Monday, August 23, 2010

The 200

ALOHA TO YOU!

Welcome



All the visitors
seemed to be enjoying Waikiki this weekend. . .




"I want to express my feelings,

not illustrate them."

Jackson Pollock




If you like more solitude,
you can learn how to
Windsurf. . .



"Our lives

teach us who we are."

Salman Rushdie





But as I ALWAYS say,

we are so much more than a beach. . .







It's BON Season.

Time to dance with the ancestors again. . .







Looks like the Soto Mission is going off this weekend.






Had to go back Saturday night and enjoy it!


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What a burst of happiness this morning
when I saw that the 200th person,
heck! that Two Hundred and TWO
Dears
have joined this blog!

MAHALO NUI

Means a BIG THANK YOU!


When I was little,
my brother and I had a cheap little reel-to-reel tape recorder.

We used to record a play "radio show" on it.

My little brother didn't like the fact that it was MY show
and that he was my side kick.

But I was older and had a bigger mouth.

The idea of actually having a real audience
was a kids pipe dream back then.

Back then, even parents didn't pretend to be interested
in their kids' activities
beyond saying stuff like:
"Turn that off!"


When I was a little older
a neighbor boy had a tiny pirate radio station in his basement
and we used to broadcast in a one block radius
fearing
that the FCC trucks would roll up on us
and take us to federal prison.


Later, I got to play around in college and public radio.


Then THIS, this blog thing!


Warhol said that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.


And today I really do "broadcast" to the world!


I'm no Arianna Huffington

but 2o2 of you have joined!

A bunch more look in daily!

And just as exciting,

I have met YOU,

lots of other FAMOUS people

in far flung places.

You share your world

better than any mass media could

and together we are building the future,

you, me, and all those cool folks in my blog roll

(please visit them).


Thank you.

Thank you for letting me in your club,

our club.


You are more appreciated

than you probably realize.


Yeah...


YOU!



"Happiness itself does not stay -

only moments of happiness do."

- Spanish Proverb

28 comments:

Unknown said...

The Buddha With the Red Bonnet. I love it!

Also really like the Pollock quote. It's so simple but it helps to remind me to look at what he does more closely.

Betty Manousos said...

I made my way to a blog that I relly love.
Thanks for another inspiring post, Cloudia!
Great quotes/photos too!

Have a great week ahead!
ALOHA!!
Big hugs
Betty

Betty Manousos said...

Oops! I meant to say ..really instead of relly. Arg!!

Cloudia said...

LOL! Thanks

Charles Gramlich said...

I fear I'm not much of a fan of Pollock. He could draw an chose not to.

Jenn Jilks said...

Sure would love to visit you. I'm sure we'd have a lot of fun. Pretty busy here, entertaining grandkids, moving...
aloha, friend

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on your 202, but you already know that more than 202 read your blog.

David Cranmer said...

Very nice.

Teresa said...

Congratulations, Cloudia. Your blog is usually one of the bright spots of my day.

Carol said...

Yah-hoo! What an accomplishment! I'm proud to have 28. I have been lurking more than commenting lately but please know that I love your posts and feel close to you and Daryl and Mental Mama although I don't know how you know each other. I'm pretty sure that I got to their blogs through you, many thanks.

SandyCarlson said...

Arianna who? ha, ha, ha. I hang with the quality right here in Hawaii.

Loved the post.

magiceye said...

it has been a pleasure!

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!!

Anonymous said...

Concratulations upon the achievement being you.

daily athens

Kay said...

We went to the Soto Mission Obon for the first time in 36 years last year. We were married there in 1973. I loved seeing your photo. It brought back memories.

Marguerite said...

Congrats cher! Very inspirational post! Cheers!

Kavita Saharia said...

May many more join this wonderful blog...blogger is a fun place to be because of people like you.Hugs Cloudia :):)Aloha !

louisebah said...

Aloha Cloudia!! I love the beach picture! omgosh!!! How are you? Are your test results out? Wish you all the best. hugs and have a great rest of the week!!

Anonymous said...

Cloudia,
Merci for your comments.I enjoy you Blog....its a happy,sunny place to visit.
Buddha would approve I'm sure.
Pollock would approve also.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.
Jackson Pollock

Akelamalu said...

Oh great photos, as always, Cloudia. :)

Dave King said...

I'm not sure about the Salman Rushdie quote. I don't think they do - always.

Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. said...

Congratulations Cloudia. I'm glad to be a part of your club/audience!

Junosmom said...

Congratulations, Cloudia!

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

You go girl!!
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BLOGitse said...

This is a great club!
Aloha from Casablanca and Bilbao, Spain!

Pietro Brosio said...

What a beautiful post, Cloudia! The nice images are joyful and interesting, and also the quotes.
Happy Tuesday!

SandyCarlson said...

So love your blog!

Cloudia said...

Thanks!

Kay was MARRIED at the Soto Mission, cool eh?!

My MRI shows a messed up back, but it is feeling lots better and the doc will help me to stay that way...

A said...

i always love stopping by for a look into your life half way around the world :)