Dreamland

A   L   O   H   A  !

 " The comfort of 

having a friend

 may be taken away,

 but not that 

of having had 

one. "

    Seneca
   

 "  I realize that

 humor

 isn't for everyone.
 It's only for people

 who want to

 have fun,
enjoy life, 

and feel 

alive. "

Anne Wilson Schaef

" Up anchor! Up anchor!

Set sail and away!
The ventures of dreamland
Are thine for a day. "

Silas Weir Mitchell
    Dreamland,

 In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 

10th ed. (1919).

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Your kind visit

 adds an irreplaceable

 element 

to my day: 

YOU!  

                      Thanks pal, cloudia

INDONESIA- Position Among the Stars

Selamat Pagi

   means Aloha in

 Indonesia!

 

Note: All photos are my own, shot

here in Hawaii. Click to enlarge.

According to

 the National Geographic Society:

" Indonesia

 is a vast equatorial archipelago

 of 17,000 islands

 extending 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles)

 east to west, 

between the Indian

 and Pacific Oceans 

in Southeast Asia. "

The modern nation

was born

in 1945

with independence

from the Netherlands.

Due to the posts

of my wonderful

Indonesian 

blogger friends,

my interest

is growing.

 I am learning

that Indonesia

is a sort of 

Super Hawaii:

We are a small state,

 but Indonesia is

the world's fourth 

most populous nation!

Like Hawaii people,

 Indonesians are joined

 by the sea

 living on neighbor islands.

Oahu, 

our 'gathering place' 

has fewer than 

1 million inhabitants.

Java 

can claim around 130 million!

that's some 60 percent

 of the country's population.

It helps that the island Java 

is approximately the size 

of New York State!

 Sumatra, the other 'big island' 

is much larger even than Java.

But fewer than

 a third of Indonesians

 live there.

As in Hawaii,

 outer areas of the archipelago

 sometimes feel

 misunderstood

and mismanaged

by a government

all the way over 

 on  Java

(or Honolulu),

  The Moluccas. 

The island of Bali,

 Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), 

Sulawesi, 

and the Indonesian part of

 New Guinea 

(known as Papua or Irian Jaya)

are also

INDONESIA.

We Hawaii people 

are used to ethnic

and cultural diversity,

but we are relatively

 homogenous

 when you consider 

Indonesia's

 more than 580 languages 

and dialects!

 Thirteen of those,

 boast more than

 one million speakers.

Today I saw

an absorbing film:

"Position Among the Stars"

filmed with a real

Indonesian family.

The very human stories

of family, aging,

making a living,

coming of age,

living with momentous

change,

all in a setting

so very different

yet so familiar

quite touched my

heart.

I highly recomend

that you view the film

if you can.

Currently

it is running

 on HBO.

A 'Trailer' for the film

is below.

Here are a few Indonesian [Malay] words

 that we use in English everyday:

Ketchup,

Bamboo

Mango

Cockatoo 

 Orangutan

Sarong

and our friend

Gecko.

 

Thanks for visiting!
                 Warmly, cloudia 

Prophet YOU

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Whatever we expect 

with confidence 

becomes our own 

self-fulfilling

 prophecy.  "

Brian Tracy

" I say

 'Expect the best 

and even better 

will happen.' "

Rima Fakih

" I have no

 idols.

 I admire 

work, 

dedication

 and competence.  "

Ayrton Senna

  =^..^=  

What do YOU prophesy?

 - we all do it:

What we say, 

what we expect

of someone,

how we behave

 around them;

all based on our 

expectations.

So what do YOU

prophesy?

By this time 

it is no secret

that the best athletes

train their bodies

AND their minds.

Sports Psychologists

make a good living

telling athletes

to practice

 in the mind,

to visualize,

over and over again

JUST what they want

to happen.

Brain imaging proves

that the mind believes it

true

when we really 

 visualize it.

What we expect

shapes our world

and influences those

closest to us.

What do we expect of 

them?

Do they feel

positive expectations

from us?

Are we armored

against ANOTHER

disappointment?

Does our heart

expand with joy

when we hear

their key 

in the door?

Believe it 

to achieve it.

Sometimes I tell

my [blog invisible] husband:

" When we get up to

 dance

at your 100th birthday

 celebration

everybody

is going to applaud-

so be ready. "

He doesn't even

protest

that I'm silly 

anymore.

Instead,

we dance

with eyes

half closed.

We can feel 

the love

of all our friends

and neighbors.

It's gonna be GREAT!

What do YOU

prophesy?

'Take Peace - Leave Your Comment'

 
Thanks for visiting!
                      Warmly, cloudia

Recalibrate Eyes

A   L   O   H   A  !

  Romantic 

 " Call for the grandest 

of all earthly spectacles, 

what is that?

 It is the sun 

going to his 

rest.  "

Thomas de Quincey

 Goya

 Pointillist

 On the Sun

Drowned Eyes

**************IMPORTANT*****************************

! Recalibrate Your Optics 

Via Image Below

Before Driving

or Returning

 to Work !

Ah! Good old Normal!

Thanks for having fun with us here.

Your comment is Valued-

                    Warmly, cloudia

Cloud Literacy

A   L   O   H   A  !

Click on the clouds & optical effects below:

Crepuscular Rays

- an Optical Effect -

 shining up from

 Cumulus clouds.

The ones 

shining down

from the

 Stratocumulus

are called

 'Jacob's Ladder

Crepuscular times of day 

are  around dawn and dusk.

When boundaries of

light and dark

 are emphasized.

Crepuscular comes from the Latin 

 "crepusculum" - 'Twilight.'

" And we are put on Earth 

a little space,

 that we may learn 

to bear the beams 

of love."

 William Blake

 Radiatus 

 a  Notable Cloud species

Above:

 the jet-stream Cirrus

variety.

Perspective makes these

parallel filaments,

driven by high winds,

appear to  yearn

towards convergence

in the distance. 

 " You must not blame me

 if I do talk

 to the clouds. "

Thoreau.

 Hawaii Rainbow-

Optical Effect of 

the refraction of light

through water droplets,

blown over Waikiki.

Notice the Primary Bow,

and the fainter 

"Secondary Bow."

A darker band:

"Alexander's Dark Band"

between them,

is not obvious

in my picture;

Sorry. 

Clouds

are a locus of wonder.

Light Wind Water

collaborate.

They teach us

many lessons

if we spend time

with them.

My wish for you

today:

“ Be thou the rainbow 

 in the storms of life. 

The evening beam 

that smiles the clouds

 away, 

and tints tomorrow 

with prophetic

 ray .” 

Shine in comments!

              Warmly, cloudia

 Lord Byron

Our Place

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Photos are click-able

" Love

 is what's in the room

 with you

 at Christmas

 if you stop 

opening presents 

and listen."

Bobby 

 age 7

 " There is that

 indescribable freshness
 and unconsciousness
about an illiterate person
 that humbles

 and mocks
the power of the
 noblest expressive
 genius.  "

Walt Whitman

My Friend:

I want YOU

to open YOUr

 own wings

and take off -

Not pump you up

with words

and throw you

off a cliff.

Whatever beauty

you find here

wouldn't bloom

without

the inner truth

YOU bring!  

  =^..^=  

" The best is one

who calls others

to their best.
 And those who

 heed the call

 are also blessed. "
Hesiod

Thank YOU

for sharing

Yourself

in our little

space-

-Within

the Comfort Spiral -

                     Warmly, Cloudia

Be a 'Saturday Kid' for 3 Minutes

A L O H A !

 When we look back

at how,

and who,

we used to be

perspective shifts,

changes

with the years.

 " I always knew

 looking back 

on my tears

 would bring me

 laughter, 

but I never knew

 looking back on my

 laughter

 would make me cry.  "

Cat Stevens

The kids are Hawaii kids

but the moments

are changeless,

eternal-

Thanks for rejuvenating here today!

leave us a 'shout' in comments

                                            Warmly, cloudia