Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Listen To Louis

ALOHA!

Welcome to Year's End
in

Golden
W A I K I K I




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"My whole life has been happiness,
I love everybody."

Louis Armstrong

Honolulu's Chinatown
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"Chinatown is one of the coolest, most interesting places in urban Oahu.
Sure it's gritty, but that's part of it's charm.
Where else can you choose from a rainbow of perfumed shampoos
that sit on a shelf above raw goat meat and a whole pig's head?
It's not a manicured, controlled, master-planned community.

It has all the noise, smells and energy of an open market."
Lee Cataluna



Do you suppose that entire truck is FULL of chocolate??!!



"I began to recognize what I had considered Pops' (Louis Armstrong) grinning in the face of racism as his absolute refusal to let anything, even anger about racism, steal the joy from his life."
Dizzie Gillespie

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Is the loss of yearning something to be mourned?
Or was it just the glorification of anxiety?


Even so - if that be the case -
I turned my unease
into a quest for
MORE
experience, knowledge,
and life.



Each new beginning of my life
has been preceded by
existential dissatisfaction
leading to a change,
to chance,
akin to a rebirth.


So is it OK,
or a cosmic sell-out,
to say:
"This must be the place,"
To feel content
or am I losing my edge,
my SELF?


The world
(I am discovering)
operates by rules
very different
from those I grew up with.


Perhaps I needn't be
on guard
quite so much.


I do believe
I will dare to choose
feel good
over
fear.


I made this decision
when I realized that
animals usually look pretty
relaxed.


And when the moment
of
Leap & Pounce
is announced
I will do so in an
instant!



Then
return to grooming
and staring
into
Space...


ALOHA, my Year-End Friends!
cloudia


24 comments:

  1. Aloha, Cloudia! And I wish you a very happy New Year!

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  2. Happy New Year Cloudia. And you can send that truck this way!
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  3. I hear you loud and clear twin. Yet i would like to be content on the mountain top but I perceive there is yet another taller one to step up and onto.

    All these years and the only concrete lesson I've learned is to not piss into the wind but rather with it; then follow the trail.

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  4. Hi Cloudia!
    Blogtrotter has reached the January 2009 trips! Not bad; just one year delay... ;)
    Enjoy and enter 2010 in great shape! Wish you all the best for the New Year!!!

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  5. "instant male enhancement" made me laugh
    if only a click would do it!! ;)

    love the brick building

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  6. I like your cat-like philosophy. Oh and perhaps the instant male enhancement would best be saved for a photo of Viagra Falls. ;)

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  7. Now that's a toast! Love the comparison to animals. Yes!

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  8. I always kind of wanted to be a cat myself.

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  9. "Instant male enhancement" LOL. The first of many great lines in this excellent post. Loved the thoughts, Cloudia.

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  10. aloha, Cloudia, stay as happy as you are. dream of the snow, if you must, but it's not all it's cracked up to be. Not here, anyway.

    Happy New Year and Aloha!

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  11. A truck FULL of chocolate? I like the idea. :)

    I wish you all the best in 2010!

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  12. This has GOT to be one of your most beautiful posts, (among many), that Armstrong quote blew me away. As I read your words I looked at my dogs sleeping faces, I think all their dreams are pleasant. Happy New Year my dear.

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  13. It was only a couple of days ago that i found Chocolate with Red Pepper - what an amazing combination and to be honest, taste as well.
    'Fighting back' with love is probably the best one could do, also throughout the new year.
    All the very best for you all while changing into 2010.
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  14. Cloudia! "Click on photos for instant male enhancement"? You crack me up!

    Does the chocolate truck produce instant female entrancement?

    I love the meditation on animal nature. I stare into speace exceedingly well. ;-)

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  15. What a term, male enhancement hahaha.

    As always, lovely photos with interesting quotes to ponder and lovely thoughts.

    Happy New Year my friend. All the best to you and to your family for the coming years.

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  16. You are really opening up, sugar pie. May you have the wonderful-est possible year in 2010. Thank you for your kind words of support this past year.

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  17. Staring into space is good, too. Aloha and a happy 2010 to you and yours.

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  18. HAPPY NEW YEAR CLOUDIA.
    Today I am a year-end friend and tomorrow a year-beginning one.
    I wish you the best for 2010.
    ALOHA COULIA !

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  19. Happy New Year Cloudia!
    Aloha from sunny Cairo! :)

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  20. Happy New Year to Cloudia and Paradise!
    Amongst piles of snow, I'm off to work and will spend New Year's Eve with several men....that's what we do at the VA hospital....your photo has more "male enhancement" though. Cheers, DrumMajor

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  21. OK
    It took "Male Enhancement" to get you lot to notice my daily "click on photos" gambit. It's been DIFFERENT every day for months!
    I love you guys!
    Thanks for the smiles and dear wishes.

    Fondly, me

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  22. Yes, your endless variety of Click on is amazing.
    I love everything about this post.

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