Soar Deeply

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The world is loud,

but I am still, When I stay grounded

it keeps me strong, Part of ALL, I am whole, While at peace, I belong.

Growing older means

being wise enough to know

when to let things go

and let things be

EVISU

was Japan's first jeans brand and

designer clothing company producing denim through traditional, labor-intensive methods. Founded in Osaka in 1991 Evisu's name

honors the beloved

Japanese Shinto deity Ebisu

who is associated with

good luck and prosperity.

He is often depicted as a

lucky bearded fisherman

with his fishing rod. 

Soar deeply, my soul, To the heights of your being. Let go of all that weighs you down, And let your wings spread wide.

Wisdom cannot be rushed

Rabindranath Tagore

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Palace

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A bird is joy incarnate.
Myrtle Reed

Iolani Palace, Honolulu

It was as if I had

inherited a palace by

virtue of simply

being in love. Aspen Matis

Let right be your light
May you always burn bright
Glowing the path for others.
Terri Guillemets

The Izumo Taishakyo Mission

Date established: 1906

Honolulu Shinto shrine

one of few active Shinto shrines

in the USA The wooden structure

was inspired by the

classical Japanese shrine

Izumo-taisha. Wikipedia

I am smart enough

to keep it simple,

make it simple, and I

don't mind seeming simple.

Be thine own palace,

or the world's thy jail. John Donne

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Ant Wishes

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Click on photo to enlarge

Even the wishes of a

small ant reach heaven.

Shinto Saying

His eye is on the sparrow.

Jesus

In Hawaii, one may go to

a Shinto Shrine

for a New Year Blessing

and many do. Because of the

pandemic, this will be my

first visit since 2019

For Shinto, at root, is a religion

not of sermons but of awe:

which is a sentiment that may

or may not produce words, but in

either case goes beyond them.

Joseph Campbell

Holiday Libation with my pal Zeus
in his festive home!

For last year's words belong

to last year's language;

And next year's words

await another voice.

And to make an end is

to make a beginning.

  T.S. Eliot

This chart shows Honolulu's

air quality from New Year's Eve

6 pm to 1 Jan 2023 noon.

You can see the effect of

MANY illegal aerial fireworks!*

Lest you think this is
from recent volcanic
activity, above you can
see Hawaii island [Active

Volcanoes] on the

right edge all green.
To the upper left on Oahu
you can see the yellow over
Honolulu because of the
population density here on
the "Gathering Place" isle.

Pixie does her best Janus impression,

looking back to the past

and ahead to the new year.

She tells me it will be a better one.

After all, the coming Lunar Year

is the Year of the Cat in Viet Nam

[Cousin Rabbit in China]

We closed all windows to the smoke

and endured the barrage in fine style.

[With prayers for Ukraine]

 ЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄ 

Wishing you ALL the Best!

Cloudia & Pixie

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* Video of illegal Honolulu

NYE fireworks shot from my window:

Your Own Unique

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Step onto a clean slate

each morning and you

will be miles ahead

of the rest.

Michelle C. Ustaszeski

Cultivating gratitude

every morning

when you wake up

refreshed can help

your day start off

on a good note.

Rocco Cozza

There is a still higher

type of courage -

the courage to brave pain,

to live with it, to never

let others know of it

and to still find

joy in life; to wake up

in the morning with

an enthusiasm for

the day ahead.

   Howard Cosell

We Admire You!

Good luck

and bad luck

are strands of

the same rope.

  Sakura Tsukuba

Ride the energy of

your own unique spirit.

Gabrielle Roth 

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On Saturday, I went to a local

Shinto Shrine for my 

New Year Blessing.

Hawaii people celebrate one another's

cultures. While in California for

four years, I missed many such things.

Good to be home.

               Happy New Year!      Link

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So Enjoy A

Beverage!

Hope Is Helium

A L O H A From Honolulu

Hippeastrum

Hope is a helium balloon.

It is a wish lantern set out 

into the dark sky of night.

 Sharon Weil

People who have endured 

an era of vulnerability 

emerge with great strength. 

I’m also convinced that the 

second half of this year is 

going to be more fantastic 

than we can imagine right now. -

- We are going to become 

hyper-appreciators, 

savoring every small pleasure, 

living in a thousand 

delicious moments, 

getting together with 

friends and strangers and 

seeing them with the joy 

of new and grateful eyes.

        David Brooks 

Even in one single leaf 

on a tree, or

in one blade of grass, 

the awesome Deity 

presents itself.

Shinto Saying

More smiling, less worrying. 

More compassion, 

less judgment. 

More blessed, less stressed. 

More love, less hate.

 Roy T. Bennett

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Good Luck,

Cloudia & Pixie