Hawaii Calling

A   L   O   H   A  !

This curb in Downtown Honolulu on King St was cut from

 the reefs offshore. You can see tiny holes in it. 

(Click to Enlarge) It may well date back

 to Territorial Days, or even further.

" I had to dance topless 

for two years to make cash . . .

 But it was very enlightening. . . 

 I'm talking about

 light from the gutter. "

Susan Powter 

“We are all in the gutter,

 but some of us

 are looking at

 the stars.”

 Oscar Wilde

" Memory... is 

the diary that 

we all carry 

about with us. "

Oscar Wilde 

When Hawaii became the 50th US State

I was in elementary school

 (just barely).

Hawaii called out to me. 

Everything about her

enchanted me. I learned

 a few words of Hawaiian

from the National Geographic.

The islands were a long LONG away

from the snows of Philadelphia.

Sometimes I went with my Dad

driving around the City while he

conducted his business.

Arthur Godfrey's radio show

 was often on the radio,

(he was HUGE then)

with his ukulele's and trademark:

"How Ah Ya, How Ah Ya, How Ah Ya"

Which I heard as "How are You"

and also "Hawaii.."

I think that's what he meant

cause he broadcast from

 Honolulu sometimes.

There was one song I heard on his show

that is forever associated in my soul

with sunny leafy

 Philadelphia childhood 

days in the old Ford 

with my young father.

I had forgotten about that song

but it was not lost forever.

When I moved to Hawaii

I heard the song again!

It is called Kalamaula. Have a Listen-

=^..^=

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                            Warmly, cloudia

Here is uncle Arthur singing a Hawaiian classic 

about a little shack in Kealakekua Hawaii.

Our first Hawaii home WAS a little coffee shack in KEALAKEKUA!!!!!!