A L O H A !
A Nice Summer Day to Wander
" I live on a one-way street
that's also a dead end.
I'm not sure how I got there.
"
Steven Wright
So many wonders to see!
"You need to let
the little things
that would ordinarily
bore you
suddenly
thrill you.”
Andy Warhol
Just riding past- what's happening HERE?
“There are no
ordinary moments.
There is always
something
going on.”
Peaceful Warrior
Wait! Look at the trousers. Could it be?!
" It always amazes me
to think
that every house
on
every street
is full of so many stories;
so many triumphs
and tragedies,
and all we see
are yards and driveways.
"
Glenn Close
YES! Lion Dancers at Practice!
" Great works
are often born
on a street corner
or in a restaurant's
revolving door.
"
Albert Camus
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Isn't Summer just the time for wandering?
After daily routines of school for months
the child in each of us awakes to
June light and realizes: Freedom!
I like the back streets,
the carriage ways, back alleys
and lanes-
of which Honolulu has many.
One of the things I learned from Dad:
The main routes - are not the ONLY way.
Civilians knew the main roads,
but we knew the shortcuts, sights,
and logic
of going just one block over.
On my scooter
I still prefer our leafy residential streets
most laid in the 20th Century
of which this small island city
is a singular museum.
There is a picture of the President
on a visit home after his grandma "Toot"
had passed,
walking alone (for the moment)
down my fave little Young St
(I guess his too)
a block from where he grew up
in her home.
Are YOU wandering this Summer,
in your town?
Region?
Country?
Continent?
World?
Can't WAIT
to see your pictures,
and hear YOUR stories;
but as for me,
I'll be ambling around
Honolulu Town
on my little scooter.
Toot! Toot!
Thank YOU for stopping
Warmly, cloudia
