Live Long and Prosper

“I’m touched by the idea 

that when we do things 

that are useful and helpful - 

collecting these shards 

of spirituality -

 that we may be 

helping to bring about 

a healing.” 

                 Leonard Nimoy

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Thank YOU,

"Mr. Spock"

YOUR Default Settings

A  L  O  H  A    from   Honolulu!

" Nothing is 

ever the same

 as they

 said it was. "

                     Diane Arbus

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth visiting Hawaii

" There are people 

who live their whole lives 

on the default settings, 

never realizing 

you can customize. "

                       Robert Brault

" To be ignorant 

of what occurred

before you were born

 is to remain 

always a child.” 

             Marcus Tullius Cicero

 Amphibious Assault Ship 

USS Makin Island (LHD 8)

Visited Hawaii recently. 

I thought it was

a historic vessel. 

But she's just well used

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 Delivered to the U.S. Navy  

16 April 2009  

Commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi  

26 June 2009 

U.S. Coast Guard

The sea is 

a singular neighbor

bringing good, bad,

all things - anything.

Beautiful, ugly,

roaring, whispering.

The sea, 

our neighbor

barely notices us;

Yet never fails

to charm.

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" I could never stay 

long enough on the shore;

 the tang of the untainted, 

fresh, and free sea air 

was like a cool, 

quieting thought. "

                 Helen Keller

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Thank You, Captain

for sheltering here

a while!

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