Here’s 2 of Kona Inn. The dining area looking towards the ocean and the Bar Lanai

Gotta say, creating a playlist with old versions, middle versions and new versions of the same Hawaiian songs is awesome.

Heavy rain in Kian again means we’ll skip the indivisible social. At a park. Oh well. Next time

This is sad for Kona inn. I have photos from the early 1940s. My great aunt stayed there.

Aging Kona Inn Shopping Village struggling to sell despite property’s century history as tourist mecca

I was a PolySci minor in Uni. For most of the last 70 yrs was a a clearly defined Dem and GOP. They mostly stayed in their lane with centrists in the middle. Everything went awry since the Christian right and the Progressive left muddied the waters. Now we have MAGA and a paralized congress

Either we had impeccable timing or great luck. We have no large purchases on the horizon. No cars, appliances, computers, phones are anything. The only big purchase 2-3 years out is a mobile home in California and we can delay that if need

Going back and looking at the roots of recorded Hawaiian music has increased my enjoyment. When I hear a modern recording, I know where its roots are.

Random. Rooster patrolling the Target parking lot in Kona.

It’s been almost 20 years, but this was the Kona Starbucks

I still call KTA stores Taniguchi’s.

It seems the Sunday talk shows spend most of there time trying to catch officials in a lie. No new information

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There were some pretty amazing Hawaiian Music singers in 1920-50. Alfred Alohikea, Alfred Apaka, Andy Iona, Bill Lincoln, Ray Kinney, Andy Cummings, Sol Ho’opi`i, George Paoa (the Maui Boy), Mahi Beamer, Bill Kaiwa (the Boy from Laupahoehoe), Lena Machado , Irene West, Toots Paka and many more

Watching the move The Killer for the 4th or 5th time. I like the concept of it and the soundtrack

It may change at some point, but I’m am no longer a proud American. I just want to hide

This 1920s version of the Kamehameha waltz is also a good one. My first wife was a 13 year grad of Kamehameha (K-12). Some of my best friends through the years were also grads.

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We have a rare rainy afternoon in Kona. Kind of nice

My favorite hats

I guess the GOP wants us to go back to family farms. I don’t want to work on an industrial farm, but I’ll do my own. Give me the land Trump.

My first career was farming, but it’s difficult in Hawaii if you don’t own you land. We were leasing from the state. Lost it to H3 freeway.

The West Hawaii branch of Indivisible is having a social gathering in Kona tomorrow afternoon at an undiclosed park. You only get the location if you RSVP. It will be nice to just chill with like-minded people.