Nothing like some back pain to kick me into exercising more. It has been a gradual start, but I am getting out more and feeling better for it - mentally as well a physically.
Me, “I’m going for a walk”
Gets in car, stops off at the post office, drives on to park where I plan to walk.
Falls asleep in the car! 😴🙄
Woken up to rain on the roof of the car.
Finally gets out to walk once the rain has stopped. 🏃🏼
Maybe this time, just maybe this time, the wet weather is on its way and things will start to dry up, and warm up here (though the cooler weather doesn’t go amiss).
I listened to episode 100 of @monday on the way to get my vaccine this afternoon. What a treat. Thank you @jean for hosting this and all the preceding episodes (& much more), @manton for creating micro.blog, and @patrickrhone for being a fabulous guest. So much in there.
No. 1
OK, I’m heading in for my first Moderna shot. Although I know that I am not the first person to be vaccinated and won’t be the last, this feels like a turning point thinking back to how things were a year ago.
Human knot tying ahead.
Just finished a chaotic but fun Easter breakfast with the grandkids. Thank goodness that eating outside was an option as…, let’s just say that not all the food ended up in people’s mouths! 🤦🏼♂️😄
I head out for my first bike ride for an age….and the heavens decide that the rain from a couple of weeks ago wasn’t quite enough! At least it is warm here, because it is not dry right now. 🌧🚴🏻♂️
I am a complete novice at this, and so am maybe asking something that is not possible. Is there a tool, preferably a Mac app but I’m interested in anything, that extracts text from a JSON file?
I have my first COVID vaccine shot scheduled for Tuesday afternoon of next week. 💉🦠
Sitting next to me yesterday morning, my 4 year old grandson looked up at my bookshelves and asked, “Grandpa, have you read all of those books?”
With some humility I replied, “Not all of them,” while my mind tried to quickly do the math and work out the actual figure!
Chronic Fatigue and the HSP
There’s pattern which repeats itself pretty much each time I find myself home alone for a few days - which with the presence of the COVID pandemic is not that often right now. It goes something like this, I drop my wife off at the airport - living on an island, that is usually the start of the home alone period. On the way home I run a few errands, pick up groceries, and perhaps go for a walk.
It amazes me that however often I read through something that I am writing, I still seem to come up against typos, repeated words, and other miscellaneous mistakes. Though I think that I sometimes use that as an excuse not to hit publish…there might be an error!
Views of Lana’i.
The different islands Hawai’ian islands all have their own vibe. Lana’i was relaxed, quiet, and restful. I was going to say pristine as well, except it used to be covered in pineapple fields. It is now 98% owned by Larry Ellison who has put a lot of money into Lana’i. This includes upgrading facilities for the 3,000 residents who live there, and working on establishing sustainable agricultural on island in the next five years.
You might have to look very close here, but this photo is taken from the Koloiki Ridge on Lana’i, with Moloka’i on the left and Maui on the right.
Disbelief
The Georgia law is eye-popping, but it is only one of more than 250 measures in 43 states designed to keep Republicans in power no matter what voters want. I keep reading this paragraph from today’s Letter from an American by Heather Cox Richardson, and just wonder how a people can consciously and with purpose choose to block their fellow citizens from voting?
Evening views at the beach.
My grandson playing in the rock pools.
The setting sun.
I’ve just updated my Now page. About time really, as it has been stuck in November last year since….well November last year!
I’m not spending much time in coffee shops these days, but I took some time this morning to sit outside at Maui Coffee Attic.
