Susceptible to Weather

A  L  O  H  A !

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" Educating 
the mind 
without educating 
the heart 
is no education 
at all." 
                 Aristotle

Royal Hawaiian again

" Tea to the English 

is really a picnic indoors. "

                               Alice Walker

Zip Min @ ZIPPY's

Comfort Food!

Barack Obama's choice

and mine. 

1 Tempura Shrimp

Won Tons,

Fresh Ramen noodles,

Fish Cake (spirals)

Scallion

Char Sui

(red sweet pork)

Scrambled Egg

Tofu

Choy Sum greens

in a 

Savory Broth-

HEAVEN!

" When I'm stuck with a day 

that's grey and lonely

I just stick up my chin 

and grin and say oh

The sun will come out tomorrow

So you got to hang on 'til tomorrow, 

come what may!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow

You're always a day away "

                    CHARLES STROUSE; MARTIN CHARNIN 

['^']

A weather front 

came through our islands 

from the West

bringing rain and wind

from an unaccustomed direction.

When the winds grow strong

our electricity can be spotty.

Our trees, plants and roofs

are braced for 

North East Trade Winds. 

So a few trees, roofs 
& plants

blew away

taking wires down.

But NOT a Hurricane!

Meanwhile,

it's 71F [22C]

Maybe it's the years

I spent living aboard

our boat,

or our open-air coffee shack

back on the Big Island,

but big rain & wind

make me anxious.

[How many times

have I run from

tsunami threats,

or hurricane?]

Glad my snow days

are behind me!

So how are YOU doing?

Are You susceptible 

to weather?

Keep warm in your heart.

Here is all the sun I can send.

My love is enclosed-

               fondly, cloudia

Go Memories!

Yo!  er, that is, I mean:

 ALOHA !

Yeah, yeah...

Waikiki, Beach, Hawaii,

blah blah blah.

My mind is somewhere else-

Later today the

Philadelphia Phillies

will fight to remain

in the World Series Race.

The Phillies broadcasts

 were the soundtrack of my

Summers growing up:

By Sahm, Harry Kalas,

John  Facenda. . .

One day when I was little,

 Dad drove me into the city. . .

After paying some local kids to "watch" our car

we approached a big brick building that blended in

 with all the other brick

 in the city that Philadelphia was

 in the 50's.

My Dad told me that he went to

Mastbaum Technical High School right down the street.

I was a suburban kid,

 but he was teaching me that these were the streets

 we really came from. . .

courtesy (along with above): http://www.conniemackstadium.com/

I saw this on the website above

 and remembered walking past that wall. . .

http://www.baseballforum.com

I'll never forget the brilliant green of the field
after all that brick;

Right in the city!

I remember lots of cement and exposed girders.

 It reminded me of the subway

"The Philadelphia Phillies are the oldest continuous one-city, one-nickname franchise in sports, and no team enjoys as rich a history and as deep a connection with their fans. From their first game in 1883 through the team's back-to-back trips to the World Series in 2008 and 2009, the Phillies have earned a special place in baseball history and cultivated a passionate relationship with fans near and far."

From  THE OFFICIAL, DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE PHILLIES

Introduction by Mike Schmidt

Foreword by Christopher Guest

Dedicated to Harry Kalas

There's even a very pleasing Hawaii connection in the person of the athletic
 Shane "The Flyin` Hawaiian" Victorino.
He always seems to be in the thick of it!

So this afternoon (here in Hawaiian Standard Time) 

I will be spending time with FOX Sports,

 and my ghosts:

 Dad, Granddad, Jimmy,

 and the kid I was growing up in Philly.

Hope you make some lifetime memories this weekend,

 no matter how tiny.

 They might just loom large in later times. . .

You may sometime long to recapture the treasures

that seem so plentiful today.

     Warmly, cloudia

And GO PHILLIES!