The Seabourn Odyssey is today celebrating Easter in the same time zone as Honolulu.  The ship is around a 1000 miles south of the equator, while Honolulu is 1472 miles north.  Interestingly enough, we were cruising north from Cairns all the way to Samoa, but began moving slightly south to American Samoa, and will be at sea for three days on our way even further south to French Polynesia.  When we get to Papeete in a week, we will be 1212 miles from the equator.  We will then be west of Honolulu, latitude-wise, 2740 miles from Honolulu, and will cruise northward toward Lahaina, Maui. I can articulate about Easter, but have only done this a dozen times, so will write this Sunday on  Polynesian Gods . But, of course, their are  water deities  all throughout the world, although many watch rivers and lakes. Congo has 14 of them. Egypt has 11.  Did you know Osiris was originally a god of water? Greece has 52, including Poseidon, Olympian god and king of the sea gods. Rome had only 7, with, o

I don't know who James Templer ( journalist and author ) is, but he published a guest commentary in The Daily News of Galveston County, saying what has been on my mind since the evil days of President Donald Trump, which continues.  I should insert here his entire presentation, but will only use two paragraphs ( you should read the rest ): Lurking beneath the surface of American democracy ever since its inception have been potentially disastrous eruptions from anti-democratic factions, militia, underground armies, insurrectionists and domestic terrorists. Just as plate tectonics can set off a volcano, political greed and chicanery can set off an insurrection. Who are these angry, anti-government, anti-authority, hate-filled, mostly white Caucasian Americans? Why are they so full of fear, paranoia, hatred and resentment? Perhaps it’s because there has always been inequality, government inefficiency and corruption and people get fed up with it. The danger is that the future of our D