Wednesday is “Boat Day” in Kona. Almost every Wednesday the Pride of America spends the day at anchor in the bay. Passengers are tendered back and forth. The Village has it’s one “busy” day.
But, this morning – there was another boat. A navy ship from Pearl Harbor. Just passing through. Don’t think any sailors got off.
And, this afternoon, I went for a nice little swim. Well, it wasn’t all that nice. It was chilly, murky, and a little choppy. But, it was great to be in the ocean again. I was sort of swimming laps in the ocean. Usually, when I swim for “exercise” I just swim out 15 minutes and then turn around and swim back. Since I have this killer cough – I decided it would be smarter to swim a short distance 4 times. Well, I didn’t make it 4 laps before I started coughing. So, I swam back to shore and lived to swim another day. I love the ocean.
A LITTLE REFLECTION ON BEING Lazy
Since the early 1920’s almost 300 people, 1/3 of them Sherpas, have died on Mount Everest. Ignore the Sherpas. They are not normal low altitude humans. By the grace of mother nature, they possess high altitude super powers. But, the other 200 are normal low altitude humans. Like me. Think about the 200, they must have been: super fit, highly motivated, results oriented, striving and most likely wealthy members of our low altitude community. Not a slacker in the lot. This makes me feel a lot better about taking it easy!
Feeling better today, I think. I did plow through all of the mail that was I received at the Asylum. Nothing unexpected or surprising.
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Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. H.L. Menchen In Defense of Women (1918)