Try Wait

 A   L   O   H   A  !

If you are waiting for anything 

in order to live and love 

without holding back, 

then you suffer. . .

. . . Every moment is the most 

important moment of your life. 

No future time is better than 

now to let down 

your guard and love.     

   David Deida

You usually have to wait 

for that which is 

worth waiting for.     

Craig Bruce

And sure enough 

even waiting will end...

if you can just 

wait long enough.     

William Faulkner

Whatever we are waiting for -

- peace of mind, contentment, 

grace, the inner awareness 

of simple abundance -

- it will surely come to us, 

but only when we are ready 

to receive it with an open

 and grateful heart.     

   Sarah Ban Breathnach

ᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥪᥫᥦ

Is there a local dialect, or way of speaking

that marks someone as "Local" in your area?

The Boston Accent, Cockney, and the broad

Australian swagger are all well-known world-wide!

In Hawaii, all the different nationalities

working on the plantation created a way

to communicate, work together, and build

community in this new land. It is called

Pidgin. It includes foreign words (English,

Japanese, etc.) all set to the music of

Hawaiian grammar.  A Pidgin speaker

says: "Big Da Dog!" We speak pidgin

to one another and it speaks volumes.

Particularly with my light skin, I like to

let folks know I'm Da Kine Local

right away. I've been training for 

over 30 years to be a Hawaii older

person: a Kupuna (Hawaiian word).

That shtick didn't go in California,

people thought I was ignorant.

Glad we're home. Pixie is a local-

born Popoki (Cat in Hawaiian) once

more. It's actually kind of a nice break

to have the Islands mostly to ourselves,

though many work in tourism and we

feel it believe me.

Bu right now, we need to be patient,

to Aloha one another and get 

through the challenges.

Try Wait, Eh?!

You can learn more about 

Hawaiian Pidgin

Here

Love You,

             Cloudia & Pixie-in-the-roses

Linking To

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

Our World Tuesday

Travel Tuesday

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday [drink related]

Sunny & Breezy 81F/27C

A  L  O  H  A !

" The day, 

water, sun, moon,

 night - 

I do not have to 

purchase these things 

with money. "

                      Plautus

 Treat children 

like adults,

 and adults like

 children. 

                      cloudia

Royal Hawaiian Hotel
"You only 
live once - 
but if you 
work it right, 
once 
is enough."
                        Joe E. Lewis


Nothing says NATURE
Like the beach!
Linking to 
Nature Notes

['^']

Thank YOU
for lazing with us!
                     Fondly, cloudia

Let Silence

A  L O  H  A !

" Follow your dreams,

 they know the way. "

                         Kobe Yamada

"A moment's insight 

is sometimes worth 

a lifetime's experience. "

                    Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Let silence

 take you to 

the core of life."

             Rumi

[\]

Thank You

for Being a Pal!

            Warmly, cloudia

Sunny Hawaii Day

A    L    O    H    A  !

This morning, we woke to SUN.
 It's been a bit grey lately

" The same view 
you look at 
every day, 
the same life, 
can become 
something brand new 
by focusing on 
its gifts 
rather than the 
negative aspects. 
Perspective is your own 
choice and 
the best way to 
shift that perspective 
is through gratitude, 
by acknowledging and 
appreciating the positives. "

 Bronnie Ware 

Everyone just loving it.
 See the waterfall?

" An artist's career 
always begins 
tomorrow. "

James Whistler

Even the SUN herself was showing off-
 Glad to be back

" We must all 
obey 
the great law of 
change. 
It is the 
most powerful law 
of nature. "

Edmund Burke

Perhaps a Sunset this evening!

" I love the audience
 for my blog and these posts. 
I feel it's one of the few times 
I've seen a community of 
genuine good people 
trying to improve. 
I don't write here 
to sell books 
but to build community 
and make friends. "

 JAMES ALTUCHER

Just Like US!


=^..^=

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Warmly, cloudia

Your Free Hawaiian Vacation

A  L  O  H  A !

The holidays

are stressful.

You

deserve a vacation,

and I'm going

to give it

to you!

You are going to have

 a private view 

of Hawaii's 

warm,

tropical

paradise!

And while you enjoy your view

of palm trees moving

in languid Trade Winds

beside a blue ocean,

You

will listen

to a play-list 

of Hawaiian Music

I have chosen

just for you!

I N S T R U C T I O N S :

1)  Go to and bookmark each of these sites:


Hawaii Music  Here 

Hawaii View  Here.


2) To vacation ANYTIME :

A] Open the Music in one tab and set it playing.

B] Open the View in a new tab.

(You will see the view, the music should keep playing )

C] Watch the Hawaiian view, while you listen to Hawaiian music.  Try Full-Screen!

D] Soon, you will look forward to these little escapes, and actually believe on a certain level that you can sit by your Hawaiian window ANYTIME you want! 

BONUS: If you live in New York City, and arrive home in the winter dark at 6pm, it will STILL be a sunny 1pm when you get here to Hawaii.

I'll look for you!

   ~  > <  }  }  ( ° >

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Thanks for visiting!
                         Warmly, cloudia