It is another warm overcast day. Yesterday it was hot and humid, due to rainfall the night before. Things are going along. I am getting packages mailed out to Marty, in the hopes that they will all be there by the time I get back. She told me they were piling up!!

My brother Dick arrives today I believe at Marty's. He is driving out from Iowa. I sure hope that he has had a fairly decent trip, and that weather hasn't hindered him too much. I plan to take the southern route after I leave LA (on the 7th of March) and pick up I40, and go from there, weather permitting. If not I will drop down even farther south. I hope to be back in Virginia by the 15th of March.

There has been a definite change in Jordan, since his friend Austin arrived. They did stay out in the tent one night, but found it too cold and the rooster awaking them at 6Am or earlier did not go over well. So they have taken up the sewing room, which is where Jordan was. There is now talk by Jordan of going back to California, as Austin is talking about it also. That wasn't Jordan's original plan. Also, he seems to be somewhat more stand offish and quiet than he was. Austin is a really nice guy, but isn't a vegetarian, much less a raw vegetarian, and is doing his best to eat what he can. But he also likes fast food. The plan is now that they are going to try to fly back together the first or second week of March. Both have been on the line with their parents discussing plane tickets, and such. I sure am glad that my gang is grown up and can fend for themselves. Thanks, guys!

I had a great visit with Gaellen Quinn, the author of THE LAST ALOHA, yesterday. She rents a place here on Molokai, and we talked about how she came to write the story, the research she did, and some very remarkable things that happened while she was writing the book. She has already written two novels, but neither has been published. I hope now that she will get them published. She is now working on a novel about Samoa and the Polynesians, and Robert Louis Stevenson, who is buried there. We must have spent an hour together. It was fascinating. I highly recommend the book.

Tonight I will go down to Kalele Bookstore for chanting, and then a large group is gathering in the backyard of the bookstore for a prayer circle for the world, it being the full moon and all. We are bringing the fire pit from here, as well as assorted drums, and percussion instruments. Jordan has made a diggery do (?) out of a long piece of bamboo, and can really play it. He is bringing it.

Tomorrow night there will be a drum circle here in the back yard. Shanawatt want everyone to sit in a circle and share, either a song, or a story, or something else. This too is happening because of the full moon. This is a routine thing as any of you know who have been reading my blog. Artie and John do this for the dark of the moon, and the full of the moon. Every month.

Also tomorrow night is a fund raiser for a Children's Hula group. It is dinner and a hula show. They are raising money for trips that the children make every year. The teacher takes them all over the world to demonstrate their heritage. How neat is that. Teri, of Kalele Bookstore, says it is great fun, and is really a Molokai event. I think I will by a ticket today, and go to that, and then come back here for the drum circle.

The sun is peeking out, and I plan to hop in the car and take a ride, stopping to take pictures. I have some places I go by where I always say to myself, "next time I will take a picture of that!" Today I plan to hit all of those places. I also may drive down to the east end, although I understand it has been raining there all morning. Perhaps another day.

Life is good!

Off to take pictures.
Adios, adieu, a hui hou,

I love you all,
Sally