Memories, Musings, Flying & Film

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When young, my father 

was an usher

in a movie palace like this. 

Then a projectionist in the 

WWII US Army Air Corps. 

Old movies were something

we shared. He had an 

encyclopedic knowledge 

of Hollywood film!

History, 

especially of the 20th Century,

is a fascination of mine.

Well, I spent so much 

time there!

JFK roared by me while

campaigning for president. 

(I was only a wee thing!)

 I debated with James Michener 

to my mothers humiliation, 

 

and I once tried to joke 

with Bob Hope on the 

street in Philadelphia. 

He wasn't having it,

 and the gorgeous blonde 

with him looked bored. 

I saw Nureyev leap 

and hang in the air, 

and I remember hearing 

on the radio that the last 

(US) Civil War widow had died. 

Of course, I saw John Glenn 

leave the earth, 

Humans walk on the moon, 

I attended Woodstock, 

spoke with Timothy Leary,

 

and saw the first trans-oceanic

 

broadcast on Telstar.

                         Link

Aviation is another 

fascination of mine.

So I was beyond eager 

to see 

"Across The Pacific"

about Juan Tripp and 

the earliest days of

commercial aviation 

overseas.

                         Link

Here We  Go!

Nobody who has not 

been up in the sky 

on a glorious morning 

can possibly imagine 

the way a pilot feels 

in free heaven.

William T. Piper,

founder of Piper Aircraft Corporation

Is it irony to share 

a flightless bird 

for this week's

Wild Bird Wednesday?

What Was THAT?!?!

I was annoyed from the start 

by the attitude of doubt 

by the spectators that 

I would never really 

make the flight. 

This attitude made me 

more determined than 

ever to succeed.

          Harriet Quimby, 

first woman to obtain a pilot’s license in the U.S.

✈

Love You,

                     Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

I Have Good News & Good News

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It's a new day. 

Yesterday's failure is 

redeemed at the sunrise.

         Todd Stocker

Renew your mind 

every morning with 

pure thoughts.

                   Lailah Gifty Akita

The world is new to us 

every morning 

- this is God's gift; 

and everyone should believe 

they are reborn each day.     

Baal Shem Tov

Make the sun jealous 

or stay in bed.

Malak El Halabi

𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊓𐊜

Love You,

              Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To
Travel Tuesday
Happy Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday
My Corner Of The World
T Tuesday [drink related]

Best Place in San Rafael CA for a drink; 

and you can hear members of 

the Grateful Dead & Friends 

making music on any given day. 

"Keep it weird!"

Terrapin Crossroads!

Don't You Get Weary

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Sometimes, flying 

feels too godlike 

to be attained by man. 

Sometimes, 

the world from above seems 

too beautiful, too wonderful, 

too distant for human eyes to see.     

                                  Charles A. Lindbergh

🛪

Aviation is proof that

 

given the will, we have

 

the capacity to achieve

 

the impossible.    

 

Eddie Rickenbacker

Distant Dreams of Distant Places

Sweet is the memory 

of distant friends! 

Like the mellow rays of 

the departing sun -

            Washington Irving

My Hawaii:

Surfboards & Vehicles

Ironically, when we own the 

shadow aspects of our self 

and put down our masks - 

this is when we become 

truly lovable.

     Jane Monica-Jones

[Photo of Pre-Covid Times]

In Her Sedan Chair - [Unused for a year]

We're Home Now, Pixie!

Walk together, children, 

don't you get weary,

walk together, children, 

don't you get weary.

walk together, children, 

don't you get weary,

there's a great camp meeting 

in the promised land.

We're gonna walk and never tire,

walk and never tire,

walk and never tire,

there's a great camp meeting 

in the promised land!

                          Traditional American Slave Song

ୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡୡ୩

Love You,

                         Pixie & Cloudia

Long Walks

A  L  O  H  A !

Honolulu December

I like long walks, especially when 

they are taken by people 

who annoy me.

 Noël Coward

Going For A Ride

It's great to ride with you while 

you're taking care of business.

             Darryl Worley

Know yourself. 

Don't accept your dog's admiration 

as conclusive evidence that 

you are wonderful.     

Ann Landers

Interesting Fact: Ki`i, or Tiki, are

religious images of specific Polynesian

gods historically recognized by 

Polynesian cultures and people. 

What I see:

Tourist items such as these are like

seeing a wall of crucifixes with

different, decorative figures

nailed to them! Done innocently

but possibly jarring to some.

Thanks Smithsonian Channel

"Journeys Of Imagination"

Go find yourself first 

So you can also find me.     

   Rumi

Find out who you are 

and do it on purpose.

Dolly Parton

[-V-]

Love You,

                                cloudia

Dare

A  L  O  H  A !

Aviation is proof that given the will, 

we have the capacity to 

achieve the impossible.

 Eddie Rickenbacker

1890-1973

Morning Moon

The sky is the daily 

bread of the eyes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mergansers in N. Calif

Dare to Believe 

in Your Happiness!

Linking To:

Wildbird Wednesday

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Warm ALOHA to You, 

                                                                                        cloudia

To Fly

A  L  O  H  A !

HNL Honolulu Daniel Inouye International Airport

“Flying starts from the ground. 

The more grounded you are, 

the higher you fly.” 

            J.R. Rim

Honolulu Airport Meditation Garden

“The island is ours. 

Here, in some way, 

we are young forever.” 

    E. Lockhart

Molokai

“Every island to a child 

is a treasure island.” 

              P.D. James

San Francisco

“Our field is the sky,

tilled by the sweat of motors,

in the face of night,

at the risk of our dreams" 

          Ingeborg Bachmann

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Thank YOU

Friend!

               Fondly, cloudia

Daniel Inouye LINK

Hawaii Photo of the Day

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