Star-Crossed Putters; Doing Some Fun Normal Things

[Note: This is another blog based on my weekly emails to my family on the mainland.]

2/26/22

Aloha Everybody!

Well, there is a LOT going on in the world that just plain sucks, but I want to focus on the good things this week.

First off, I did have another eyeball injection last Saturday even though I wasn't expecting it.  This may sound bad but it wasn't.  My retina was in pretty good shape, actually, but there was some edema starting on the periphery that would have gotten a lot worse if I tried to go another 4 weeks.  So this injection undoubtedly headed off some worse problems down the road.  Yet again my doc did a fantastic job of doing the deed and the procedure wasn't all that bad.

On Tuesday our guests arrived and since then we've been doing enjoyable things, like whale watching,

One of Many

hiking to an Hawaiian petroglyph field, and -- get this -- attending a concert *in person.*  The concert was in Waimea at the Kahilu Theater, a venue that holds about 300 and has great acoustics.  The attendance was limited to 1/2 because of you-know-what and we had to show our vaccination cards and wear masks.  Despite these things, it was very enjoyable to experience a live performance *in person* for the first time in over two years.  The group we heard was an internationally acclaimed quartet of Spanish classical guitarists named the Romero Quartet, and given my guitar interests this made it even more enjoyable  -- and very, very humbling.

On Thursday the four of us went to Makalei golf course.  We did some practice putting and driving and

Star-Crossed Putters

then played a "selective" round of golf.  This means we focused on the holes that were the most interesting and scenic, skipping the others.  Think of this as Mar-a-Lago bespoke reality golf.  Karen and I did most of the actual playing, though our friends joined in for some shots. Basically the outing was an excuse to see some beautiful scenery, feed the peacocks and see the nenes, and get some exercise.  I did much, much better than on my last outing, with two pars and a bogey.  One of the pars was on a challenging  par-4 hole, and both Karen and I got pars with some rather amazing putting by both of us.

So far the weather has cooperated for their visit.  It turned much warmer and has remained dry and clear for the most part. We could really use some rain but we hope it holds off until after they leave next week. The pool has now reached 82d -- geezer perfect.

That's about it for this week.  Hope you're guarding your health and sanity ok.  Keep looking for those silver linings -- they're there even though well-hidden these days.