Important Enough

A L O H A From Honolulu!

You have to

forgive yourself

for not knowing

what you didn't know

before you learned it.

   Maya Angelou

They're back! 

   Carol Anne Freeling,

       "Poltergeist II" 

You're always here,

in my heart,

between each breath,

folded in the lines

of my palm.

Nitya Prakash

Only those who are

capable of silliness -

-can be called

truly intelligent.

Christopher Isherwood

Choose the least important

day in your life.

It will be

important enough.

Thornton Wilder,

Our Town

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Linking To

Nature Thursday

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Thankful!

Little Things Thursday

I'm grateful for an occasional
Binggrae Samanco [Korean]
Ice Cream Sandwich

Link

Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Over The Fence

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

The last touristy, crappy, 

cheap bazaar, 

that WAS the 

International Marketplace 

is no more. 

Becoming transformed

behind the magician's fence

into another upscale expensive

SPEND-A-RAMA!

But the venerable banyan

that has seen so much:

drunken sailors,

lovebirds of all ages,

been crowned with

nesting rats for decades,

is being revived

as a pampered 

Luxe-Lady.

Nesting for

an entirely other

breed of rodent

bearing the 

Golden Token

- to enjoy their

Golden Moment -

Providing that

square foot

dollar quotient.

And still the sun

pours down on all

like lotion.

Or is that

just my notion?

Thanks for 

Your Patience!

                                "Childlike Charters"

Linking to

Tex's

Good Fences

A Secret Obsession

A  L  O  H  A ! 
                                 [WARNING: Material of Aviation Nature]

" The natural function of the wing

 is to soar upwards 

and carry that which is heavy 

up to the place where 

dwells the race of gods. 

More than any other thing 

that pertains to the body 

it partakes of the

 nature of the divine."

                                   Plato

" There is no sport equal 
to that which aviators enjoy 
while being carried through the air 
on great white wings. "
Wilbur Wright, 1905

"No one can realize 

how substantial the air is, 

until he feels its

supporting power 

beneath him. 

It inspires 

confidence at once. "

                           Otto Lilienthal

" We returned home, 
after these experiments, 
with the conviction that
sailing flight was not 
the exclusive prerogative 
of birds. "
                   Otto Lilienthal, 1874

" Can the magic 

of flight 

ever be carried 

by words? 

I think not.

                       Michael Parfit, 

                              Smithsonian magazine, 

                           May 2000

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Walking in Waikiki

I spotted a 

Japanese woman,

a visitor

(we can tell)

 blonde Mohawk

sprouting from 

her shaved head.

She wore.

denim shorts,

and a studded 

leather collar.

In contrast

to the beach-clad

throng.

If she had been "young"

I would have smiled

and reminisced,

but she looked 

at least forty,

So I wanted

to talk to her.

Suddenly, a fighter jet

thundered low overhead.

She turned to watch it

(I was behind)

and said "Cool!"

"Yeah it is" 

I agreed.

We shared a smile,

so we had our 

moment after all;

Two overgrown

adolescents

in love

with cool stuff

that goes

F A S T !

We now return you

to our normal

sedate

fare.

Thank You!

                        'Cool' Cloudia

No Tourists

Aloha!

Welcome to Waikiki Three Hula Dancers Weclome You

"Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods."

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Another Domestic Hawaiian Rainbow

"If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. The loss of these tastes is a loss of happiness."

Concieted Carp

"You can get a whole lot more done with a kind word and a gun than you can with a gun alone."

Al Capone

There are No tourists in Hawaii!

That's right. We call them "visitors" as in Hawaii Visitors Bureau. I've always liked that old fashioned way of thinking about folks from elsewhere. It speaks of our local pride, identification with our island home, our traditional spirit of welcome. They all manage to hang on somehow – even in our topsy-turvy day. The real Waikiki, the genuine Hawaii, they still exist. Some visitors are fooled by our modern tempo and amenities, but for those with a heart to see beyond the "attractions" there is authenticity. The key is to bring some of your own along with you. . .

A L O H A! Cloudia