On the Road Again

Today Z and I worked on the farm for half a day. I spent the rest of the day hitchhiking to Makawao (pronounced mock-a-wow) with Steffi. The thing about hitching is you never know what kind of characters will pick you up.

Our first ride took us all the way to Makawao. He was spacey pick-up driving dealer making his daily runs and conducting business on his cell, employing his oh-so-discreet phone lingo like “do you still want me to pick you up some of that stuff???”

A real character.

We arrived safely and went along our merry way to Steffi’s weekly appointment with the town’s herbal medicine man. He has a quaint shop with all kinds of homeopathic remedies – oils, herbs, etc. It's amazing how many different cures there are for all kinds of ailments. I spent a considerable amount of time simply perusing the various concoctions - including something called "Lung Soup." ???

We stopped on the way back for some carob flavored “Rice Dream” (rice milk ice cream substitute). Good stuff, although Myra has warned both Steffi and I that our already prominent Vata is irritated by cold foods and sugar, but what the hell...we felt like throwing caution to the wind. Life in the fast lane (KAG).

While we were gone Z was stuck here on the farm busily attempting to finish a website he is building for one of Myra’s students. We’ll see how that goes. I think he will be happy to be done with it as he seems to have over-committed himself once again.



On the plus side – we did get to enjoy a papaya from the front yard the size of Z’s head with lunch. Have you ever seen anything like it??