Family movie night was Marry Me, the new musical rom-com with Jennifer Lopez and Luke Wilson. I enjoyed it for all its formula following and frivolity.
Uncle John Zuiker and my cousins made this sweet music video to honor the family and our memories of the beloved grandparents, Francis and Clarice.
Looking forward to visiting my brothers in Austin next weekend.
Wordle 227 4/6
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Fun game, and easy to paste into M.b.
Desperate to drop Dropbox, so I’ve installed Nextcloud on my webhost for a try. That got me looking at other projects, including reusing my son’s Kano Raspberry Pi, maybe for file sharing or backups. Suggestions?
Cold night setting in. Outside with a fire before we head in for dinner.
Got a full night’s sleep, and woke up glad to be home but missing the fun we had in Hawaii. Today was a work holiday so I did laundry, fiddled with my websites, chopped firewood and used the chainsaw on a few downed trunks. It’s so warm that New Year’s at the fire pit is iffy.
One of the amazing Hawaii moments was seeing this endangered Hawaiian monk seal resting on Sandy Beach.
The Boeing 777 that just brought across the Pacific from Hawaii was nice, big, mostly comfortable. But the 787 Dreamliner we took to Australia a few years ago is stil the best flight ever. I love airports, but sitting in Houston amid a pandemic, I’m might eager to get home.
Morning trip to Oahu’s Waianae Coast for boat ride: Hawaiian spinner dolphins, humpback whales - we jumped into water to listen to them sing - snorkeling with green sea turtles and coral reef, and the most dramatic of views. Now sitting on Makaha Beach. Great family day.
A day for the beach: today at Kailua, sunny and windy and relaxing. Adding to my collection of Christmases on the beach, which includes Magen’s Bay(USVI), Lamen Island (Vanuatu), and Waikiki.
Family hiked up to the top of Diamond Head crater in Honolulu. Good exertion but scary to be so close to thousands of other tourist hikers. Now lunch at Duke’s, Mai tai and fish tacos. Happy holidays indeed
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 →
The joys of watching my children learn to surf, then later introducing them to shave ice. It’s nice to be back in Hawaii.
We’re celebrating Malia’s early acceptance to American University, and we’re excited for the education she’ll get there.
This story about building websites from a pen-and-paper notebook reminded me of the typed cards that @petebrown posts each day.
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 →
Anna joined me for an afternoon fireside chat.
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 →
Boosted!
The family scattered tonight, postponing our tree trimming until tomorrow, so I was left alone on the sofa. I decided to watch Arrival, which I’ve seen 2 or 3 times before.
Dad and Dot returned to St. Croix for the winter, and what they thought was an iguana that had crawled between the upper louvres turned out to be a red-tailed boa constrictor, an invasive species. They called the hotline and the snake guy came to get it.
Erin and I have started watching Yellowstone, with Kevin Costner and others. Just three episodes into the first season, and I’ve realized it’s a mafia movie, just set it Montana. Hardly any good food in sight, but nice hats, though.