Outhouse Mentality

This evening Uncle Jeff had a book reading at the Kohala Heritage Center; it was jointly sponsored along with the Kohala Culture & History Advisory Group. Uncle Jeff's book, Outhouse Mentality: Kohala, Rural Lifestyle, is his recounting of the moʻolelo of Kohala told to him by Kohala kūpuna as well as experiences he had. I had heard some of the moʻolelo he shares in his book from my grandparents. The title of Uncle Jeff's book is taken from an epithet directed at the Kohala community for not backing a plan to designate Kohala as a historical district in order to develop the area for tourists; the speaker suggesting the community members were, "stuck in the uneducated past of plantation life with houses without indoor toilets." For Uncle Jeff, he sees it as, "being grounded in what truly matters: your relationship with the land, with each other, and with God." A copy of his book can be purchased on Amazon.

 A decent size audience in spite of continuing rain showers & World Series game.

Uncle Mark (L) & Uncle Jeff share manaʻo.

One of the drier moments of the evening.

At sunrise it was gray & drizzly. About a half hour later it began to rain in earnest; showers such as this continued throughout the day. I saw the chickens heroically searching for food in Jessie's back yard in spite of the rain; the roosters' tail feathers were soaked & limply dragging behind them.

Six minutes after sunrise.

About half hour after sunrise.

Sugar & Spice doing their best on this wet day.

There were rain showers all day, with intermittent drizzles in between. It has now rained every night except one over the last week; the wet season is here! Hūlō! 

Around 9:45.

All the cats chose to sleep indoors today.

 

There was a break in the rain around mid-morning so I headed to the transfer station to dump my rubbish. A lot of other people had the same idea so there was a short line but it went by fairly quickly.

Silver truck backs in while red truck unloads; 2 vehicles are usually at drop off area.

Today was Josie & Camillo's grandson Gaige's 1st birthday. So in the local tradition there was a 1st birthday paʻina with lots of ʻono food! FYI Gaige's nickname is ʻOpihi.

My pupu plate.

My lunch plate; I ate too much pupu! I forgot to take photo before I started.

My dessert plate; I ate too much! But it was all so ʻono it was hard to stop.

 

There was a flyer at the post office about a plant giveaway at the upcoming Kohala Night Market. I was unable to get the QR code to open so I am not sure what is available for the giveaway. I am assuming it is food plants.

Duo says that I am doing well. But Duo also says that I have so much more to learn on Duolingo! I am finding some parts easier, like trying to figure out what the new words mean. But other parts are more difficult, like how to construct a more complex sentence in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi! It would be really nice to have a fluent speaker to practice on. 

 

While looking at places for Kai, I made the mistake of trying to get in to the Realtor.com page. I am now getting a ton of emails from them that do not fit the criteria I entered to access the page. Today I got 6 different emails before 5 am! Unacceptable. I unsubscribed but they say it will take 24 hours for my request to be processed. We shall see.

 

Because of the Red Flag warning & high wind alert, the Powerall system is in standby mode. During this period the Powerwall battery is held at 100% even in the evening & power to run the house is drawn from the grid. This way, if the grid goes down, I still have power available.

Here is the official Red Flag warning from the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense. The Powerwall system uses the warnings issued by the National Weather Service. (I think the NWS cancelled the Red Flag Warning because of all the rain. Red Flag means the winds are hot & dry.)

 

The start of Episode 36 of the eruption at Kīlauea remains likely some time between the 6th & the 12th.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Diane & Rei!