Many thanks to those of you who have already donated to help sponsor Margaret in the Seattle 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk this July. We’d love to hear from the rest of you. Margaret still needs about seven hundred dollars to reach her goal. A wonderful donation from my employer, Fungi Perfecti, was a great shot in the arm today, but more is needed. If any of you can help, please do so.

You can pledge online here. If you would like to read her journal from the last 3 Day in which she participated, it can be found on this very site.

Mahalo Nui Loa to all of you for your kokua!

Uncle Andrew

Just now the phone rang. I picked it up and said, “Hello?” and a woman, her voice speakerphone-distant, replied, “Yes, is this Alaska?”

Before I could recover and say anything at all, she said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong number.” and hung up.

“Is this Alaska”; the airline? The state? The dessert? The mind reels.

What I wouldn’t give to have another shot at that conversation. I’d tell her, “Sorry, no, this is the Republic of Samoa. Care for a coconut?”