Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it turns out. I doubt anyone will want to read it but I guess I've got some volumes presold out there if you and my family are any measurement. I take that back, my family will expect free copies.

Today we rose early to go to a "multifamily Japanese yard sale" in Barrigada. We had breakfast at the Winchel's Donut shop in Mangilao. The poor woman behind the counter was very confused. We went in and asked for one cup of clam chowder, one cup of coffee, one bagel, egg, and bacon sandwich, and two donuts. Well, she could not shake free of the idea that people in the morning drink coffee and everything we asked for comes as part of a combo deal. We left with a cup of coffee and a bottle of orange juice, four donuts, the soup and one bagel, egg, and SAUSAGE sandwich. I was exhausted from trying to explain it to her and Wakana was confused about why we didn't get what we asked for. We're still laughing about it.

The yard sale was a disappoinment too. Only one family was there and they had NO Japanese items. They weren't even moving to Japan. They weren't even Japanese! Sigh.

Still, it was a pretty morning. The sea is beautiful today, as it always is. The western side is calm and has that tropical mix of greens and blues that make living here so worthwhile. There is a bit of surf out on the reef but not much. We crossed the island on Cross Island Road (it took some real imagination to name that road) and on the eastern side of the island we could see the Pacific from the top of the hill running down to Ylig. On that side the ocean is silver with a thousand sparkling points highlighting the rougher water. There were small clouds scudding towards us and their shadows made grey patches in the silver water. The eastern side is the windward side and that makes all the difference.

The canoe club is working on building the canoe house, the utt, down at Paseo Park. We have seven long telephone poles that need to have the hardware removed and to be cut into smaller lengths. Then we will stand up eight posts, twelve feet long, to form a rectangle forty feet long by twenty feet wide. On that will go aa tall steeply pitched roof which will be thatched with sword grass. The bottom will have no walls but be open to the breeze. I understand that the temperature under a canoe house roof is significantly lower than just sitting in the shade.