SORRY, MY SUNDAY BLOG WAS COMPLETED IN TIME.  BUT I FORGOT TO CLICK THE POST BUTTON.  TO READ IT, CLICK ON THIS . I've now lived at 15 Craigside, a retirement community, for a little more than a decade.  Fifteen years ago I saw this building coming up on land adjacent to 2101 Craigside, an un-related condominium.  Both structures are on the Mauka ( mountain or northside )-Diamond Head ( eastside ) corner of Nuuanu Avenue and Judd Street, land previously the campus of Iolani High School.  They moved to their present Ala Wai site in 1953. I had moved into my Craigside condo in 1982, returning from three years working in the U.S. Senate.  Above, typical sunset, double rainbow and day view from our penthouse second floor.  My wife had passed away around that time when 15 Craigside was clearing land.   They opened in March of 2011 .  To the right my first Craigside, and below, how it towers over 15 Craigside.  I had no particular interest in moving out of my penthouse overlooking all of

First, some   not so good news about our two stranded astronauts on the International Space Station , and worse for Boeing.  NASA decided not to use the Boeing Starliner, and instead, send it home unmanned, to make room for the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home.  But this cannot occur until February.  Thus, an 8-day mission will end up taking 8 months, if all goes well. Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World ,  by Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole.  You might have heard it before, for this medley has now been #1 on the World Digital Songs chart, the longest top hit on any of the Billboard charts.  That melodic background comes from a ukulele. Maybe it's because I'm from Hawaii, but I've always been fond of ukulele music.  If I could re-do my life, I would learn how to play one and bring a ukulele off to college.  I do own one now, but it once belonged to my wife, who passed away 15 years ago.  It has to be repa