Let me first dabble into those wars: Gaza Strip. Hamas has agreed to disarm . Israel maintains skepticism. Palestinians mistrust both Israel and Hamas. Iran War . Iran accused U.S. of escalating tensions. Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is still down by 95%. Houthis blocking the passing of Saudi ships through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Both the old and new versions of this blog site have seen a jump in readership from March of this year, when we flew from Honolulu to Las Vegas for a few days, then on to Memphis to visit Elvis' Graceland, followed by a cruise down the Mississippi to New Orleans. A short stop there, then on to New York City, followed by a Viking cruise from Manhattan to Toronto. We then boarded a train towards Vancouver, catching another train to get us there. Original blog: As I compose this posting, first one on 29April2008, this daily blog has had just under 10.5 million viewers over 6669 days, or 1574/day. However, the first ten years avera...
Enough of wars, Trump, Blanche, and bad news. Well, one, as awful as Europe is having with high temperatures, the largest heat dome is now in the USA. Coming Monday, we leave for Iceland, and our cruise ship from there will have several stops in Greenland. According to Google AI: High temperatures today reach about 59°F (15°C) in parts of Iceland and 54°F (12°C) in parts of Greenland . AccuWeather +2 Ship arrives in Montreal, which has a high of 81 F today, then we go on to Vancouver, up to 79 F today. Of course, this trip is to bask in the cool of a total eclipse of the sun, on 12August2026. Another bit of good news is that Hurricane Fausto passed north of the Hawaiian Islands without causing any effect here. Yesterday morning, from where I sit at my computer, no clouds. And rainbows. The other East Pacific ocean storm, Genevieve, which was a super hurricane four days ago, is now a tropical storm, and headed north, away from Hawaii. Were you awa...