Aloha: It is a cold and crisp day here in Volcano. Forty nine degrees and partly cloudy. Today, being a holiday, my wife is off and I think we will spend the day kicking back. The "author-itis" in my fingers is acting up. I have had to backspace and retype half the words so far. Auwe.

Volcano update: SOS.

I started e-mailing this blog to a select, hopefully, group of readers and all have replied except for Vovo in Kansas.

Yesterday I spent a very pleasant day at Punalu'u with CJ and family. Chris is off this week so I will be spending the week up here. I hope to be able to do some walking.

I have been trying to go through the junk I am getting for Medicare. What a headache!!! I think I have said it before, if this is an example of how government does medical coverage I hope they never, ever get in charge of universal health care. I have to quit now as I can feel my blood pressure rising. Take care and please be tolerant of each other. As Shakespeare said, "Let the dead past bury its dead." May God bless us all and keep us safe.