For the last few days I have been seeing snow everywhere. I thought it might be my eyes but it appears to be the burned skin flaking off my forehead. The forehead that I had properly covered with a hat and a bandanna!

I might as well confess here that I seem to have a bit of a medical problem. My left hand is going numb and tingling. Certain movements of my head can make it much worse and sometimes the tingling shoots down the whole arm. Wakana had similar symptoms. The doctor has me on prednizone but it's not helping. Sigh, if it ain't one thing...

Yesterday was a terrible day. It's true. Paradise isn't always paradise. I went to a lawyer a fewe months ago because the landlord said he was going to sue me over the fire damage. I filled out an intake sheet and went home. Nothing happened until last week when the U. S. Marshall served the papers. Then I started trying to contact the lawyer and failed miserably. Finally yesterday, around 4:00 he told me he couldn't take the case because his case load wouldn't allow it. The case goes to court on Wednesday! He gave me a letter with the name of an office that runs a referral service so we went off to try to find the place. The letter said the office was in the First National Savings and Loan Building at 655 S. Marine Corps Drive. We drove up and down looking for something that matched the description, a number, a sign, anything at all. Finally we found it, an hour later and the secretary said she would place the case in front of the lawyer. Wish me luck.

The Isla Arts Center at UOG is having an exhibition of traditional seafaring and our canoe is now on display in the front yard of the gallery. Behind it is the log that is slowly becoming a small canoe. Inside they have a wonderful set of displays of model canoes, implements and artifacts, fishing gear, pictures, maps, and one small canoe set up on the floor. It is a lovely display. I hope it attracts lots of attention.

By the way, the SONY PSP is destined for relaease in the USA this month. The only reason I mention that is because we bought one in Japan last month and Wakana has been playing with it ever since. I believe I can say she officially holds the USA record number of points for playing the game Lumines. She certainly holds the record number of hours for playing that game. I'm glad I have a picture of her so I can remember what she looks like.