Aloha Bread Lovers – tomorrow (Sunday) we will be serving Shakshuka: tomatoes, onions, garlic, olive oil, lots of spices that all slow cooks overnight. When you order it we crack an egg or two (your choice) into it, bake it and serve it with a roll that is perfect for mopping it all up. AND, we will have our favorite Uke Jammers (not sure about Gordon – car is repaired but still Gordon remains elusive).
This has been a great week. On Tuesday, our heroic HECO workers managed to get us back on the grid. Our little Honda generator is enjoying a well-deserved rest. As soon as storm season is over it will get a well-deserved spa day at the Honda repair shop to keep in shape for the next round. This week the weather has been spectacular and never has the idea of the “calm after the storm” been more appropriate. Unlike “the calm before the storm” which is full of apprehension and anxiety for what is surely to come, the calm after the storm is one of relief and for the most part gratitude for having come through a difficult patch. Sadly, half a world away from us on the border between Nepal and Tibet a harrowing act of nature has left a path of destruction, sadness and grief. Having visited Nepal a while back, I was impressed by its stunning beauty but also by the depths of its poverty. Insurgencies, climate change and the search for opportunities fostered a mass migration of people from rural villages into the cities. Under the best of circumstances cities like Katmandu did not have the urban infrastructure needed to support its population. Faced with a massive influx, the result was sprawling shanty town neighborhoods, mountains of waste of all kinds, poor roads and barely-functioning utilities. The people were some of the kindest you could ever hope to meet. It is heartbreaking to see the sudden destruction triggered by a massive chunk of free-falling glacial ice that led to a flash flood of mud, ice, rocks, water. As bad as it was for us here, we have a lot to be grateful for.
Mahalo – David and Yael
P.S. – A Joke: WARNING – CLICK ON THIS LINK AT YOUR OWN PERIL – this one has adult content and can be considered sexist….and I had to watch it twice to understand it. The joke teller is the late father of Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil: https://www.oldjewstellingjokes.com/2018/11/19/max-rosenthal-house-of-ill-repute-389
