Oh For The Gate

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

When the hornet 

hangs in the hollyhock,

And the brown bee 

drones in the rose,

And the west is a red-streaked 

four-o'clock,

And summer is near its close,

It's, Oh!, For the gate, 

and the locust lane;

And dusk, and dew, 

and home again!

  Madison Cawein

 Remember that everyone

you meet is afraid of

something, loves something

and has lost something. H. Jackson Brown

If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph. Bruce Gilden

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

Gratitude is not only

the greatest of virtues, but

the parent of all others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Grow It Underfoot

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Jonathan L. Huie

Crown Flower, Pua Kalaunu

If you find it in your heart

to care for somebody else, 

you will have succeeded. 

Maya Angelou 

The foolish seek happiness

in the distance;

the wise grows it

underfoot.

James Openheim

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Still It Holds

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

What you leave behind

is not what is engraved

in stone monuments, but

what is woven into

the lives of others.

Pericles

Polynesian woven pouch

The pouch is not large.

Its weave has loosened

where the years 

have pulled.

Still, it holds.

Weave beautifully

your small thread in

the grand tapestry.

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If there are angels on Earth, they are animals.

TC Charters

Candle of Comfort

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

The natural world is the 
larger sacred community 
to which we belong 
Thomas Berry 

 Female or immature Common Merganser
 (Mergus merganser, Goosander)

Sometimes 

a good joke
 is a bad idea. 
Howard Dicus 

Make me a candle
of comfort in this world.
Make me burn
with peace.
   John Roedel

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Five fingers. Five toes. Five ways to

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Pixie

Field of Play

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Angels descending, 
bring from above, 
echoes of mercy, 
whispers of love.
       Fanny J. Crosby

Little minds are tamed
and subdued by
misfortune; but
great minds
rise above them.
Washington Irving

Field of Play
by Cloudia Charters

A small child
in a big field—
so much grass,
so much sky,
so much room
to be alive.

She runs
without knowing
where running goes.
Stopping
to meet a bug,
a cloud,
a flower.
Each one
a whole world
of wonders.

I remember being small
before I knew
the names of things.
I hope the world
is gentle with her.
I hope she keeps
the way of seeing:
that life is wide,
wonder is enough,
and play
is how we learn
to belong.

Kindness is a power 
we all have. 
We just have to 
decide to use it. 
      Mo Rocca

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Philosophy begins
in wonder.
Plato

Strength And A Grace

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

The number 1 predictor 

of a long Life is

the number of positive 

social connections

you have.

 Wendy Suzuki, PhD

People with stronger 

social relationships 

have a 50% stronger 

chance of survival

across every age, sex, 

and health status.

   Holt-Lunstad, Smith

and Layton.

Perhaps the secret 
of living well is not in 
having all the answers 
but in pursuing 
unanswerable questions 
in good company.
  Rachel Naomi Remen

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Pixie & Cloudia

"Large Ohia Lehua Pattern on Blue" 

 by the design studio HNLdesigns

The lehua is the first tree

that springs up from a

recent lava flow.

It’s for that reason,

when we speak in Hawaiian

and we speak of people who are

 skilled, strong, and beloved,

they’re often referred to as

pua lehua, or lehua flowers.

They, like the lehua, have a

kind of resilience, a strength and

 a grace about them.

   Kalena Silva

 Professor of Hawaiian History

 University of Hawai‘i Hilo

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