Sunday, March 15, 2026

Gold Hearts Good Hearts

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

This is precisely the time

when artists go to work.

There is no time for despair,

no place for self-pity,

no need for silence,

no room for fear.

We speak, we write,

we do language.

That is how

civilizations heal.

  Toni Morrison






I'd rather have 
a heart of gold
Than all the treasure 
of the world.
 Ana Claudia Antunes 




As long as the hearts of
decent people are still beating,
hope lives. Put your hand
on your chest right now
and be reminded:
hatred hasn’t won.
John Pavlovitz










From sorrow's soil
Joy can grow
Secret garden
No one knows.

Let's plant our dreams
In this troubled ground,
Raising laughter's
Healing sound.
      Cloudia Charters


ঠঠঠঠঠঠঠঠঠঠঠঠ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

পপপপপপপপপপ

Linking To

Monday Murals

Sumo Wrestlers Surfing With Origami Cranes
(Click on photo to enlarge)

I believe we will survive these difficult days, the same way we survived the 50s and McCarthyism. At some point in the not-too-distant future, we will clean up the mess made by our current overlords and go forward with a deeper appreciation of both our assets and our defects. In hindsight, we will see that we were subjected to a decade of insanity for a reason. And that reason is so we could evolve. So that we could become better. 

Chuck Lorre

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Mountain Path

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

If it seems a childish 
thing to do, do it 
in remembrance that 
you are a child.
Frederick Buechner








Our way is not soft grass; 
it’s a mountain path 
with lots of rocks. But 
it goes upwards, forward, 
toward the sun.
Ruth Westheimer




Let the darkest times
reveal the brightest you!
 Somya Kedia






Breathe, and let the Quiet mend you.
The stars hum prayers you forgot you knew.
Roots drink light Beneath the soil, Surviving richly
free of toil.
Breathe and let The silence mend you. Relax and let the
spirit befriend you. Cloudia Charters

ᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻᙻ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie



Linking To

Saturday Critters



After the rain,
the sun will reappear.
There is life.
After the pain, 
The joy will still be here.
     Walt Disney



Friday, March 13, 2026

The Kind Of People They Are

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

Walk on a rainbow trail; 
walk on a trail of song, 
and all about you 
will be beauty.
 There is a way out 
of every dark mist, 
over a rainbow trail. 
    Robert Motherwell




They lean into the day, hands sure, laughter easy, a choreography of knowing
what must be done.

Something ordinary
is whole again.

The ground beneath us
is held together
by such teamwork,
quiet, continuous,
mostly unseen.
Cloudia & Pixie




I’m learning that my life
 is mine to create on my own, 
and that it will never compare
 to someone else’s‚—
and that’s the beauty of it. 
   Andrea Davis









A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us. Brian Jacques

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie



 Linking To 



Some people
strengthen the society just by being the
kind of people
they are.
John W. Gardner

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Only Thing

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu
A happy person is not 
a person in a certain set 
of circumstances, but 
rather a person with a 
certain set of attitudes.
                 Hugh Downs


To have the stars above, 
the land to your left and 
the sea to your right and 
to realize of a sudden that 
in your heart, life has 
accomplished its final 
miracle: it has become 
a fairy tale.
          Nikos Kazantzakis, 
                                        Zorba the Greek


Love is the only thing 
that can touch our soul 
and change our heart.
            Lailah Gifty Akita



 When 'I' 

is replaced with

 'We', 

even 'Illness'

 becomes 'Wellness'. " 

                                     Malcolm X.


ꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯꪯ


Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia





Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Fair Dawn

 A L O H A  From


H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U



The sky is an 
infinite movie to me. 
I never get tired 
of looking at 
what's happening 
up there. 
    K. D. Lang




The sun after the rain 
is much more beautiful than
the sun before the rain.
Mehmet Murat ildan



Dawn after bad weather 
carries a different light — 
one that feels washed clean, 
In the sky and in my soul.
Such mornings remind us
that endurance has beauty.
Peace is not an
absence of storms but
the quiet that follows at last.
Cloudia Charters




No amount of regret 
changes the past.
No amount of anxiety
changes the future.
But any amount of gratitude
changes the present.
Marc & Angel Chernoff

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Love You,
Pixie and Cloudia

💙💛

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Waikiki Night

  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Waikiki Night


Green lights sing 
In Waikiki
Curled around 
the palm trees

Mopeds buzz
 like fireflies,
 laughter bouncing 
off hotel glass

Surfboards sleep, 
salt-dreaming on 
lanai above,

Shop signs blink 
open–open–open,
as if the night 
itself is for sale.

 steel guitar riffing
 lime-bright chords 
all over the sidewalk,
Be sure to 
leave a dollar.

 Moving through it 
for decades
my heart keeps time 
with the crosswalk’s 
flashing "Walk".

The surf nearby
conspirator,
holds the 
moonlight close,

Every wave whispers: 
stay, stay, stay,
the night is not 
finished with me yet.
 Cloudia Charters



Your smile bows to mine,

The night bows to us both.

In this small shared light,

Worries fall like dying leaves,

Namaste.



Yellow-fronted Canary 
(Crithagra mozambica), 
a species established in Hawaii. 



You can fly away, In the sky away You more lucky than me. Yellow Bird, Jamaican Traditional





A bird came tapping 
on the sill,
The morning air 
was soft and still.
But kitty dreamed 
in curled-up grace,
Sunlight painting 
her whiskered face.

We gave the bird 
a sip to stay,
It sang, then 
quickly flew away—
And kitty, stretching, 
gave a sigh,
Never knowing 
it fluttered by!


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Love You
Cloudia & Pixie

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White Tern preening
But time growing old
teaches all things. 
Aeschylus