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"If you want to build a ship,

don't drum up people to collect wood

and don't assign them tasks. . .

but rather teach them

to long for the endless

immensity of the

sea."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Forgiveness means

giving up all hope

for a better

past."

Lily Tomlin

"May the spirit of our ancestors

(Na ka `uhane a na kupuna)

keep us together,

(e ho`okupa ia kakou)

steadfast & unified always,

each with the other.

Watch over our children,

guide our sons & daughters,

hold close our elderly.

May the winds of Aloha,

truth & righteousness

be ever present in our hearts,

and minds,

and extend over the seas

to touch other shores.

Until we meet again

we remain loyal to our homeland

bound together by Aloha."

Edith Kanaka`ole

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It was a dark and stormy night-

wait, isn't night ALWAYS dark?

The wind was high

playing a symphony of squeak

and clatter

with the rigging

and anything not tied down.

Rain blew sideways,

as the front swept in from

Kauai and the west.

Churning, groaning, dancing,

the boat was an unquiet mare.

I lay awake inside her dark hold,

then checked all the places

where rain comes in-

but all was snug,

and sealed.

This morning,

trees were down,

a lane of the Pali Highway

was closed;

& the lights were out

at Castle Hospital.

A few schools were even closed!

(Hawaiian Snow Day?)

A visiting celebrity on the Morning TV Show,

here to promote something or other,

spoke of the tortured palm trees

dancing outside his hotel window.

Must be nice to have a window,

and watch the weather

through it-

- on this boat

we are not only part of the scenery,

but one with the 

wind, waves,

and weather.

As our Trade-winds fill back in

from the North East

all the slapping, clapping

waves

have decided to behave again.

The palms are grazing quietly.

And the boat is still as I write this.

It is my head that is swimming

with yesterday, today,

& tomorrow

(Better listen to Lily)

But it is Friday,

and there are blogs to visit,

groceries to buy.

Just another day in paradise,

Hooray!

Thanks for stopping by today.

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