Lovely Rainy Day in Honolulu

With a laconic forecast for the next several days of "Heavy Rain."  Talking with friends in Spokane last week, and having a good long chat with Phil 30 kilometers south of Cologne yesterday,  keeps me current with the world of Northern Temperate 

winter weather that I've 

taken refuge from here in the Land of Endless Summer--Still, I relish these long bouts of  rainy Tropical Intemperance, as refreshing in their way as a keening wind and the dry whisper of snow against the windowpane, while a Yule-tide fire crackles on the hearth.