At The Bon Dance

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Things seen at night

fill me with delight.

They have a "not quite"

that somehow shows

their deeper truth.

Follow this couple

to the Bon Dance!

Kimono or Hapi Coat are not

necessary to join in, but they

certainly help create

the mood and scene.

These guys were moving!

Young & Old

Taiko Drummer

And Confidante 

Happy Little Clouds

On A Hapi Coat!

I'll share more

textile graphics

tomorrow.

Mom, my feet hurt!

Have an Andagi.*

Making Memories

With Grandpa

This little girl whirled

and leapt like a top!

She was so excited!

(So Was I!)

Bon Dance Musicians

What a wonderful sadness

to miss the one you

have loved forever...

know that she is

waiting at home.

 Dan Groat

ꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤꡤ

* Andagi backstory & recipe HERE

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

ᔎᔏᔐᔑᔒᔜᔛᔚᔘᔍ

Let's Grab Gold!

You In?

Cloudia & Pixie

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Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Pictorial Tuesday 

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Prepare For Joy

 A   L   O   H   A  !

People should take time 

to be happy.

         Grandma Moses

The person who gets stuck 

on petty happiness, will 

not attain great happiness.

           Tibetan 

Every tear has 

a smile behind it.

       Iranian Proverb

He who laughs last, 

laughs best.

              Aesop

Sorrow prepares you for joy. 

It violently sweeps everything 

out of your house, so that 

new joy can find space to enter. 

It shakes the yellow leaves from 

the bough of your heart, so 

that fresh, green leaves 

can grow in their place. 

It pulls up the rotten roots, 

so that new roots hidden 

beneath have room to grow.

Rumi

ໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄໄ໑

Love You,

                    cloudia & pixie

Beach Town Back Streets

A    L    O    H    A   !

Walk Up Apt, Window Air-con, Toyota, Moped

...vicinity to the sea is desirable, 

because it is easier to do nothing 

by the sea than anywhere else, 

and because bathing and basking 

on the shore cannot be considered 

an employment but only an 

apotheosis of loafing.

 E.F. Benson

Any patch of sunlight in a wood 

will show you something about the sun 

which you could never get from 

reading books on astronomy. 

These pure and spontaneous pleasures 

are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the 

woods of our experience.

            C.S. Lewis

She turned to the sunlight

    And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor:

    "Winter is dead.”

               A.A. Milne, 

                        When We Were Very Young

I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.

George R.R. Martin

One of the remaining Royal Palm Groves

⇶⇝

Love You,

                                        cloudia

Reveal Release ReBoot

A  L  O  H  A !

חנוכה סמיץ

Hanukkah Sameach! 

Happy Hanukkah!

The Festival of Lights reminds us,
that even in dark times,
light can miraculously overcome.

🎄
Merry Christmas Week!

Let us share the gifts
of familial love
with all.

 We are so accustomed to 

disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, 

we become disguised to ourselves.

             François de La Rochefoucauld 

You pass people on the street, 

some are for you, some are not.

 Robert Henri

Who is the person walking in front of you 

on the rain-drenched sidewalk?

He is covered with an umbrella, 

and all you can see is a dark coat and 

the shoes striking the puddles.

And yet this person is the 

hero of his own life story.

He is the love of someone’s life.

And what he can do may change the world.

Imagine being him for a moment.

And then continue on your own way.

                Vera Nazarian

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Love You,

                                cloudia