The Rains Came

After three years of not much rain com­par­a­tively, the rains are now back to nor­mal. Aver­age rain­fall here is 125 inches a year, mak­ing Hilo the raini­est city in the world. As a result the tele­phone lines I depend on for my dialup inter­net con­nec­tion get water in them, and my com­puter can’t detect a dial-tone, although the tele­phone works. I haven’t been able to get online since early yes­ter­day morn­ing. Today, I’ll go into town and use wifi.

Another satel­lite inter­net provider came to my home Sat­ur­day. He also said there are too many tall trees to be able to get a clear sig­nal. Again, my only option for high speed is dashed. Oh well, that’s the price for jun­gle liv­ing. I don’t think I’m miss­ing much.

Mean­while, I can light a fire in the wood-stove and work on my mem­oirs, which is now my main writ­ing project. I”m read­ing a cou­ple of mem­oir writ­ing books as I pre­pare to revise and com­plete the man­u­script I’ve been work­ing on for over twenty-five years. This should keep me busy for a while. Aloha.

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