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Newest member of my pack: Henry Found near Lake Monroe in Indians by a the Chairman of the Board at Cook Medical who couldn’t find his home and couldn’t bear to take him to a shelter. He sent out a mass email asking if anyone could take the dog and—welll

And finally to give perspective, this is looking back up the mountain behind the house.

Technically I think it’s Launiupoko, I think it’s called.

The first pic is a view from the lanai. The second is the inside of Maria Lanakila Catholic Church right in Lahaina. It had no AC but was still tolerable even though ocean. The breezes help so much.

They don’t live at the beach level. They live in the foothills. The temps there vary significantly based on the altitude. There was a drought there at the time I was visiting and it was record heat. Even so, We only needed the AC in the late afternoon.

Lahaina

I have a friend who lives on Maui. Virtually every single thing you buy in the islands has to be shipped there, which is why everything is so expensive. On the flip side, her energy costs are virtually nil. I’m going back in October and I can’t wait! I love Maui. Oahu was beautiful as well, but I found Maui to be less overtly touristy and just really enjoyed the island-time way.

Edward Norton is amazing. Not that Tom Hanks isn’t. I love him too. I don’t enjoy Denzel. I feel like he’s Denzel in every character.

Refuse: Nicholas Cage - creepy creeper Don’t miss: Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken

One must also realize that the health care workers have lives outside of work and families. They are like the rest of us. There’s no way to directly correlate that masks don’t work because people who wear masks get the virus. At some point, every single person is maskless in the presence of another person, most likely family. Many arguments against masks (in particular) are incomplete because they don’t consider the full reality of daily life.

I have Levi (for a while longer at least) and Buddy. Lilly passed away last November. It's really hard to get a good photo of Buddy. Levi is probably not long with us. He's 17, and now suffering from really bad hip and joint problems, has a Grade IV murmur and still battling DLE. Love that gentle soul. He's a battler!

Thank you so much!

I don't have ESPNU so any details that can be shared would be super.

Thanks G. Not sure if I am or not. On one side of me are some crazies I can't do anything about. So hoping for awesome to buy the house on the other side of me. Speaking of crazies...I suspect drug activity, blatant drug activity, at that house. I see cars stopping in the alley and things exchanging hands. I found a needle iny yard,which is surrounded by a 6' privacy fence that is always locked. And I saw a car parked in my drive the other day and people coming and going to and from it. I called the police, but since I scared the people off by setting off my car alarm, I figured it made no sense for them to come out. So, I have to wait till something happens and then they told me I can call. I wish that house would get sold

The house next door to me is for sale. I was out cleaning up my yard after mowing when a potential buyer showed up. She asked me a ton of questions and I put forth my best “awesome neighbor” persona. We have a great rapport. Then we notice someone has stripped the copper out of the A/C. I doubt she buys the house now. All that “nice” for naught.