Comfort Spiral

Crepuscular Night Ramble 夏威夷檀香山日晚

2012-01-27T00:14:00.053-10:00

A L O H A

Chinatown by Youngblood Brass Band on Grooveshark

" There is only one day left,

always starting over:

it is given to us at dawn

and taken away from us

at dusk. "

Jean-Paul Sartre

“Older people make more use

of higher-order reasoning schemes
that emphasize the need for

multiple perspectives,
allow for compromise,
and recognize the limits

of knowledge.”

Richard E. Nisbett, & Igor Grossmannon
cognitive psychologists,

University of Michigan

" Everything that we see

is a shadow cast

by that

which we

do not

see. "

Martin Luther King Jr

“Whom

but a dusk misfeatured messenger,

No other than the angel

of this life,

Whose care is lest men see

too much

at once.”

Robert Browning


"It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz." - Art Blakey

“这需要一个智能的耳朵听爵士乐。” - 艺术Blakey

"One of the things I like

about jazz,

kid,

is I don't know

what's going to happen next.
Do you?"

Bix Beiderbecke

" Jazz washes away

the dust

of every day life. "

Art Blakey

> < } } ( ° >

I love blogging

like a

Moving Finger:

" The Moving Finger writes;

 and, having writ,
 Moves on:

 nor all your Piety

 nor Wit
 Shall lure it back

to cancel half a Line,
 Nor all your Tears

wash out a Word of it. "

Omar Khayyam

> < } } ( ° >

Walking is where my ideas come from; Snapping pictures I see, bubbling up ideas to sharewith YOU.
Today, I lost the little caseI keep my camera in. It dawned on me:
"This is a part of life,small problems are part of life, and therefore: Quite WONDERFUL !

None of us has a contractguaranteeing usanother day,anotherbreath.So why waste time,and hamperJoyby crying overspilled camera cases?

What makes blogging so great?

Y O U !

Thanks for being my friend.

Warmly, cloudia

My fave Cab Calloway
said what I feel
about this blog party
of ours
pretty well:

"My audience was my life.
What I did
and how I did it,
was all for my audience."

Cab Calloway

Kicking the Gong Around by Cab Calloway on Grooveshark

Leafing Around

2012-01-26T00:17:00.002-10:00

A L O H A !

Leaves, clouds & light

fill the sky

Some Leaves Are

small

But even so,

they have a big presence

when you REALLY look

at them

Some are really big -

bigger than THIS one

even

These guys

INVENTED

the "Still Life"

These "Lungs of the World"

are ALL Heart

I think that they look best

when they hang together

Don't YOU agree?

Thanks for drifting by!

Don't go

without LEAFING us a comment!

Warmly, cloudia

Stupid Sphynx

2012-01-25T00:07:00.010-10:00

A L O H A !

When Im Gone by Phil Ochs on Grooveshark

Kindly CLICK on these photos that long to please You

" Beauty is power;

A smile

is it's sword. "

Charles Reade

" One may smile,

and smile,

and be a villain."

William Shakespeare
Hamlet

" Beauty is a manifestation of

secret natural laws,
which otherwise

would have been hidden from us
forever. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Four legs in the morning?
Three in afternoon?

Please!

We arise

like balloons,

excitedly at first.
Such hurry to leave
the Spring grass
behind.

Middle heights buffet

with gusts

amid reaching, pointed

branches.

But still we rise.
Higher still
we see the whole country

until

the surface

becomes a distant land,

a place of

memories.

To and fro
into and out
of clouds

Still we expand
brittle in new cold
we leak our buoyancy
till

sooner

or later

breath bursts
from it's rubber cocoon

to revel anew

in sky dance

falling

rising. . .

. . . goodbye.

Thank You for looking in

Your visit, Your comment

are most appreciated

Warmly, cloudia

Pause Muse

2012-01-24T00:23:00.000-10:00

A L O H A !

Tales of Brave Ulysses by Cream on Grooveshark

“ I am not absentminded.

It is the presence of mind

that makes me unaware

of everything else. ”

G.K. Chesterton

“ The present moment is filled

with joy and happiness.

If you are attentive,

you will see it. ”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“ Fate is shaped half by expectation,

half by inattention. ”

Amy Tan

What was I saying?

Just another day - O !

Thank YOU for being here.

Or were you?

Comments like 'yes' or 'hello'

cheerfully accepted

by cloudia

Reality Forecast 现实的预测

2012-01-23T00:12:00.011-10:00

A L O H A !

click-a-da-pic-a

All of us could take a lesson

from the weather.
It pays no attention

to criticism.

我们都可以采取一课

从天气。
不理

批评。

In the 60's

people took LSD

to visit the realities

that underlie the

"normal."

Now reality seems TOO changeable

so people take Prozac

to make it feel normal.

在60年代

人们注意到迷幻药

访问的现实

背后

“正常”。

现在的现实似乎过于多变

所以人们采取百忧解

，使其感觉正常。

Still,

somebody's got to clean up . . .

尽管如此，
总得有人的清理。。。

Thanks for looking in

感谢您看

How does YOUr world look today?

Tell us in Comments-

感谢您看

Warmly, cloudia

Excellent News

2012-01-22T17:39:00.001-10:00

A L O H A !

click on this shot!

The local "Coconut Wireless" is abuzz

with the news that developer Peter Savio

has expressed a firm interest

in helping the retiree's living in Koloa Camp

on Kauai to remain in, and to own,

their small "plantation homes."

All depends on the willingness of Grove Farm

to do the right thing.

Stay tuned!

Things seem challenging and dark,

but there are beams of dawn too!

Let's preserve our own light

till the sun rises.

TOGETHER

WILL.

Warmly, cloudia

Baby Brain 宝宝脑部

2012-01-22T00:26:00.031-10:00

A L O H A !

click on the photos

"What we once enjoyed

and deeply loved

we can never lose,

for all that we love deeply

becomes part of us. "

Helen Keller

“我们曾经享有和深爱着我们永远不会失去对所有我们的爱，深深成为我们的一部分。”海伦凯勒

" Expressing anger

is a public form

of littering. "

Williard Gaylin

“表达愤怒

是一个公共的形式

乱抛垃圾。 “

Do click on this one

" The hidden harmony

is better than the obvious. "

Pablo Picasso

隐藏的和谐

较明显要好。

"Happiness will never come

to those who fail

to appreciate

what they already have."

Anonymous

幸福会不会来
考不上的人
欣赏
他们已经什么。

> < } } ( ° >

Brain imaging shows

that infants are bursting

with mental activity.

Everything is new,

absorbing,

and exciting

to them.

Brain imaging shows

MUCH LESS

activity

in the brains of

adults.

For babies,

every day is love in Paris,

for most adults

same old

same old.

Maybe being called

a big baby

is a complement!

Thanks very much for visiting

Your comments make my day-

Warmly, cloudia

The Woo Way

2012-01-21T00:12:00.003-10:00

A L O H A !

Gosh I feel lazy today.

just gazing at the clouds

satisfies my attention

Everything

seems worthy

contemplation

I'm staring,

really

So I'll post these images,

and get back on the sofa.

The Woo Way?

It's actually spelled

'Wu Wei'

roughly meaning:

"doing nothing"

A lovely occupation!

May your weekend be full

of spaces

and rich, satisfying

Nothing

right down to the bones

of your heart.

Warmly, cloudia

Thanks SO much for your dear visit.

Oh leave a comment, do

before melting back into the Web.

Battle for Hawaii

2012-01-20T00:17:00.014-10:00

A L O H A !

Island Style by John Cruz on Grooveshark

Isn't this just the Hawaii you imagine?

This is Hawaii to the workers
who came here in the 19th & 20th Centuries:

The plantation.

They were hardy people from many lands

who found not a paradise

but back breaking work

in hot sun.

Our blog Friend Kay of MUSINGS
is fortunate to have

her mother, a former plantation lady,

still living in the family home here.

They were more than workers,

they lived in the camp:

Japanese camp, Chinese camp,
Filipino Camp.

They worked, lived, ate,
and aged

together.

Their plantation kids

were born, schooled,

and grew up together.

They shared food and stories
and folkways.

The most important thing they did

was to invent modern Hawaii.

Japanese contract workers
arriving at Honolulu Harbor, 1880s

When we moved to Kona on the Big Island (Hawaii)

back in the 1980’s it was a very different place

than it is today.

The old folks still remembered Territorial days,

and many of them had grown up on, and/or worked the sugar plantations.

Obituaries in the daily paper routinely listed

places of birth as Japan or China,

perhaps Hamakua Plantation,

or a tiny Hawaiian fishing village

that was only

a fading place name

that fewer and fewer Kupuna (seniors)

remembered.

I remember getting stuck behind

"slow moving cane trucks"

like the one below.

They represented job security

and a proud way of life

to lots of families.

Lots of ambitious folks moved to town, and started stores

and businesses.

Plantation kids went to university, to Honolulu Town,

to war.

Some went to the legislature,

or launched iconic

Hawaii brands.

Our generation witnessed the passing

of the plantation.

Some of the sugar mills have been

converted to little shopping malls,

office parks and community centers.

There are still little "plantation houses"

but fewer and fewer.

Unfortunately, the few that remain

along with their aging residents

are today in the hands of
Wall Street types.

Plantations were paternalistic,

they discriminated by color
and race,

fought worker rights for YEARS

and all that bad stuff,
but they also cared for the workers
after a fashion, and felt a responsibility

to workers, their families and retirees.
The Plantation doctor was beloved and
NOT rich.

Once these properties got transferred
as part of modern "deals."

They ended up in the hands
of bean counters who know nothing of the

cultural legacy that lies in the path
of their new housing developments.

People
have lived their entire lives in
plantation housing at Koloa Camp (Kauai).

in
the little houses on Camp Road.

From 32 houses,
there are now 8 here
still in use.

Now the residents,
mostly seniors on fixed incomes,
have been given

120-Day eviction notices.

Owner Grove Farm is building homes
in the $260,000 - $485,000 USD range.

Calling themselves a "Kama`aina Company" They
should KNOW better and DO better!

( Kama`aina is powerful word in Hawaii
that means rooted in

the land, people and culture
of this place, these unique islands. )

Grove Farm has rejected suggestions
that they build on more accessible, less
flood-prone land in the parcel,

or wait for the very last
of the Plantation Generation
to pass at home
in dignity.

Catherine Fernandez aged 82,
has raised 5 children here
in her 57 years in her small,

single-walled house.

This is the last living link to a bygone era.
An era when

every man was "Uncle"
every woman "Auntie."

I would say that, like Iolani Palace,
the peaks, valleys and Royal Tombs
of these islands,

Camp Road is where
Hawaii's soul lives.

Like in the film The Descendants,
these were Royal Hawaiian lands

granted by the Ali`i (Chiefs)
with certain understandings attached.

Caring for the land and it's people

was EVER the Kuleana
(responsibility) of chiefs.

Grove Farm
Senior Vice President
Mike Tresler.

is not, incidentally,
living on a senior citizens fixed income,

or related to any of those seniors
he is evicting.

Sorry he has to feel bad.

You can console him at:

Street Address:
3-1850 Kaumualii Highway
Lihue, Hawaii 96766-7069

Phone Number: 808.245.3678
Fax Number: 808.246.9470

The logo below

has appeared on T-shirts

and on trucks:

Dr. King said that Riots are the voice of

the unheard.

No one advocates rioting or gun play;

but more and more of us,

all over the islands,

all over the world,

want our voices

and our values

heard and respected!

Thank You for visiting & listening.

Share your thoughts in "Comments"

Warmly, cloudia

Paved Paradise by Joni Mitchell on Grooveshark

So Fine, Physicist

2012-01-19T00:12:00.000-10:00

A L O H A !

Tri-Color Flag of Dawn

“The dawn is not distant,

nor is the night starless;

love is eternal.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


R I O T !

" Once you really commence

to see things,

then you really commence

to feel things. "

Edward Steichen

So Fine-

Nothing that existed

is ever

un-existed.

Energy Transmits

into Space

Forever.

Our souls entwine-

Frequencies

Align-

So Fine!

Thank You for visiting

YOUr comment is welcome

WARMLY, cloudia

Not Yet

2012-01-18T00:12:00.025-10:00

A L O H A !

"How beautifully leaves grow old.

How full of light

and color

are their last days. "

George Burns

" I honestly think it is better

to be a failure at something you love

than to be a success

at something you hate. "

George Burns

" If you ask

what is the single most important

key to longevity,

I would have to say

it is avoiding worry,

stress and tension.

And if you didn't ask me,

I'd still have to say it. "

George Burns

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My dear it's only lately

I've realized that we two

too soon grow old

together

and poignancies

accrue.

Not so much for myself,

I readied that long ago,

and many women must learn

to live with ungovernable

foe.

But you my king,

my weather, my boy

indestructible

for so long;

To witness your ripening

an entirely new hell-

oh that I could buy

another 20 years by some spell

at your zenith

no matter the cost,

or what it meaneth.

So promise me you'll linger

in the days of your demi-god

flower.

Wait for me

together we'll go down

but later,

to that bower.

Not yet.

Please will our afternoon gold

to linger;

It took so long

to find this perfect

place.

Please kind lord

let me linger

to gaze upon this

face.

Thank You for the gift of your visit

your comments are appreciated

WARMLY, cloudia

Grandma's Hands

2012-01-17T00:05:00.008-10:00

A L O H A !

Grandmas Hands by Bill Withers on Grooveshark

Looking at the keyboard in front of me,

I see my Grandma's

hands

Grandma's mother and father

brought her to America

when she was just a little girl.

They had a small hardware store

where they worked very hard,

just like the people in this picture,

immigrants to America. . .

And so the story goes.


Morning Moon on the Sea

" A dreamer is one

who can only find his way

by moonlight,

and his punishment is

that he sees the dawn

before the rest of the world. "

Oscar Wilde

" Follow your inner moonlight;

don't hide the madness. "

Allen Ginsberg

> < } } ( ° >

I inherited

my grandma's laugh.

It gives me more pleasure

every day

than any amount

of money.

A very practical woman,

it is as if I can hear her,

close,

close as the lessons she taught me:

"NO amount?!

How `bout a

MILLION DOLLARS!

Take the money,

Hon."

Good old practical Grandma

Thank YOU for visiting!

What did your family leave to you?

Tell us in comments

Warmly, cloudia

Honolulu in the Winter

2012-01-16T00:15:00.010-10:00

A L O H A !

Song of Old Hawai`i (Instrumental) by Hawaii Calls on Grooveshark

Leeward Oahu Winter Morning Sky

Lots of you have been showing

pictures of winter, beautiful pictures,

and eloquently describing

what winter means to YOU.

Most folks think that we do not enjoy

seasons

here in the Hawaiian Isles

but we do.

For example, we awoke feeling chilly

the other morning. The coldest morning

of the winter led the a.m. news:

This isn't a joke. I'm not
teasing you.
Sixty F

with dry air, feels "warm"

when you step off the plane
from cooler climes.

But we are used to

moister, more, gentle temps.
So it feels to us
like winter!
We wear our
jackets.

Weather-Guy Paul

is showing us to wear

long sleeves today!

Shooting the TV (With a CAMERA!!!)

isn't the best, but I got this cool image below.

When watching TV, we do not "see"
what our eye registers.

Our brain always processes everything,
so we don't

"see" the lines and transitions
that the camera,

and our eye,

DO register.

It's all a matter of perspective.

Like EVERYTHING in life!

Remember that.

It is why

"Walking a mile in another shoes"

is so humbling and enlightening.

My Grandmother used to say:

"If everyone in the neighborhood

put all their problems on the front porch

we'd all be glad

to go home with

our own."

How right she was!

But let's try to remember,

the brother or sister

wearing uncomfortable shoes,

and what it must be like

to walk in them

every day.

Warmly, cloudia

Thanks for being here-

your comment is appreciated.

Come see all the cool folks there:

B U R S T

2012-01-15T00:13:00.020-10:00

A L O H A !

" In everyone's life, at some time,

our inner fire goes out.

It is then burst into flame

by an encounter

with another human being.

We should all be thankful

for those people who rekindle

the inner spirit. "

Albert Schweitzer

“If the person you are talking to
doesn't appear to be listening,
be patient.
It may simply be
that he has a small piece of
fluff
in his ear.”

Winnie the Pooh

“Don't underestimate the value of

Doing Nothing,
of just going along,
listening to all the things

you can't hear,
and not bothering.”

Winnie the Pooh

My New Scooter TRICK

2012-01-14T00:17:00.049-10:00

A L O H A !

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NEWSFLASH...NEWSFLASH...NEWSFLASH!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!OUR 400th MEMBER HAS JOINED US!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight by All Star Inter-Conference Band on Grooveshark

What a wonderful word:

S A T U R D A Y

" Weekends don't count
unless you spend them
doing something completely
pointless. "

Bill Watterson

Everyone is eager to get out early

while shadows are long.

" When the mind is pure,

joy follows

like a shadow that never

leaves. "

Buddha

There is much to see

around Honolulu this time of year!

“ Each age has deemed
the new born year,
the fittest time
for festal cheer ”

Walter Scott

And now, without further delay:

My New 2 Wheel Trick !

Thank you for looking in!

Hope you enjoyed.

Come leave your "shout"

in comments
Thanks to ALL our members
and if you are not one
consider joining US-

Warmly, cloudia

Fairy Wisdom

2012-01-13T00:15:00.002-10:00

A L O H A !

A Fairy's Love Song (Harp Solo) by Harp Music Collective on Grooveshark

click on these clouds, eh?

As a young girl,

Mona had been left orphaned

and unprotected.

She moved sadly

through her days.

One day, on a lonely walk through a meadow,

she saw a butterfly struggling to release itself

from a thorn bush.

Mona carefully released the butterfly

from its captivity.

Her freeing touch

caused the butterfly to change
immediately

into a beautiful fairy !

"In return for your kindness,"

the good fairy said,

"I will grant you any wish."

Mona thought for a moment

and said softly,

"I want to be happy!"

The fairy leaned forward,

whispered into the girl’s ear,

and flew off.

Mona developed into a beautiful woman.

She had left the sadness of her childhood

in the field where she had met and aided the fairy.

After that, Mona’s years were marked

by serene happiness.

Mona lived a long life

nicely balanced

with friends & solitude.

Eventually, of course,

she grew to be old.

As the end of her life drew near,

friends and admirers came

to comfort her, and to say good-bye

to this remarkable woman.

Mona’s last gift to her friends

was the real story

of her encounter with the fairy.

She shared with them the words

the fairy had whispered in her ear.

As Mona spoke, her eyes shone

with the joys of a lifetime
enriched by the treasure

contained in the fairy’s message:

"Everyone,

no matter how secure they seem,

no matter how old

or young,

rich or poor,

has need of you. "

Courtesy of author Jay Rifenbary

No Excuse!

With thanks to my Wonderful Blog Friend: Quay Po

who first shared the story with me.

Thank YOU for sharing yourself

with us here today.

Comment? Oh Yes! Please Do!

Warmly, cloudia

STARS: You & Me

2012-01-12T00:19:00.058-10:00

A L O H A !

Everybody Is A Star by Sly And The Family Stone on Grooveshark

" All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

And then the whining school-boy,

with his satchel. . ."

"JAQUES "

Shakespeare
As You Like It, 1600

"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially;

"it's a almighty element.
There's wonders in the deep,

my pretty. "

Charles Dickens

It's hard to remember

back to this state of mind,

but I used to wake up
with a jolt

and wonder:
' WHAT is going wrong
today!?! '

EVERYTHING seemed a burden,

worried me,

and added to my general

hopelessness.

Strangely, it was hanging around with

bikers,

specifically my friend Rat,

that hipped me to the fact

that maintenance is part of

life - not an emergency-

and CERTAINLY NOT

a judgement from on High

Hanging around in the garage,

having good greasy fun

(some of it legal and printable)

changing my own oil,

and feeling tools in my hand-

well it was pretty exotic stuff

to this child of a family that

straight out bickered

at every little thing
that came up.

A flat tire,
or needed oil change

is NOT somebodies

fault!

Who knew?

So this week,

A few little, em,

life-problems

have popped up.

Gosh, I'm SO over
panicking!

Long story short,

I kept my cool,

paused BEFORE acting,

and SHOOTS, if the scary problems

didn't just get worked out beautifully!

So THAT's what it means:

A coward dies a thousand deaths

(every day!)

The brave die only once.

It seems to me now,

that prevention, maintenance,

nagging repetitive tasks,

unexpected complications,

unforeseen problems,

are all merely the Plot Points

and Minor Characters

in OUR movie/film.

WE are the stars!

It is HOW we play the role of

our-self,
dealing with

these Minor Characters,

all this "Stage Business"

of life,

that determines if the film

is a comedy, tragedy,

or farce;

Whether it turns out to be

up lifting,
or troubling.

Because

we are not just the protagonist,
we are TRUE Auteur's:

We are each the Director,

as we are Lead Star
too !

So I'm done

letting: minor characters,

or plot-points,

steal my

close-ups.

Aloha,
pleased to meet you!

I'm Cloudia,

problem solver,

true Auteur,

S T A R !

Thank you SO much
for coming to my theater today;

Step up out of the audience,

onto the "Comments" stage

and tell us something about

YOU,

about YOUr week

WARMLY, cloudia

Red Was

2012-01-11T00:26:00.002-10:00

A L O H A !

" Red was East, the color of the Sacred Fire, blood,and success. "

Cherokee Nation

Building has a Bindi

" Red is one of the strongest colors,

it's blood, it has a power

with the eye.

I use red in all of my paintings. "

Keith Haring

Neolithic hunters considered red

to be the most important color

endowed with divine life-giving powers-

Cave painters too

ascribed magic powers

to the color red-

Some cultures believe that red

has protective powers against evil influence.

Try waving these feathers about!

“Rooster today,

feather duster tomorrow”

Russian Proverb

" Red

is the ultimate cure

for sadness. "

Bill Blass

Truly a Baton Rouge

" Love

and a red rose

can't be

hid. "

@}-;-'--

Thomas Holcroft

> < } } ( ° >

Thank You
for kindly visiting
Warmly, cloudia

Reeling in the Years

2012-01-10T00:11:00.016-10:00

A L O H A !

Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan on Grooveshark

Pokai Bay, Oahu

" My favourite thing

is to go

where I've never been. "

Diane Arbus

Has it really been a DECADE since I've walked in New York?!

" There is nothing

like returning to a place

that remains unchanged

to find the ways

in which you yourself

have altered. "

Nelson Mandela

"Santa? Hello?"

"A house without either a cat

or a dog

is the house of a scoundrel."

Portuguese Proverb


What do you mean dog OR Cat?!

" A cat is more intelligent

than people believe,

and can be taught

any crime. "

Mark Twain

=^.^=

Kate Middleton

is turning

30.

I'd like to

feel & look

30-

But

would I actually go back

to that age?

What is that they say?

" If I knew then

what I know

now!"

*Sigh*

There is also an old

Pennsylvania Dutch saying,

“ Too soon old,

too late smart. ”

Just between us;

it is certainly true
of me.

George Bernard Shaw said

" Youth is wasted

on the young."

But I don't think that's true.

Youth has it's joys, tasks &
challenges;

We mature people

have very different

ones.

So no,

I would not like to forget

the little wisdom

that I have acquired;

Nor the people

and experiences

that I have enjoyed
and endured

since age

30.

Elizabeth Taylor said:

" It is strange
that the years teach us patience;

that the shorter our time,

the greater our capacity for waiting. "

It takes courage to realize

that our time here,

(our loved ones' too)

has an expiration date.

If you could begin
again,

but had to leave the life
you know

and built

would you

Thank YOU for visiting!

Warmly, cloudia

Lens of Love

2012-01-09T09:25:00.105-10:00

A L O H A !

" In all things of nature

there is something of the marvelous. "

Aristotle

" I knew, of course,

that trees and plants had roots,

stems, bark, branches and foliage

that reached up toward the light.

But I was coming to realize

that the real magician

was light itself. "

Edward Steichen

" If your actions inspire others

to dream more,

learn more,

do more

and become more,

you are a leader. "

John Quincy Adams

> < } } ( ° >

Lens of Love?

No,
not talking about
Beer Goggles!

What you see,

and who you see,

truly depends

on the lenses

that you are looking

through.

Charles Dickens wrote of Christmas

that it helps us to regard

"those below us

as fellow passengers

to death."

That has stayed with me in recent weeks
(ignoring 'those below us' as
historic anachronism)

Are others objects

that you must maneuver around,

or are they ultimately

the purpose of the trip?

Thank YOU
for joining us here
for part of your journey
today.

Warmly, cloudia

frondescence:

2012-01-08T04:30:00.002-10:00

leafage; foliage

A L O H A !

" We are each of us angels

with only one wing,
and we can only fly

by embracing one another. "

Lucretius

" I would rather be a superb meteor,

every atom of me

in magnificent glow,

than a sleepy

and permanent planet. "

Jack London

received six hundred rejection slips

before he sold his first story.

" Darn the wheel of the world!

Why must it continually turn over?

Where is the reverse gear? "

Jack London

> < } } ( ° >

Elton John

played Honolulu

last night.

Lion Dancers

pranced

in Chinatown.

But my greatest hits

and good luck wishes

all revolve

around home.

Thank YOU for looking in today-

so NICE to see you

No Ticket,

or firecrackers

required.

But your comment

is received

as a

gift!

Warmly, cloudia

Resolution Solution

2012-01-07T01:21:00.004-10:00

A L O H A !

Come Saturday Morning by The Sandpipers on Grooveshark

Click on these shots!

" ...And great cloud-continents

of sunset-seas. "

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

" Nobody got where they are

today

by living for

tomorrow. "

Tom Wilson

Life is a voyage.
Victor Hugo

" Voyage upon life's sea,

To yourself be true,

And, whatever your lot may be,

Paddle your own canoe. "

Sarah Bolton

" The greatest wealth

is to live content

with little,

for there is never want

where the mind is satisfied. "

Lucretius

All signs

point

to YOU

having
a lovely weekend!

Regardless of the moods
of others around,

cherish your secret joy.

You are entitled
to it.

If they are succeptible

they will share it with you
in some way;

if they are in a darker

place,

they will feel your passing
by

as a healing breeze.

Don't shoulder their pain

in misguided compassion,

but hold your love

and they may

in some small way

move towards it.

You love-bearer!

Thanks for bringing some
HERE

Warmly, cloudia

Special Visitors

2012-01-06T01:32:00.023-10:00

A L O H A !

It is the season

to see humpback whales

in our Hawaiian waters.

They migrate here from Alaska

between September and May

to calve, feed, and relax.

Some claim that they

like the local acoustics

for singing !

We expect to see them

breaching offshore,

so yesterday

was a little wild.

Chris Kojima was working

at Pier 30 in Honolulu Harbor

(Thursday morning)

aboard the Young Brothers tug

Manuokekai

when two humpback whales

suddenly surfaced right

alongside!

I got blasted a couple times

by the spray coming of their nostrils,"

he told HawaiiNewsNow

William Winn,

the captain of the fishing boat,

Ocean Pearl,

told KITV that the whales

followed his boat

into the harbor this morning

all the way to Pier 38.

"Yeah, for some reason they liked the boat.

They just hung with us for like, seven days.

They never left our side,"

said Winn.

"It was neat to have some company out there.

We've been out for almost 20 days,

so it was nice to have something to look at

other than my crew,"

said Winn with a laugh.

The mother & adorable calf

were seen in the harbor

in the company of two or four

adult humpbacks.

shortly after 7 a.m.

"- whales aren't typically in harbors.

The reason why they're there is unknown,"

said Eric Roberts,

U.S. Coast Guard Marine Mammal

Response Coordinator,

in typically colorless

science/military-speak.

State Department of Transportation’s

Harbors Division spokesman

Dan Meisenzahl

recalled seeing whales in the harbor

around 1996.

"Out of 21 years I've been here,

this is the first time I've seen whales

in this far,"

said Kaipo Pomaikai,

Sause Brothers (tug boats)

assistant port captain.

The Coast Guard

which received the report

around 7:45 a.m

dispatched a 45-foot response boat

to establish a 100-yard

safety zone around the animals

The rare visitors

completed their celebrity appearance

and left the harbor on their own by 1:45 p.m.

Presumably after saying "Aloha"

to their friend Captain Winn.

Further ashore, it was just another day

" Don't forget to show hospitality

to strangers,

for some who have done this

have entertained angels

without realizing it! "

Hebrews 13:2


" What's a whale? "

Your visits here

mean a lot to me,

so I really try to share

images and ideas

that are worthy

of your time.

Like many of us,

I'm on a post-holiday

mental "blank - out"

So I'm especially appreciative

of these visiting cetations

for giving me a

whale of a story!

Please visit "Comments Cove"

Warmly, cloudia

Sky Eye

2012-01-05T00:57:00.009-10:00

A L O H A !

" I thank you God

for this most amazing day. . . "

~e.e. cummings

What a comely eye glances down,

with pursed lips of cloud?

" Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. "

Jack Kerouac

" Imagination is the eye of the soul. "

Joseph Joubert

Don't see the sky eye?
Look again at this enhanced shot:

“ May the alert

and the watchful divinities

guard thee- ”

Atharva Veda

So lucky we live Hawaii.

For one thing,

right after the holidays

we recuperate. . .

. . .

in Hawaii !

Yes, we have been swathed

in volcanic haze (VOG)

from the big Island's eruption

for a few days

making us sleepy, sneezy

and stupid:

But the Trade Winds are filling back in,

bringing the best weather

on the planet.

(Hey! it's not MY fault!)

Here's your free sample:

No,

we do not settle in

for a long

dark

COLD

winter.

*Snicker*

I mean:

SORRY!

All over Honolulu Town

folks are preparing for

Chinese/Japanese New Year!

There will be rice pounded

into mochi,

Taiko drums,

dancing lions

and fire crackers.

So please keep posting

about YOUR weather.

Otherwise

how will I know

what I am missing?

I especially enjoy pictures of

thick snow,

frozen water,

and your well-written discriptions

of JUST how cold

it is-

elsewhere.

Can you really see your breath?!

Your visit is most appreciated !

Please join us in comments,

& PLEASE

don't boycott me

for spite

Fondly, NOT at all gloating, cloudia