Friday, June 8, 2012

Back Streets Back Roads

A  L  O  H  A !
Backstreet Girl by The Rolling Stones on Grooveshark


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