Home again, home again

Kennedy Anne with her abuela

We're back home - and back on line - after a little time off the island. Elaine went back to Michigan to spend a little time with Kennedy and for a baby shower for one of her best friends from grad school. I followed last week so we could perform at at kite festival in Milwaukee.

We had a great time. It was wonderful seeing so many of the friends we miss. And performing was a lot of fun. Unless you've done it, it's difficult to explain the feeling of team kite flying. There is a thrill and a joy it that I've never felt the same way anywhere else. Even though we only get to fly with our teammate Paul twice a year (he lives in Milwaukee so practice time is nil), We nailed several of our performance routines. I guess the euphoric feeling is lot like feeling from doing a great job at anything. But it is so awesome to share that with teammates. And it's just plain fun.

We revived an old performance piece this weekend. We have some - I guess you could call them vintage - kites that look like tropical fish and sharks. I used the Beatles "Octopus's Garden" and edited in music from the movie Jaws, that threatening low-bass theme and some other stuff. It starts out with the tropical fish swimming happily around and then the sharks chase them for a while but in the end everybody gets along happily ever after. It's a fun routine and a real crowd- pleaser.

So now we're back home in paradise and back to the "everyday" of getting ready to re-open Ola Lola's Friday. And of course there's lots of e-mail and blog catching up to do. More to come.