Grass Forest Hill Town

A  L  O  H  A !

Wetlands

"Summer is the annual 

permission slip 

to be lazy. To do 

nothing and have it 

count for something. -

Woodlands

- To lie in the grass

and count the stars. 

To sit on a branch 

and study the clouds."

             Regina Brett

Marin Hills

"Take hold of grace, for 

younger you will never be." 

        Swedish Proverb

Town - San Rafael

"Be a loner. That 

gives you time 

to wonder, to search 

for the truth. 

Have holy curiosity. 

Make your life 

worth living."

           Albert Einstein

Only A Day Away

"If the sight of the blue skies 

fills you with joy, if a 

blade of grass springing up 

in the fields has power to 

move you, if the simple things 

of nature have a message that 

you understand, rejoice, for 

your soul is alive." 

           Eleonora Duse

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Weekend Reflections

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Thank YOU

Friend!

           Fondly, cloudia

And I Went Into A Dream

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu !

Something about this building was whispering in my

subconscious, trying to get my attention.

" If the doors of perception 

were cleansed 

every thing would appear

 to man as it is, 

Infinite. 

For man has 

closed himself up,

 till he sees all things

 thro' narrow chinks 

of his cavern. "

                 William Blake 

The Sun was using one particular spot to refract & reflect 

Red, Yellow, Green!

“ You can find pictures 

anywhere. It's simply a matter 

of noticing things 

and organizing them. 

You just have to care 

about what's around you. . . .”

                             Elliott Erwitt

Suddenly, the solid, normal 

surface 

of the morning opened up,

 revealing facets of 

beauty all around. . .

. . . And I fell into a dream

“Reverie is not 

a mind vacuum. 

- It is rather 

the gift of

 an hour which 

knows 

the plenitude of the soul.”

                       Gaston Bachelard

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Thank You!

Fondly, cloudia

Pause Muse

A L O H A !

“ I am not absentminded. 

It is the presence of mind

that makes me unaware 

of everything else. ”

 G.K. Chesterton

“ The present moment is filled 

with joy and happiness. 

If you are attentive,

you will see it. ”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“ Fate is shaped half by expectation,

half by inattention. ”
  

Amy Tan

What was I saying?

Just another day - O !

Thank YOU for being here. 

Or were you? 

Comments like 'yes' or 'hello' 

cheerfully accepted

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Weight?

A L O H A !

" Santa Claus has the right idea. 

Visit people once a year. "

Victor Borge

"Green

is the prime color of the world,

and that from which 

its loveliness

arises." 

Pedro Calderon de la Barca,

1600-1681

“ I always like walking in the rain,

so no one can see me crying. ”

   Charlie Chaplin

" A day without laughter

is a day wasted. "

 
Charlie Chaplin 

And now, on a personal note:

 Sure, we all gain a little weight
over the holidays,

but there's NO reason

to call me an elephant!

Oh wait. . .

Up the Rainbow Stair

A L O H A !

 

picture-click for tiny revelations

Find the stair

to the rainbow-

Up there

is a grand, light-filled

room
  whose pillars 

are giant trees

That room is filled 

with the languages

and voices

of all the world

Her dome a filigree

of light and white

There is also timely season 

of  night,
 glowing

to relieve the sight-

Else how could there be

windows seen in heaven

openings and gates

of light & love 

Portals

that some never

learn of

Note the Oahu weather map on the TV through the reflection. Click on this one for sure.

Through which to thread

the rainbow stairway

down-

Rainbow fairway
gaily painted
as a clown-

Rainbow
contradiction:
happy  frown !

Thank YOU

for riding here

on your pixel steed;

To leave a comment

is divine

                    indeed!   Warmly, cloudia

Potato Skies

A L O H A !

Too much golden butter

on these morning mashed potato clouds. . . 

Part of me actually hungers

for gray days

at this time of year.

I mean the kind of grey,

November days I knew
growing up on the East Coast.

  Skies of pewter, and stone.

  When the world seems
empty
of inspiration

or sparkle;

But that's OK.

We hide at home
accomplishing "nothing."
Reading the same page
over and over,
till overcome by
staring,
infectious as a
yawn.




I think
sometimes
we need to lie fallow;
like a field.

Something undoubtedly
mentally healthy
is occurring then.

Some of us,
slaves to the 'should'
need colds or flu

to force us to participate
in this orgy of
non-participation.

But I believe
in wool-gathering
days.

We sleep-walk through tasks

that cannot be postponed

(or ducked).

  But long to return home

  to stare with delicious
vacancy
at the TV,
blogs,

whatever. . .


Bed and beverages 
are important parts
of this ritual
too.

One feels (I feel!)
about as interesting

as a lump of cold potatoes.

(How nice for YOU)

But that's OK;

It's strangely cozy
feeling like that
lump.

Why have I never noticed this

while walking 20+ years in Waikiki? 

Oahu in November
has such days,
days of puddles and puddings.

  Days to savor. 

Days to be potato:

  All eyes, no mouth. 

Days to cherish the bland 

the every-day-ness

of Fall.

Of life.

  Blessed soft days!

To rest up,
to hide, 

to hold indulgent parties

 with myself.

(Another cupcake?)

What guilty, unproductive joys

tempt YOU to hide at home

on such a gray

mashed potato

day?

Rouse yourself long enough to leave a comment, please.

                                                                  Thank YOU, Warmly, cloudia

Kindly

A L O H A!

Dialogue: Island & Sea.

Kaneohe Bay

" I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Dialogue: Old & New

" In true dialogue,

both sides are willing to change.  "

Nhat Hanh

 

Sky- ialogue:  High Cloud & Low Cloud

" The sky is that beautiful old parchment

in which the sun and the moon

keep their diary.  "

Alfred Kreymborg

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 The only real tonic

for life's struggles

& sorrows

is kindness-

Kindness received,

Kindness

given.

         Play Nice!  Fondly, cloudia

 

There and Back

Aloha, Eye!

Let's go on a journey of perception

                        together. . .

"When I create art,

it's like holding hands 

with God."

Robert Mapplethorpe

"What is art

 but a way of seeing?"

Thomas Berger

'The eye sees only

 what the mind is prepared to comprehend.’

Henri Bergson

‘When the doors of perception are cleansed,

 man will see things as they truly are,

 infinite.’

Blake

‘Things don’t change. 

You change your way of looking,

 that’s all.’

Carlos Castaneda

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'You can observe a lot just by watching.’

Yogi Berra

Thanks for looking my way!

                                              cloudia