Back Streets Back Roads

A  L  O  H  A !

A Nice Summer Day to Wander

" I live on a one-way street
 that's also a dead end. 
I'm not sure how I got there.  "

Steven Wright

So many wonders to see!

"You need to let

 the little things

 that would ordinarily

 bore you 

suddenly 

thrill you.” 

Andy Warhol

Just riding past- what's happening HERE?

“There are no

 ordinary moments. 

There is always 

something 

going on.” 

 Peaceful Warrior

Wait! Look at the trousers. Could it be?!

" It always amazes me 

to think

 that every house 

on every street 

is full of so many stories; 

so many triumphs 

and tragedies, 

and all we see 

are yards and driveways.  "

Glenn Close

YES!  Lion Dancers at Practice!

" Great works 

are often born

 on a street corner 

or in a restaurant's

 revolving door.  "

Albert Camus

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Isn't Summer just the time for wandering?

After daily routines of school for months

the child in each of us awakes to

June light and realizes: Freedom!

I like the back streets,

 the carriage ways, back alleys

and lanes- 

 of which Honolulu has many.

One of the things I learned from Dad:

The main routes - are not the ONLY way.

Civilians knew the main roads,

but we knew the shortcuts, sights,

and logic

of going just one block over.

On my scooter

I still prefer our leafy residential streets

most laid in the 20th Century

of which this small island city

is a singular museum.

There is a picture of the President

on a visit home after his grandma "Toot"

had passed,

walking alone (for the moment)

down my fave little Young St

(I guess his too)

a block from where he grew up

in her home. 

Are YOU wandering this Summer,

in your town?

Region?

Country?

Continent?

World?

Can't WAIT

to see your pictures,

and hear YOUR stories;

but as for me,

I'll be ambling around

Honolulu Town

on my little scooter.

Toot!   Toot!

Thank YOU for stopping

                              Warmly, cloudia