by Ira | Jan 18, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Didn’t do much today. Still getting my LA legs underneath me. I went and got food. That was good. Washed my car. Picked up a scrip for Liz. Cleaned a little bit. But mostly watched Wrexham and just let the day slip. Tired. Gonna be tired tomorrow, too, I think. But...
by Ira | Jan 17, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
The pack is back together. Joy is sleeping on my lap and Coops is down at the end of the bed with his sweater on, all snuggled into Liz’s extra blanket, the pink one. This is home. Slept in. We woke up around 11, which means we got a full night’s sleep. Whew. Got up,...
by Ira | Jan 16, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I watched Fitzcarraldo on the flight home. It was so good! And by that I mean…it was very, very clunky in parts, I’m not actually sure that Klaus Kinski worked as the main character (in that he was tooooo crazy, maybe?) even though he certainly looked the part, the...
by Ira | Jan 16, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Our last full day. Sigh. It’s been a good trip. We went up to a spa today and got massages together. Afterwards, we both decided that getting massages is probably a great way to start a trip, at least in Hawaii, where everything is better the more you relax. The...
by Ira | Jan 15, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
We did an amazing tour today of an ahupua’a on Kauai called “Waipa.” It means, essentially, a subdivision of Hawaiian land. They were basically watersheds, and one group of people—with one person in charge—were responsible for each of these districts that had its own...
