Feral & Fine

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Treat everyone you meet

as if they are God in drag.

   Ram Das

Love means:
Simply to let be.

The English word "error"
developed from a root
meaning "to wander about,
looking for something."
Lewis Thomas,

science writer

How old would you be
if you didn't know
how old you were?
Satchel Paige

Fine Feral Fowl

What gets us into trouble

is not what we don't know.

It's what we know for sure

that just ain't so.

Mark Twain

Thank you for my unique life. I have known suffering,

therefore I know triumph.

Have been lonely therefore I

appreciate the people in my life.

I have been seriously ill. Therefore

I am grateful everyday for my health.

Many of my friends did not survive

beyond young adulthood.

Therefore I am grateful

for my age. Thank you for

bringing us to this day.

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Mingling Magic

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The most beautiful tide is the sweep of your heart against mine. Sanober Khan

The magic of the street

is the mingling of the

errand and the epiphany. Rebecca Solnit

This is Sesame Street.

A place where people,

birds, monsters all live

in perfect harmony. Phil Donahue

Even the poorest street is

rich with people on it and

even the richest street is

poor without people on it!

Mehmet Murat ildan

If you have a choice of two

things and can't decide,

take both.

 Gregory Corso

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To

Monday Murals 

The Perfect State Of Mind

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things. Mike Krieger

It's a small world, but

I wouldn't want to

have to paint it.

   Steven Wright

The perfect state of mind

is a mirror. Grasping nothing,

No regrets. It observes but

does not keep. Chuang Tzu

 "Dragon Chasing The Pearl" shows

that the dragon is continually

in the pursuit of wisdom. Dragon Dance-Chinese Customs-

Nations Online Project Link

Perhaps the most comforting thing about growing old gracefully is the increasing ability not to take things too seriously. One of the big differences between a genuine sage and a preacher is gaiety. Henry Miller

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To

Monday Murals 

Life Is Beginning To Sing Again

A L O H A From Honolulu!

June On Oahu: Bursting Shower Trees!

Here the Moonlight Variety

Even a wounded world

is feeding us. Even a

wounded world holds us,

giving us moments of

wonder and joy.

I choose joy over despair.

Not because I have

my head in the sand,

but because joy is

what the earth gives me daily

and I must return the gift. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Perfectly Said

Political Season.

We wave signs for our candidates

here in Hawaii. This is

my incredibly young State

House Representative,

Adrian Tam backed up

by his top Hype-Woman:

Me!**

National vacuum cleaner circa 1911

I even bought a stick

vacuum cleaner today!

Though not the one seen

here. This beauty is steered by the

wooden handle at top, as you

furiously pump the other handle

up and down creating suction.

Would have saved dollars at Amazon,

but my pleasure to patronize

a long-time local shop.

(Where I met the antique above)

I grew up in the cleaning business.

So the jumbled little shop redolent

of hard work and repaired vacuum cleaners

powerfully took me back to

my dad's little home office

filled with such. I never rode

in a car that did NOT smell

like vacuum cleaners until

leaving for college.*

Despite the news, the

wear & tear on us all,

I found myself hopeful today.

Spring perhaps?

A good thing about age is

that we've lived through LOTS

of bad news and challenges.

Even wars and social upheaval.

One learns that life goes on.

One begins to realize

that we each do NOT

go on indefinitely.

Strangely liberating.

Gratitude guilds

everything like sunshine.

I feel for the

young people and children,

whose world contracted due

to Covid. But I also trust

that they will grow in ways

Not given me to understand.

Such ARE generations.

We do not let

human nature's

dark side win.

Not for long.

If your world is not singing,

perhaps it IS humming

just a bit?

I am grateful to those

who are keepers

of the groove.

The babies and the grandmas

who hang on to it and help

us remember when we forget

that any kind of dancing is

better than no dancing at all.

Lynda Barry

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Love You

Pixie & Cloudia

* Being thrifty with wooden floors I chose a super versatile and affordable Bissell Model No 20334

FeatherWeight™ Lightweight Stick Vacuum Link

** A hype man in rap and hip hop supports the primary rappers with exclamations and interjections, and attempts to increase the audience’s excitement.

Emmanuel C. M. says, “the hype man is essential to a live performance. He is an integral piece to the whole show.  It’s his job to be the support for the performer, give the performer energy and keep the crowd engaged at all times”.  Music writer Mickey Hess expands the term as follows: “a hype man is a figure who plays a central but supporting role within a group, making his own interventions, generally aimed at hyping up the crowd while also drawing attention to the words of the MC“. Link

The Game Sweeping the World

Normal Aging OR Pandemic?!

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Every contraction

is naturally followed

by an expansion;

every time you feel

your heart shrivel

be confident that

it will blossom in turn.

   Rumi

Yesterday, after slowly re-entering

the world of people,

I went to the Park on a

busy Sunday Afternoon!

Ala Moana Beach Park is OUR park.

Local residents flock there.

It is near, but not really IN Waikiki.

I resisted the whole way.

It seemed far from

the comfort of home.

Why?

Because of Pandemic Brain

OR

Normal Aging?

Family Gatherings with food are

 a big part of Hawaii culture.

Being locked down was hard.

The cultural mix of sights, smells,

and people, in the

park is intoxicating!

A brief video below will

take you to the scene!

I'll affect you slowly

as if you were having

a picnic in a dream.

There will be no ants.

It won't rain. 

  Richard Brautigan

Freedom is the right

to one's dignity.

Archibald MacLeish

The presence of

a single bird can

change everything

for one who

appreciates them.

   Julie Zickefoose

I pray to the birds

because they remind me

of what I love rather

than what I fear.

And at the end

of my prayers,

they teach me

how to listen.

Terry Tempest Williams

The sound of birds

stops the noise

in my mind.

  Carly Simon

Every moment is

a golden one for

those who have the

vision to recognize

it as such.

   Henry Miller

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Let's Grab Gold!

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Cloudia & Pixie

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