Sunday, Sunday, Can Rest that Day

Barbara finds shelter from storm during heavy wind and rain shower

It's Sunday and the island is resting after heavy rains and flooding mostly on Friday into Saturday. During a 12-hour period Princeville received nearly 8 inches of rain, according to latest reports. About 10-inches fell in Hanalei during that time.

A couple of families in Wailua had to be evacuated from their homes due to flooding. Finding temporary shelter for them was made more difficult because of necessary social distancing.

The washout through rivers and streams has turned our blue ocean near shore into muddy brown.

Would you accept kale from these people?

Last night Barbara prepared a simple, delicious meal of pasta with bits of left-over sausage, grated parmesan, butter and olive oil, with a fresh kale salad with garlic and lemon juice. The kale was a gift from our neighbors Marcie and Rick, locally grown and distributed. Mahalo.

Chef Barbara's philosophy: "First in, first out."

In other words we eat leftovers and food from already opened containers before diving into new stuff. With few trips to market, items in our refrigerator disappear at a rapid pace and little waste. She's so practical.

We watched the award-winning movie "Mudbound" last night on Netflix. It reminded me of movies of the 60s that addressed social injustice. Great character acting. Lots of foreshadowing, a horrifying climax and a bitter-sweet ending. I found it a worthwhile reminder of where we come from.

Barbara fell asleep and missed most of the film. Following a mostly sleepless night, she crashed pretty hard. I was thankful to see her dreaming away, I hope, playing fun games with our grandchildren, perhaps even singing and dancing.

I unleashed a wild dance on our cleared-away spacious floor-space yesterday upon hearing an oldie on the radio. Couldn't tell you the song, but it had me hopping around like a Mexican jumping bean with habanero salsa. Afterward I felt as though I had just run a 200-meter dash.

As my tai chi teacher would say, that's good for your "secondary immune system." Short, intense exercise that takes the wind out of you. It builds strength to fight disease within your body.

I say: ok.

Now I can rest.