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Fire Update
Aloha… This is another update from Brookings: 200,000 acres burned… 1,600 firefighters on the line… The fire is now at 94% containment thanks to rain and the diligent work of firefighters… Can’t ...
Chetco Bar Fire
Aloha… “Update: the Chetco Bar Fire is still burning ferociously just to the east and north of us, growing every day - now over 110,000 acres. That is bigger than the town of Portland - the larg...
Brookings, Oregon
Aloha… Overcast and foggy (and a bit cool) in the morning… bright sunshine and a blue sky (and much warmer) in the afternoon… Most days I continue to get together with friends for lunch… spend ti...
Life on the coast
Aloha… It is a very overcast… very foggy morning here on the southern coast of Oregon… The marine layer came on shore during the night… and should remain until mid afternoon… I have been waking u...
Hau'oli la 'eha o Iulai
Aloha… Hau’oli la ‘eha o Iulai Which of course… is Happy 4th of July in Hawaiian… Smiles...........
Party (the day after)...
Aloha… Auwe… but I am tired… mostly from cleaning up after the party… 60 people showed up… with an incredible assortment of things to eat… I had plenty of chairs and tables… most set up in the cu...
Friendship
Aloha… I had been invited out to have lunch with friends today… but had to decline due to the plumber coming to my house this morning (he didn’t arrive until 10 am and didn’t finish until after 1...
Maui Jim's annual 4th of July party
Aloha… Once again I am hosting a neighborhood/friends pot luck party… and once again it will be held on July 2nd… Why July 2nd… well as most of you know… that is the anniversary of my daughter’s ...
Life on the coast
Aloha… I have just come back inside… after spending an hour watering all of my container plants… After months and months (and months) of rain… summer has finally arrived… 90f on Sunday… 89f today...
Maui Jim (Mr. Fix it)
Aloha… I drove into town this morning… went to Fred Meyer and picked up a new electric switch plate for the wall… Remembered to shut off the fuse in the electric panel… Took out the old switch… a...
Maui Jim (electrician)... not...!
Aloha… Repairing things here at the house is not one of my spiritual gifts… in fact I sometimes refer to myself as not being the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to home repair work… So… t...
Hau'oli la o na Makuahine
Aloha nui loa… Here’s wishing you Moms a very Hau’oli la o na Makuahine… which of course is Happy Mother’s day in Hawaiian…! Aloha oe…
Oops
Aloha… After weeks and weeks (and months) of rain… today is day two of an incredibly blue sky and warm sunshine… For the past two weeks I have been suffering from allergies… most likely due to th...
My take on why Brookings is so safe:
Aloha… This is a small town… most locals recognize one another… We are located next to the ocean… kind of hard to think about causing harm to another when we live in such a beautiful place… There...
Brookings, Oregon
Aloha… Brookings was chosen as the safest town in Oregon… Please click on the following: The Safest Cities in Oregon, 2017 | National Council For Home Safety and Security: https://www.alarms.org/...
The Hawk
Aloha… And greetings from the southern coast of Oregon… Lots of rain… strong wind… hail… thunder and lightning the past two days and nights… But yesterday the sun came back out… I worked (played)...
Today
Aloha… Hau’oli la ‘Ihi pua kea....translates to Happy Shamrock day! in Hawaiian… this is the best I could do… for Happy St. Patricks Day…! (smiles)
Life at the coast...
Aloha… Last Sunday I woke up to two inches of snow on the ground here at my house… a bit unusual as we rarely get snow here on the southern coast of Oregon… It snowed off and on most of the morni...
The Guys
Aloha… I don’t eat breakfast… eat dinner at home… but go out to lunch almost every day… I don’t know of a restaurant here in Brookings that I have not had a meal at some time during the ten years...
Once upon a time
Aloha… We are getting quite a bit of rain… and very strong wind right now… should get a bit wilder tonight… In my last entry I wrote about some of the wildlife I see from my back deck… and with t...
Life on the coast
Aloha… As you long time readers are aware… my home backs up to the Harris Beach State park… about 30 feet away from my back deck… On any given day… there is a myriad of wildlife hanging out in th...
On being single
Aloha… The harsh winter weather continues here on the coast… rain (heavy at times) and strong wind… guess that California is about to be hit with it as well… I spent the afternoon with friends… a...
More Rain
Aloha… It is a very wet and very windy day here on the southern coast of Oregon… Heavy rain at times… a good day to stay indoors… though I did drive into town earlier to have lunch with the guys...
Single Awareness Day
Aloha… Celebrating “Single Awareness Day” here on the southern coast of Oregon… I offer up two snippets of information: The first is that this is the 158th anniversary of my adoptive state… The s...
Stuff
Aloha from the southern coast of Oregon… and for a change… the sun is out… and it’s supposed to be a high of 55f today… so I am off to the beach with a friend… Well… we have had several weeks of ...
