December 6, 2020: approaching the island

Waterborne, under cloud

Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, December 1, 2020. The other islands visible are, from left to right, long low Molokai with Lanai rising behind it, and (low on the horizon to the right of the cloud and about 100 miles distant) Maui, with its 10,000-foot volcano, Haleakala. Click to enlarge.

Just out of sight to the right, the Sirens

November 28, 2020: songs for the Decameron

In Honolulu’s Koko Head District Park, among silent cattle egrets, the members of a barbershop quartet rehearse under social-distancing conditions. Notice the yellow barrier tape around the playground equipment, but notice also the gregarious word “Barbershop” on the orange shirt. The mountain isn’t Koko Head but the nearby Koko Crater.