Parade From the Inside

A   L   O   H   A  !
  Listen while you look!

"Everyone loves a parade."

That's what "They" say,

and they just may be right.

From babes in arms,

to those in their second childhood,

something draws us in

to this ancient procession

with it's roots

in community, ritual,

religion and war.

I rode in the 

Honolulu Pride Parade

this weekend.

These are the shots I took

from inside the parade

looking out:

 Kimono 

were once common on the 

streets of Old Honolulu. 

Now one occasionally sees ladies 

thus attired going to

serve tea in high end places,

or to a cultural event. 

But these gentlemen,

Japanese visitors I believe,

are a rare sight!

Ooo, I like her palazzo pants and hair cut!

He's fashionable too.

" One must either

 take an interest in 

the human situation 

or else parade

 before the void. "

Jean Rostand 

" I'm still passionately interested

 in what my fellow humans 

are up to. 

For me, a 

day spent monitoring 

the passing parade 

is a day well-spent. "

Garry Trudeau 

" If you're not

 in the parade,

 you watch the parade. 

That's life. "

Mike Ditka 

 Poise

“"A girl should be two things: 

classy and fabulous."

~ Coco Chanel 

 "Language is the apparel 

in which your thoughts 

parade before the public. 

Never clothe them 

in vulgar 

or shoddy attire.”

 George Crane 

 Awesome smiles.

I was in some of the earliest

"Gay Rights" Parades,

before "Pride"

or the Rainbow Flag.

We didn't see

many smiles back then,

mostly discomfort,

confusion,

or anger.

There were often

counter-demonstrators

with hateful signs.

Families with children

just touched my heart

so much!

" Marching in the 

gay pride Parade 

is less exciting 

now that my parents 

support my 

sexual orientation. "

Unknown 

This child can be herself:

left handed, right handed,

Gay or Straight

without family drama.

What was all the

PAIN

and family destruction

of the past

(and lingering present)

FOR?!

 Some people

like Chocolate,

others prefer

Vanilla.

Some. . . 

well, never mind.

" The distinction between 

children and adults, 

while probably useful 

for some purposes, 

is at bottom 

a specious one,

 I feel.

 There are only 

individual egos, 

crazy for love.  "

 Niccolo Machiavelli 

 Beautiful People

“Everything 

that irritates us 

about others 

can lead us to 

an understanding 

of ourselves.”

 C.G. Jung

 Look! It's Dianne!

"Cloudia!!!!"

" What is straight? 

A line can be straight, 

or a street, 

but the human heart, 

oh, no,

 it's curved like a

 road through mountains. "

 Tennessee Williams

 Happy Gay Pride Everyone

" It's a good thing

 to be foolishly gay 

once in a while. "

Horace 

"Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 

known in the English-speaking world 

as Horace, was the leading 

Roman lyric poet 

during the time of Augustus." Wikipedia

Born: December 8, 65 BC, 

And we end as we began,

with a flag bearer

" Who told you 

you're allowed 

to rain on 

my parade? "

Bob Merrill 

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