Temple Closed

The Temple is closed for two weeks for its semi-annual cleaning, the lawn is also being scalped and thinned out.  The Temple missionaries are doing day trips, they don't usually go anywhere on Mondays but are taking advantage of this break.

There is an apartment building slowly rising across the street from the Temple, it will be very tall, 21 stories I think.  It will also block some of our view to the Caribbean Sea.  Progress.

We have been having very frequent disruptions of our internet. I rely on it very much for my work, receiving Emails from the islands, looking up medical histories, and looking up information on line. Just another joy of life in a generally inefficient country.  I am undeniably biased toward a capitalist, democratic form of government where the people can vote the bums out if they don't perform. I don't think Americans from the US would stand for contaminated water, electricity for 8-10 hours a day, etc.  I also acknowledge that we have our faults, sometimes I wonder if we, as a whole, can be trusted to live under a Constitution that gives us so many rights.  Many don't seem to be up to the associated responsibilities.