Cloud 8

A l o h a !

"Above the cloud with its shadow

 is the star with its light.

 Above all things reverence thyself." 

Pythagoras 

Do you see the diving eagle?

"Why is Cloud 9 so amazing?
 What is wrong with Cloud 8?" 

Mitch Hedberg 

courtesy US Air Force







                                                                                                          courtesy Harley Davidson

Why am I showing you this nondescript shot? 

 And what is that black spot at the upper left?

It's a bird in flight captured!

"If I could tell the story in words,

 I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."

 Lewis Hine

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"Hawaiians did not fear

or cringe before

or hate

the power & destructiveness

of Mauna Loa (Volcano).

Instead, they measured their

personal dignity

and powers

in terms of this Mother mountain's

majesty and drama,

naming their land

(the Big Island district of)

Ka`u  'the breast.'

They loved Pele

 (the volcano goddess who they

called "Tutu" - grandmother)

endured her furies

and celebrated

the drama of creation

in their lives,

in their songs,

and in sacred Hula

dramatizing 

'the Woman of the Pit.'

Pele's family

(of which they were a part)

was embodied in clouds,

thunder,

and lightning

in the verdure of the forest."

Kawena Pukui,

who is largely responsible

for the preservation of the Hawaiian tongue,

folkways, chants, and culture.

the KUMU ('Source')

It seems that we too live among volcanoes

called "economy" "climate change"

"rapid social-economic change."

Frankly, I can get overwhelmed!

It is good to look to the people

of the past,

and to the lessons

they have left us.

Thank you for drifting by today, my Friend!

How do YOU cope?       Comment?  cloudia