LifeStyle Shock

A L O H A !

Our New View

" Home is a name,

a word,

it is a strong one; 

stronger than magician ever spoke,

or spirit ever answered to,

in the strongest conjuration.  "

Charles Dickens

Ala Moana Beach Park

" The light is what guides you home,

the warmth is what keeps you there.  "

Ellie Rodriguez

The Ala Wai Canal

" We shape our buildings;

thereafter they shape us.  "

Winston Churchill

S P A C E !

" Peace - 

that was the other name for home. "

Kathleen Norris

" There is nothing like staying at home

for real comfort. "

Jane Austen

This will take some getting used to.

" Where thou art - that - is Home.  "

Emily Dickinson

 

View from my bed

" Tis distance lends enchantment

to the view, 

and robes the mountain 

in its azure hue.  "

Thomas Campbell  

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We are in lifestyle shock.

WE have spent 2 nights in the new apt.

It is like waking

from the 20 year dream

of the boat.

That cramped hot place

 was an adventure

for quite a while.

I am remembering

what conveniences

are.

Miss Kitty

is adjusting better

than anyone has the right

to expect from a cat:

"Boat? What boat?"

First she seemed suspicious,

then appraising,

now appreciating;

This is where the love,

and food (!)

are.

I can lie in my bed

watch the sky,

the mountains,

the habitations of people:

my beloved

Island of Oahu.

Dear Honolulu.

I watch evening come to the land,

and remember

like a previous life

what it was like

to live upon those

mountains.

Then I look to the sea,

the sunset,

and thank my lucky stars

as they arise!

Thanks for stopping by.

Your encouragement

and kitty advice

is much appreciated.

         Warmly, cloudia

I am remembering who I was

before we went to sea.

 

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room.  ~Harriet Beecher Stowe