A l o h a !
Just another beach day here in Waikiki. . .
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"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."
"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."Sidney J. Harris
“The very pink of perfection.”
Oliver Goldsmith
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." Buckminster Fuller
My weekend of Woodstock Flash-Backing has left me tired, and dehydrated. And where did this mud between my toes come from?
Much like that original journey back to normalcy afterwards, it may take me some time cruising the back roads, scenic overlooks, and detours of my memory to return to the Here & Now.
August has reached it's roller coaster peak, and from this suspended moment of pause I gasp as I look at the tiny Autumn below that soon will be rushing towards me.
Where did the Summer go?
Hurry up and RELAX everybody!
I just want to throw my hands up and scream my release as the ride of life plunges me into the vertiginous dive and curves and tilts of the Immediate Future.
Here it comes!
Try screaming with me:
AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We used to say: "The revolution will NOT be televised." We were sure the old order was passing away, but the process is taking much longer than expected.
The talking heads on cable TV may be yammering on, but I don't hear them. The culture wars can roll on without me for a while.
Shhh! I'm AWOL from responsibility!
I'm just gonna lay on the beach and celebrate a Selfish Summer Monday. I suggest you do the same even if your beach is a sofa, a pile of magazines, or purely imaginary. Feel free to insert yourself into any of the pictures here at da Spiral.
Join me? A L O H A!
I suppose whoever first commented the revolution won't be televised wasn't anticipating a twenty-four hour cable news cycle...!! Enjoy your laid back Monday, my cloud sistah.
ReplyDeletei very much relate to this post. fall is facing me dead on! eek! this post was a nice little vacay before the panic sets in HA!
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ReplyDeleteGil Scott Heron of the Black Poets Collective of the 1960's
The revolution will no be televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.
There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.
Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be right back
after a message about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
I'm right there with you in spirit. I would love to be on the beach in Waikiki but if I close my eyes on my sofa here I can imagine and put myself right there ;) Another wonderful post Cloudia, Aloha!
ReplyDelete"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."
ReplyDeleteSidney J. Harris
- Well said.
We're back to Ko'Olina today for another day at the beach. Tif is hoping KC will get used to the sand and ocean eventually.
ReplyDeleteI would scream with you but my aching back doesnt appreciate any sudden moves .. aloha!
ReplyDeleteOf all the things I've learned how to do relaxing is definitely one of them. Every single day. I do agree that this summer has been speeding by. Have fun in paradise.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific day. :)
HURRY UP AND RELAX! I love it. That's what I did last weekend. And it's great advice.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere I read that every seventh wave is the biggest one, on the first picture it seems as if it is coming.
ReplyDeleteFor more than two years now haven't seen nearly any TV at all - and it feels so good...
Wishing you a good time at the beach, many seventh waves to dive in and a nice second half of this month.
I love this post, especially about hurrying up to relax and relaxing when you don't have time for it. that sums up my day today. But I am breathing deeply and thinking of sun, surf, and sand (on a sailboat with you in Hawaii). It helps a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe revolution will no be televised
ReplyDeleteYou will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip
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So glad you had such a relaxing day! I will be headed for the beach, soon, myself, on the Atlantic. Am keeping an eye on the hurricane that's brewing out there, though. Aloha!
ReplyDeleteYou GO girl! We're probably both with you, in spirit, as we're both about to return to work after varying lengths of hiatus. <:\
ReplyDeleteWe got a very nice and hot weather this week-end. I could to relax me on my little swimming-pool terrace.
ReplyDeleteWater is very good at this time because my CHéri repaired the solAr heating.
ALOHA CLOUDIA !
Now that Toronto has had a good dose of hot and humid I'm ready for the cooler days of autumn.
ReplyDeleteI'm relaxin' as fast as I can. Aloha Cloudia.
ReplyDeleteI think I blinked and missed summer! :0
ReplyDeleteAutumn is definitely on its way, but we have NOT had any summer yet here in the cloudy and damp UK. It's just not fair that some people have beautiful weather all the year round. I protest.
ReplyDeleteWhat revolution - it never happened and never will.
We are all stuffed full with televised celebrity culture, meaningless papp and bread-and-circus bromides.
Cheers.
Deb G: Aloha, Sis.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sea Laura!
Walking Man: You give me chills with your mind!
Thank You Dear Denise!
Namaste, HoBo.
Kay: Can't wait to see the pictures at your blog ;-)
Daryl!!!!!!!
You too my dear Sandeee ;-]
Eliz: You rock, Sistah.
Robert: Thanks for yor thoughtful visit.
Nihau, Teresa ;-]
Namaste Prashant.
Marguerite Cheri: Wishing you the weather-best sistah!!
Lana: Hope you're both feeling GREAT!
Claude: Tres Bon!!
Barbara: I envy your lovely Fall!
Tricia: ;-] xoxox
Ake: You've been having some fun!!
Friko: Brad & Circus bromides: very good ;-]
Aloha!!!
I'm AWOL from responsibility. And laughing at how those who know what AWOL means are of a certain age. A good age. Loved your pix.
ReplyDeleteGo you!
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