Throughout the 18-year history of this blog site, I've posted various series, or episodes, of interesting facets about my life.  For example, TRANSITIONS: On 13May2014, Part 1--Overview and Early Youth 14May2014, Part 2--Kindergarten    13July2014, THE FINAL TRANSITION : Part 15B--Who Believes in God and the Afterlife? More recently, I've begun two more, and they confuse even me:  MY LIFE and MY FAMILY.  They are so closely related, that I thought it would be useful for me to indicate the difference. Way back in May, I started a series on MY LIFE.  The 15th episode was posted on September 5.  These will continue. MY LIFE: Part 3i--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: Part 3h--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: PART 3g Pearl's Ashes--Machu Picchu MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--Mount Kilimanjaro MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--The Taj Mahal MY LIFE: Part 3F: Gratitude....Not Grief MY LIFE: Part 3e Pearl's Ashes MY LIFE: Part 3d MY LIFE: ...

The crucial, existential question of the day for Hawaii is.....DID HURRICANE NOLO MAKE THAT EXPECTED 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING? Well, the local Star Advertiser early this morning did not say yes. Hurricane Nolo was parked south of South Point this morning with its outer bands of rain continuing to hit parts of Hawaii island but forecasters expect it to start moving west soon, avoiding a direct landfall. As of 5 a.m., Nolo was a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was stationary, centered 145 miles south of South Point and 345 miles south-southeast of Honolulu, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Nolo is a relatively compact cyclone with hurricane-force winds of 74 mph or more extending up to 45 miles from the center and tropical storm-force winds of 39 mph or more extending up to 140 miles. So we will not know for sure until later this morning.  Here is the expected path of the eye. According to Google AI:...