Another night at the Lind’s table in Kaaawa.

This time a very simple meal. Home cooked chicken soup. We roasted chicken on Sunday, ate leftovers for a day or two, ended up with a bag of bones. Meda remembered that I threw remnants of an earlier chicken extravaganza into the freezer sometime back and I was able to locate them. So with a critical mass of chicken bones, out came the soup pot. I made the stock one night, and then made the soup on Friday night. Chicken stock, garlic, onion, lots of little carrots, a small potato cut in cubes, thyme, a few red pepper flakes. Meda also found a handful of leftover rice in the refrigerator, so that went in as well. Hot sourdough bread served in a wooden rice bowl made at Oahu Prison, probably in the 1950s. A big salad, mostly Costco’s organic mixed greens, with Meda’s special nonfat yogurt dressing. A bottle of red wine. Two cats, on this evening it was Ms. Kili and Mr. Toby taking up front line positions just in case there were any handouts. A good time was had by all.

A reader comments:

Every day, it seems, one reads more about the increasing cost of gasoline.

Friday’s paper contains (page F20) Servco Toyota’s ad for “fuel-efficient Toyotas”

Among those advertised (top center and right is the
apparently highly popular 2008 Prius – rated at 48 MPG City/45 MPG Hwy

Servco advertises as – MSRP $23,135 – NOW $25,299

WHAT a deal!

Or should one wait to see what the NOW will be when regular gasoline hits $4.00 in Honolulu?

Another reader provided this link to a report that six cities which have installed traffic cameras have shorted changed the light’s standard cycles in order to increase the number of citations issued and the resulting income to the city. Aha! We knew they were going to try something like this, didn’t we!

I was sorry to read last week of the demise of Mauna Kea Bananas, which delivered wonderful local bananas that often made it to our kitchen. There’s been a lot of action this year at the legislature as lawmakers have tried to find ways to support local farmers, but in this case it appears too late. We’re going to miss those bananas.

I stumbled onto this site a few days ago which provides links to various photos, maps, and text relating to Hawaii’s shorelines. It’s definitely worth browsing if you live anywhere near the water or hope to.

The anniversary of the famous Woodward, Oklahoma tornado of 1947 slipped past on April 9, and we didn’t notice it for a day or two. Meda’s was an infant when this storm destroyed her family’s home, but Meda and her mother were lucky enough to survive.

We were on the path back to Kaaawa yesterday when we passed a dog show underway at King Intermediate School in Kaneohe. We’ve passed these before, but this time we stopped. What a treat. It was the Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Association All Breed Show. An amazing variety of dogs were there, large and small, some obviously experienced and others probably stepping into public for the first time.

We quickly ran into UH professor Sheila Conant with one of her prize winning border collies, who both agreed to pose. But my favorite photo was a tiny little something of a dog who decided she was just overwhelmed and wanted to stop. But you’ll have to click this photo and scroll down to see that scene. The dog show continues today if you happen to be anywhere near Kaneohe.