Tuesday, June 30, 2009

And We live here!

Early morning view of glow from the vent in Halema`uma`u crater on Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. And we live here! The photo from USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
website http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Letter #2


Here is thank you letter # 2. It just occurred to me, these letters were all written in 1974 . That would make the the "kids"over 30 now. Tempus fugits

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wanna Go !


Sharon and I at Portmeirion (just a few years ago) Can you guess what we were attending?

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Thank you letter # 1


In College, I took a class in the psychology of music. One of the assignment projects during the semester was to take a small group to a local grade school and present a short program . I organized a small jazz ensemble, played different styles of tunes and then talked about what we had done. A few weeks after we played, the professor gave me a manila envelope . I did not realize it but the kids we had played for wrote notes about our presentation . Being the pack rat I am, I still have them. I ran across them again tonight and thought it might be interesting to post a few. Might as well use them for something!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009


Spent part my birthday today here at Volcano National park .
It has very spiritual qualities and is one of my favorite places . The column of steam is
rising from an opening which is 300 feet across (within Halema uma u crater) . The crater is 300 feet deep and 3,000 feet wide. There is Lava (magma) just 1oo or so feet below the floor of the crater . Another reason to love living here.

Thursday, June 04, 2009