Back to where I left for Maui on February 25 to celebrate mine and Meg’s birthdays .

Meg greeted me at the curb at OGG with a lei. and we headed to her and Ari’s beautiful home in Kihei. I was impressed with the repurposing of a slipper for use as a car cell phone holder.

Their home has a 320º view of the island. Look out this way from the terrace and you can see the morning sun hit Molokini.

This was my room :

Still, on PST time at first, I woke up to this charming alarm clock at my window.

While waiting for everyone else to wake up, I went up and had coffee, worked on the NY Times crossword — which, amazingly, I was able to print out In Ari’s office from my local, hometown newspaper. I always re-read a bit of Mark Twain and James Michener when I visit the islands.

Pretty soon, some very fresh eggs were delivered. Here Meg is looking down at her flock of chickens.

I am one of those very unique people who does not really love Hawaii. But I do love Meg, so I went primarily to spend special time with her. And I did. We are happy just being together and talking or reading or watching a documentary. Or eating! She is an excellent cook and we also enjoyed eating some delicious food out.

She did have some special things planned for us to do too. Wait for tomorrow’s episode.