Honolulu BON DANCE Last Year

ONE MINUTE FUN!

At The BON Dance

A  L  O  H  A !

Until one has loved an animal, a 

part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

Anatole France

“Our task must be to free ourselves…

by widening our circle of compassion 

to embrace all living creatures and 

the whole of nature and its beauty.” 

                   Albert Einstein

 Ran Into An Old Friend!

“Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”

"Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, 

“and see what happens.” 

                     A. A. Milne

Moon Rabbit Link

 Wonderful music! 

Thank You Ladies!

 Look at those Comfort Spirals!

Growth is a spiral process, 

doubling back on itself, 

reassessing and regrouping. 

            Julia Margaret Cameron

Spiral minds are harder to twist. 

 Kris Saknussemm

 ‘I felt it shelter to speak to you.’ 

                     Emily Dickinson

Okinawa (link) is a 'Blue Zone" (link)

where folks routinely live well

into great age. Now you know

some reasons: sociability,

laughs, keep moving,

DANCE!

Linking To

Monday Murals

World Tuesday 

The Good.Random.Fun.

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Thank YOU

for Dancing Here!

             Fondly, cloudia

As Much As Anybody

A  L  O  H  A !

You yourself, as much as anybody 

in the entire universe, 

deserve your love & affection. 

                      Buddha

Every adversity, every failure, 

every heartache carries with it the 

seed of an equal or greater benefit.

                 Napoleon Hill

Protect The Reef

The Women of Our World 

are like Mother Earth. 

They don't just give life 

to the next generation 

but also to Hope. 

The Women of Our World are to be 

loved, respected and protected.

        Avijeet Das

Linking To
Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday2
Skywatch Friday

⭕

Thank You!

                                   cloudia

Bon Dancing In Honolulu

A  L  O  H  A !

The story of Honolulu's Mo`ili`ili neighborhood 

is the history of modern Hawaii.

Japanese workers completing their

labor contracts on the plantations

stayed in Hawaii, moving into town

to start businesses and begin to

build a financial base for the family

[something denied slaves on the

USA continent - which is why we are

discussing reparations]

Ultimately, many settled in Mo`ili`ili

at the mouth of Manoa Valley

where the University of Hawaii

would come into being.

Notice the Burger King in the background/right

Many Japanese customs of food, language,

religion, and culture were preserved

among these Hawaii people. When 

tourists from Japan began to visit

the islands in large numbers, they 

found an old-fashioned Japanese community,

frozen in time in many ways, 

and altogether charming.

Japanese food and culture are a big

part of HAWAII and all Hawaii people.

Every Summer, Buddhist and Shinto

shrines and temples throughout

the islands host BON dances.

The Honolulu Fukushima Club folks

show up with their tower, drums and

flutes. Recorded music is also played.

Andagi, fried noodles, teri chicken, hot dogs

and mochi are on offer. Many dance in

Japanese clothing. 

At the BON dance,

we dance with our loved ones who

have passed. In Summer - BON season -

they are near. There are many stories

of dead loved one's being glimpsed among the

dancers, or making themselves known

in other ways. We all attend. 

One need not be ethnic Japanese. 
Old, young, and VERY old & young 
all dance the eternal dances together.

WWII Veterans, US ARMY:

See You Next Time!

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Blessings Friend!
                                   cloudia

See the dog?

Dancing Under Diamond Head

Aloha & Thank YOU for visiting today!

How did the future appear to you
when you were young?

What did you want to become?

Did you expect to be the sort
that they raise statues to honor?


Is your life today the life you foresaw?

John Lennon famously said that "Life is what happens,
while you are busy making other plans."

(Sort of: "Man proposes, God disposes.")


I think he was talking about more
than life's mere uncertainty,
and our smallness in the face of that. . .

This week,
I have had to do lot's of stuff
that prevented me from doing
the "important" stuff
that I wanted to do.
(Like visit more of your blogs!)

But I'm beginning to understand that whatever comes up
-LIFE!-
(even when it seemingly detracts and distracts)
always remains a gift.
THE gift.


The unplanned grants us insight and experience
that fills a deeper need;


Freeing us from our stale selves,

giving us what we didn't even know that we needed!

Zen masters knew all about this.

Ah!

Life is such a queer, dear dance.

At Bon season here in Hawaii
we dance with the generations,
young & old inviting those passed
to be with us again for a special time.

If you click on the song,
and then watch the video slide show as it plays,
You may feel deep emotion as you
muse on the puzzle of life, our plans,
and our relationships.

I did.

Couldn't WAIT to share this with YOU

Come Dance-

Visit Luke and see his professional quality pictures HERE

The 200

ALOHA TO YOU!

Welcome

All the visitors
seemed to be enjoying Waikiki this weekend. . .



"I want to express my feelings,

not illustrate them."

Jackson Pollock

If you like more solitude,
you can learn how to Windsurf. . .



"Our lives

teach us who we are."

Salman Rushdie

But as I ALWAYS say,

we are so much more than a beach. . .

It's BON Season.

Time to dance with the ancestors again. . .

Looks like the Soto Mission is going off this weekend.

Had to go back Saturday night and enjoy it!


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What a burst of happiness this morning
when I saw that the 200th person,
heck! that Two Hundred and TWO
Dears
have joined this blog!

MAHALO NUI

Means a BIG THANK YOU!


When I was little,
my brother and I had a cheap little reel-to-reel tape recorder.

We used to record a play "radio show" on it.

My little brother didn't like the fact that it was MY show
and that he was my side kick.

But I was older and had a bigger mouth.

The idea of actually having a real audience
was a kids pipe dream back then.

Back then, even parents didn't pretend to be interested
in their kids' activities
beyond saying stuff like:
"Turn that off!"


When I was a little older
a neighbor boy had a tiny pirate radio station in his basement
and we used to broadcast in a one block radius
fearing
that the FCC trucks would roll up on us
and take us to federal prison.


Later, I got to play around in college and public radio.


Then THIS, this blog thing!


Warhol said that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.


And today I really do "broadcast" to the world!


I'm no Arianna Huffington

but 2o2 of you have joined!

A bunch more look in daily!

And just as exciting,

I have met YOU,

lots of other FAMOUS people

in far flung places.

You share your world

better than any mass media could

and together we are building the future,

you, me, and all those cool folks in my blog roll

(please visit them).


Thank you.

Thank you for letting me in your club,

our club.


You are more appreciated

than you probably realize.


Yeah...


YOU!

"Happiness itself does not stay -

only moments of happiness do."

- Spanish Proverb

Kitty Jumps Ship

Aloha!

Another Beautiful Day in Waikiki

click on photos to enlarge!Sit and Watch the Sun Go Down

"Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island. . . (Chorus:)

And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)

Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)

But I'll be thinking of you (yes, and I'll be thinking of you)

And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)

Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)

Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)

Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island. . . "

Leon Russel

Why look; it's Old Spiral Nose!

Who's this?

"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth."

Bonnie Friedman

It's the Worlds GREATEST Jumper!!





Here are some videos of Bon Dancing here in Hawaii: