Postcard from Iowa to Hawaii, regarding your 4.9 quake — the land remains steady here.

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Dear James Beaufait,

I received your card. Wow, I’d love living there. The earth being so alive — destroying and creating seems to put our lives in perspective. Don’t you find living so close to the earth brings out our kindness and respect for life and each other?

Pele resides 12 miles from our little jungle cabin by the…