Our dear friend Amy passed this week.
She was one of the old Cadence group and a member of my Bay Area book club. Or should I say that I was a member of HER book club. Amy was a voracious reader.
And quilter.
And adventurer.
Shortly before she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, she and husband Kevin were rafting on the Colorado River - something they did regularly.
She will be missed.
Aloha, dear Amy.
Still here...
Businesses are starting to reopen, but I'm staying away a little longer. It was a big deal for me to go to Home Depot last week. I was in and out as quickly as possible to get the paint I needed to finish my front porch railings. No browsing the garden department as I would normally do.
Strangely, it's rained here every day for over two weeks. Sunny in the mornings, but as soon as I get off work, the rain starts. That's put a damper on Sophie's walks and my gardening. My backyard is becoming quite the jungle. For several months, the green waste recycling was closed, so there was no point in tackling the overgrown growth with my machete. And now that they are open again, IT WON'T STOP RAINING! I just go with the flow. It could be so much worse; I could be in a mainland city with crowds everywhere and rioting and looting and zombies wandering the streets. The island is particularly quiet because 70% of our day-to-day population was tourists, and now there are virtually none of those.
In case anyone cares, Ironman won't happen this October. For now, they are saying they'll hold it in Feb 2021. Or as the Toyko Olympics now call it... 202One.
The mandatory 14-day quarantine for arriving visitors is still in effect on all islands. The current expected end date is August 1st, but the Governor keeps saying things like "maybe by the end of the year." They are keeping their options open and only officially announcing new extentions about 30 days at a time.
They are just starting to talk of how they will allow interisland travel without the required quarantine. Believe it or not, many workers hop between islands several times a week. The guys who installed my new kitchen would go back and forth to Maui and brought me Krispy Kremes from Kahului one day (it's the only KK in the state).
Lest you think that life is too good here, check out today's weather report:
Stay safe! Safe home! Stay paranoid!
And if you can, tip those essential workers who are keeping groceries on the shelves to keep us fed!
