Thursday, March 31, 2016
Common Marvels
A L O H A !
"Life stands before me
like an eternal spring with
new and brilliant clothes."
Carl Friedrich Gauss
“A common person marvels
at uncommon things.
A wise person marvels
at the commonplace.”
Confucius
"With the coming of
Spring, I am calm again."
Gustav Mahler
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cloudia
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Spring Birds on Wednesday
A L O H A !
"Behold, my friends,
the spring is come;
the earth has gladly
received the embraces
of the sun, and
we shall soon see the
results of their love!"
Sitting Bull
"The secret of health is
not to mourn the past
or worry about the future,
but to live in the
present moment wisely."
Zen Proverb
" Spring is nature's way
of saying, 'Let's party!' "
Robin Williams
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Wishing YOU
the BEST!
cloudia
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
California Gleaming
A L O H A !
My Birds are blooming! [California]
"Give fools their gold,
and knaves their power;
let fortune's bubbles rise and fall;
who sows a field,
or trains a flower, or plants a tree,
is more than all."
John Greenleaf Whittier
Spring Skies Marin County
“All journeys have
secret destinations
of which the traveler
is unaware.”
Martin Buber
secret destinations
of which the traveler
is unaware.”
Martin Buber
Novato CA [Olompali Mt]
"Olompali was a high status residence and
permanent hub of the MIWOK community.
The Olompali community or tribelet once
comprised 25 square miles of territory,
and supported a number of
permanent and semi-permanent
villages within this territory."
This area was the most heavily populated
by First Nations [Coast Miwok]
north of the Rio Grande.
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And so I learn a
new history,
new names, new
places.
Glad you came along
for the ride!
Warmly, cloudia
Monday, March 28, 2016
Sing Spring
A L O H A !
Sun Roof California Oak Tree
"Beauty is
whatever gives joy."
whatever gives joy."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
'Love is like a little old woman
and a little old man
who are still friends even after
they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
"I am the daughter
of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores
of the ocean and shores;
I change, but
I cannot die...."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Cloud
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Friend!
cloudia
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Through a Fog Nicely
A L O H A !
“Under the thinning fog
the surf curled and creamed,
almost without sound, like
a thought trying to form
itself on the edge
of consciousness.”
Raymond Chandler
Frosty Window Morning
" Life is found
in the dance between
your deepest desires
and your
greatest fears."
Tony Robbins
"The foregoing generations
beheld God and nature face
to face; we, through their eyes.
Why should not we also
enjoy an original relation to the
universe? Why should not we have
a revelation to us, and
not the history of theirs?"
Emerson
Oh we DO if we Dare-
Thank YOU
Friend!
For Drifting By-
cloudia
Saturday, March 26, 2016
When You Move
A L O H A !
Every Critter Enjoys a Bit of Sun
"No road is long
with good company."
Turkish Proverb
DUCK!
"If you want to study
ducks and to learn all
that is possible to know
about ducks, then you
had better love ducks."
Abraham Maslow
Or People...
Pride Survivor
"To fly up to the sky
and watch the
earth is beautiful;
to fly down to the
earth and watch the sky
is even more beautiful!"
Mehmet Murat ildan
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When you move
from a longtime home,
you realize how much
your identity and well being
consist of the people, places
and memories of your home area.
Everything 'back home' is deeply
detailed. With the internet, you
can read the home news,
watch the traffic, and talk
to your same friends all day
every day.
Your 'new home' by contrast
seems barren, unknown,
and possibly inhabited by
your worst fears, chief
among them: isolation.
You are at the end of your
story that you know,
consoled only by what
brought you here
to this desert of everything
needful and familiar.
Look, as humans we know
that leaving the Earth
would be fatal to us;
but changing locations
ON the Earth?
No one told us we
would need a support
system for THAT too!
Slowly where you are
becomes more real.
The 'old place' recedes
to memories and stories.
Your dreams become less
anxious and upturned.
A necessary sense of mastery
returns as you drive lost
in thought, attentive to the
traffic, without the stress and
doubt of finding somewhere
strange.
It's not all that strange
anymore.
So that's where I am.
Springlike days beguile.
Routines, BLESSED
routines sprout up.
Vigilance can wane.
Lost in a jelling thing
called 'home.'
Thank You
for being 'home folk'
Fondly, cloudia
Friday, March 25, 2016
Introvert's Treasure
A L O H A !
"Friends will not only
live in harmony,
but in melody."
Thoreau
" It was one of those
March days when
the sun shines hot and
the wind blows cold:
when it is summer
in the light, and
winter in the shade. "
Dickens
“Introverts treasure the
close relationships they
have stretched so
much to make.”
Adam S. McHugh
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Thank You
Friend!
cloudia
Thursday, March 24, 2016
With In
A L O H A !
"You have no need
to travel anywhere-
journey within yourself.
Enter a mine of rubies
and bathe in the splendor
of your own light."
RUMI
"March is a tomboy
with tousled hair, a
mischievous smile, mud
on her shoes and
a laugh in her voice."
Hal Borland
" Real flowers may
wilt away but
fake flowers
have never lived."
Anonymous
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Promises
A L O H A !
"Show respect to
all people, but
grovel to none."
Tecumseh
"No one really
has a bad life. Not
even a bad day.
Just bad moments."
Regina Brett
There are
tiny promises everywhere,
even hiding in the grass -
IF You look!
Fondly, cloudia
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
No Hurry
A L O H A !
"I am still learning."
Michelangelo,
at age 87
"It's taken me all my life
to learn what not to play."
Dizzy Gillespie
"Our attitude toward life
determines life's
attitude towards us."
Earl Nightingale
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Friend!
cloudia