A L O H A from Honolulu!
In Such a Place as This
" Art enables us to
find ourselves and
lose ourselves
at the same time. "
Thomas Merton
" Pictures must not
be too picturesque. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Queen of Hearts?
“ Jo had learned that
hearts, like flowers,
cannot be rudely handled,
but must open naturally…”
Louisa May Alcott
Hawaiian name, KOLEA
[KO-LAY-AH,
its call in flight]
Ai no ke kolea a momona hoi i Kahiki
Hawaiian proverb
'EATS a lot, the kolea,
till fat and sleek,
then rows for
it's old home.'
[my literal translation]
These birds Summer on the
treeless tundra of western Alaska
til late August when they depart for Hawaii
migrating at altitudes up to 20,000 feet.
They are thought to average
fifty miles per hour.
Most birds who migrate over
vast oceans soar and glide.
The Kolea can do neither
but must continuously
beat wings twice per second
for about fifty hours
over some 2,500 miles
of open Pacific!
No, they do not swim
or rest on the water-
Do you know of a bird
who works harder to migrate?
"Imagine that flight you made
from L.A. to Honolulu—
only without the plane."
Dr. Oscar "Wally" Johnson,
Montana State University
ornithologist
Linking to
Thank YOU
for making the flight!
Warmly, cloudia
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