Today, for some reason, I'm thinking about the family and friends on the island of Oahu.  Maybe it's the phone call yesterday from my close friend Carol Tomasa (Sumi),  who has just finished building her
retirement home there two blocks from the beach on the wind-ward side.  No more picking up the phone and saying Sumi let's go to Mono Lake, or cross-country skiing, or Japanese Tea Ceremony, or Muir Woods, or Wine Country.  Yikes.  One must be ready for the changes.