Jono’s parents have left us, and the rain, for Hawaii. Oh, Hawaii - such a distant memory already. Sun, warmth, ocean, wildness, volcanoes, beauty, tackiness, Americana tourism, spam and fake fingernails… We managed to squeeze in a Canadian-style Thanksgiving dinner (with Bar, Brian and Heather) before they left us. Marilyn even made her own cranberry sauce with fresh cranberries!. As always, I was sad when Marilyn and Richard left. I don’t like people leaving. Our friend Damo who was here for a couple of months left the day after Jono’s parents as well to compound it all, so now its just Jono and me and the rain. Rain rain rain. If only we could divert some of it over to Australia. On the note of leaving though, I do a lot of leaving myself, so it
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