started looking around, but could [...]
crates | May 3, 2008
Well, I am still making plans for the Wedding in Hawaii! So many loose ends to tie together. For example I found that the short hop from Honolulu to Kona was on Aloha airlines which went out of business. Expedia, with whom I made the resevations, basically said it was up to me to [...]
crates | May 1, 2008
Once again I was enjoying my walk. Just a few minutes earlier, alerted by a peculiar call from a crow, I looked around and saw the crow begin chasing an immature eagle which then landed on the beach, picked up something in its beak and then took off chased by a second immature eagle. The [...]
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