Well it appears that my post from Sunday night was published, three times no less (the extra two are now deleted), though I had no feedback that it had done so. A storm was blowing through the islands off and on through the weekend with steady and at times heavy rain. I have read of localized flooding, landslides and trees blown down. The power went off last night and was down for 8 hours, the internet for 18 and has only just come back on.
As I said here, we have poor cell reception where we live and a spot outside allows for scratchy connection to the internet with little going through.
Without the distraction of the online world, I disappeared deeper into journaling this morning. The time spent there was welcome.
Sitting outside in the dark listening to rain falling everywhere and trying to get a signal to contact Hawaiian Electric as the power has just gone off again…third time in ten days.
The second dose of rain for the weekend has just started. I’m expecting this to keep falling through the afternoon, night and into tomorrow.
I used the weather as an excuse to watch the second episode of Foundation on Apple TV+.
It is so still outside this morning. The calm before the storm?
We watched Jane Champion’s The Power of The Dog on Netflix last night. Wow! What a wonderful film - the acting, art direction, the story and how it was told. I highly recommend seeing it. 🍿
Wet weather fun in Maui.
Storms are forecast to hit the Hawaiian islands this weekend. The first rains are falling on the north shore of Maui right now.
A double rainbow crossed the sky this morning while I was on the phone to my mother. 🌈
The power went down at 1:15pm this afternoon. The internet went down with it. We live in an area with poor cell reception and make heavy use of WiFi calling. So phone calls were difficult, I received one, and internet was possible if I sat on a certain chair outside and used a weak cellular signal. This evening I discovered that with the doors open, to cool the house down after a warm evening, that same cellular signal was accessible sat inside by the open doors. Twitter was my access to Hawaiian Electric’s occasional updates.
It is now 8:18pm and the power has just come back on - 7 hours later. It makes me realize how fragile the systems are that we live by, and I am grateful to those who maintain them.
My head has been pounding for most of the afternoon. Rain has been threatening but only falling as gentle showers when it does drop. Now it’s pouring and almost on cue I feel my headache receding. The air pressure builds, my head hurts. The pressure diminishes, my head relaxes.
Colours at dusk.
Thanksgiving 2021. 😄…there was much good company, food and chatter in between.
Before
After
With darkness all around, I sat outside on the lanai sharpening knives for carving duties tomorrow at dinner, while watching the distant flashing lights of airplanes on their initial climb out of Kahului airport.
Sitting in front of Apple Music creating a playlist for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.🎵
I don’t use Calcbot often for unit conversations, but when I do I’m pleased that I have it at hand.
My wife and I sat and rewatched My Neighbor Totoro last night with our grandsons. It is such a wonderful animated film. Something for the child in all of us, and bringing to life the hidden world around us. 🍿
I just discovered that Workspaces in Drafts can be filtered by date. Here is a Workspace that will pull out all drafts created today. Another level of expandability is stumbled upon.
