We have been having a great time in Maui the last two days.
We have been in the ocean three times already and awoke at 1:30 AM our first day to take a trip to the top of Haliakela Volcano. At 10,000 feet high it was very cold, but really wonderful. WE could see over 100 miles, all the way to the big Island and had wonderful weather.

Here are some pictures.


For those who find the slightest enjoyment in other difficulties (I know who you are), it is raining right now, the kids have raw stomachs from the boogie boards, and the boys are walking a bit wide legged from the sand and shell rub in the swim suit.

We are hours away from leaving for Hawaii. A friend pointed out tonight that today the "feels-like temperature" in minneapolis was 100 degrees colder than maui. The actual temperature was 80 degrees colder.


Shelley and I are listening to This American Life - it is terrific tonight - "What I should have said"

It is 12:23 AM and I just returned from watching the film 21 Grams with Jimmy and Erik.
The movie is, well any adjectives I use will come up short, so I will say unbelievably good.

Among the many things Jimmy and I talked about on the way home is the ability of film to tell stories that other wise could not be told.
There was a trailer for the Passion Of The Christ that played before 21 Grams. It will be a hard sell to tell a better story of redemption, life and death, fate, religion, probability and chance, and the workings of life than 21 Grams, even with the crucifixion as the screen play.

I am intrigued by the fact that the writers and producers are Latino.

It is too late to think or write any more for now.