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*Aloha*
Here's a little Easter egg of a video (just between you & me :-)
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*Aloha*
Here's a little Easter egg of a video (just between you & me :-)
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
High Surf Warning
"Tell me who you love, and I'll tell you who you are."
Creole saying
"He who reforms himself
has done more towards reforming the public
than a crowd of noise, impotent patriots."
"A man's face is his autobiography.
A woman's face is her work of fiction."
Oscar Wilde
"If I were two-faced would I be wearing this one?"
Abraham Lincoln
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We are expecting mammoth surf tomorrow on Oahu's North Shore. Steadily, these recent days, it has been growing. Over 20 feet on Saturday, 30 or 40 feet today; but the really big stuff is expected Monday, like up to 50 feet- Or 60! Cowabunga, Dudes! 40 years ago 1969 was a legedary year of 50 footers, washed out roads, waves in living rooms. and the best golden-age surfers putting it all on the line. An extremely strong storm north-northwest is aiming it's hurricane force winds directly at our isle from afar, driving the waves. A rare event. The Eddie Aikau Surf Meet only runs when surf tops 40 feet. Tuesday might be the day! Who was Eddie? Find out here: http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/2008/12/eddie-would-go.html |
Winter in Hawaii
by Cloudia
Fans on low
or off,
the porthole above my bed
closed while I'm asleep.
Bring out the blankets,
It went down to 68 last night!
Winter in Hawaii.
ALOHA to YOU,
Dudes, Dudettes, and Best Buds! cloudia
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Gentle Courage
Aloha,
Saturday Friend!
Welcome to Waikiki,
"Worlds Best Weather"
click on photo to feel the power
Shriner s' Hospital for Children.
(see the statue of the Shriner & child?)
"If you don't know the trees
you may get lost in the forest;
but if you don't know the stories
you may be lost in life."
Siberian Saying
"Your laugh and enthusiasm pleases (sic) those around you"
yesterday's lunch fortune cookie
(It made me feel great)
Bamboo grows section by section,
one section at a time. . .
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
Winston Churchill
Anger makes you feel, and even seem strong.
That's why the weak so often resort to it.
It takes real courage to remain calm
in the face of provocation
especially when you have been disregarded and denied.
But anger (paradoxically) only maintains your powerless condition.
Calmly coming to understand your own strengths
and options
will take you much further in the end.
What you acquire in the wrong way
retains the scent of its acquisition.
Those who live by the sword
die by the sword,
unless they beat it
into useful implements
with which to build.
ALOHA, cloudia
Friday, December 4, 2009
Moment of Peace
ALOHA FRIDAY
at Last!
Welcome, Friend
at Last!
Welcome, Friend
click on photos, you know why. . .
It's nice at Waikiki. . . "Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
Walt Whitman
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
Walt Whitman
But the other day I went into the back of Manoa Valley. . . "Some people never go crazy.
What truly horrible lives they must lead."
Charles Bukowski
What truly horrible lives they must lead."
Charles Bukowski
It is a riot of greenery back there. . . "The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay
and which is a sparrow,
he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
Eric Berne
and which is a sparrow,
he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
Eric Berne
I love communing with the leaf-life- "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
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There I found this delightful fountain.
Let's relax and enjoy it together for a moment!
Let's relax and enjoy it together for a moment!
The land, the `Aina, is lonely.
It has been only a place to discard the unwanted,
to ignore, to comodify,
not a mother to visit in love.
The land asks:
"Where are the children?
When will they come and play and laugh with me again?"
The land is lonely for us.
Let us be children once again,
companions to the birds, leaves and winds.
Just as in the day of humankind's youth.
And our spirits shall again be young.
ALOHA, cloudia
It has been only a place to discard the unwanted,
to ignore, to comodify,
not a mother to visit in love.
The land asks:
"Where are the children?
When will they come and play and laugh with me again?"
The land is lonely for us.
Let us be children once again,
companions to the birds, leaves and winds.
Just as in the day of humankind's youth.
And our spirits shall again be young.
ALOHA, cloudia
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Formal Clouds
Aloha, Friend!
Welcome to Thursday in Waikiki
Welcome to Thursday in Waikiki
click on clouds to set them free
I never saw a cloud wearing a tie before.“With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker,
can gain a reputation for being civilized”
Oscar Wilde
" You must not blame me if I talk to the clouds"
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
“Dreams are illustrations...
from the book your soul is writing about you.”
Marsha Norman
from the book your soul is writing about you.”
Marsha Norman
"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,
our whole life would change."
Buddha
The House Of Clouds
by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;
When for earth too fancy-loose
And too low for Heaven!
Hush! I talk my dream aloud---
I build it bright to see,---
I build it on the moonlit cloud,
To which I looked with thee.
our whole life would change."
Buddha
The House Of Clouds
by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;
When for earth too fancy-loose
And too low for Heaven!
Hush! I talk my dream aloud---
I build it bright to see,---
I build it on the moonlit cloud,
To which I looked with thee.
Thank YOU for your visit/gift today! cloudia
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Spice in the Stew
ALOHA, Friend!
Welcome to Wednesday in Waikiki
click on photos for increased delight
Welcome to Wednesday in Waikiki
click on photos for increased delight
Sometimes it is the "flaw" that brings beauty.“The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.”
Havelock Ellis
Sunning"Touch the sky, look the sun straight
in the eye and laugh."
Linda Ellerbee
Well hello there!"You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence."
Psalms 16: 11.
The taste of our food
is one of the basic joys of life.
But what is this "taste?"
The tongue can distinguish only:
Saltiness, Sweetness, Bitterness, Sourness, and
what the Japanese call: Umami
a word describing the Pungent, Savory, Tangy or Meaty.
Quite a crude palate from which to represent
that parade in our mouths called:
"A fine meal."
Most of us know that much of illusive flavor
comes from scents.
Magical scents!
Our sense of smell is a very poor cousin
to the highly developed olfactories of our animal friends
but without it, our lives would be much, much poorer.
Just like music, scents can transport us to other times and places;
Think of the smell of pumpkin pie - or the perfume worn
by a feared or beloved teacher decades ago.
Even here in perennially Summery Hawaii,
I can close my eyes
and smell the Fall leaves burning
with just a hint of frost in the air.
In fact I've smelled them while reading some of your blogs!
Scientists called Flavorists
can discern, and recreate the volatile chemical signatures of scent/flavors
from nature and also from the test tube.
The foods we eat are much more complex than most of us wish to know!
Sometimes the search for a crucial ingredient can discover the key molecule
present only levels of "parts/per/billion."
This got me thinking.
America is called a "Melting Pot,"
though many prefer to call it a Salad.
Nonetheless, it is the individual ingredients
that make up the very Flavor of a family, neighborhood, city, country-
our whole world.
Often we lament our very smallness;
What can I accomplish in this vast meal of life?
Perhaps you are not the main ingredient,
the lamb in the lamb stew,
or the business person in this money-driven banquet
of our post-modern world.
But just perhaps
you & I
are essential ingredients
in the aroma emanating from life's kitchen!
Without our parts-per-billion existence
something essential would be lacking;
The meal might be abundant,
yet lacking that magical Something
that makes of it
a Heavenly Banquet.
Thank YOU for joining our
Blog Salad today!
It wouldn't taste the same
without
Y O U!
is one of the basic joys of life.
But what is this "taste?"
The tongue can distinguish only:
Saltiness, Sweetness, Bitterness, Sourness, and
what the Japanese call: Umami
a word describing the Pungent, Savory, Tangy or Meaty.
Quite a crude palate from which to represent
that parade in our mouths called:
"A fine meal."
Most of us know that much of illusive flavor
comes from scents.
Magical scents!
Our sense of smell is a very poor cousin
to the highly developed olfactories of our animal friends
but without it, our lives would be much, much poorer.
Just like music, scents can transport us to other times and places;
Think of the smell of pumpkin pie - or the perfume worn
by a feared or beloved teacher decades ago.
Even here in perennially Summery Hawaii,
I can close my eyes
and smell the Fall leaves burning
with just a hint of frost in the air.
In fact I've smelled them while reading some of your blogs!
Scientists called Flavorists
can discern, and recreate the volatile chemical signatures of scent/flavors
from nature and also from the test tube.
The foods we eat are much more complex than most of us wish to know!
Sometimes the search for a crucial ingredient can discover the key molecule
present only levels of "parts/per/billion."
This got me thinking.
America is called a "Melting Pot,"
though many prefer to call it a Salad.
Nonetheless, it is the individual ingredients
that make up the very Flavor of a family, neighborhood, city, country-
our whole world.
Often we lament our very smallness;
What can I accomplish in this vast meal of life?
Perhaps you are not the main ingredient,
the lamb in the lamb stew,
or the business person in this money-driven banquet
of our post-modern world.
But just perhaps
you & I
are essential ingredients
in the aroma emanating from life's kitchen!
Without our parts-per-billion existence
something essential would be lacking;
The meal might be abundant,
yet lacking that magical Something
that makes of it
a Heavenly Banquet.
Thank YOU for joining our
Blog Salad today!
It wouldn't taste the same
without
Y O U!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Let's Sneak Away
Aloha, Friend!
Welcome to Tuesday in Waikiki
click on photos to enlarge
Welcome to Tuesday in Waikiki
click on photos to enlarge
A Rainbow A Day, Keeps Depression Away "Every great advance in natural knowledge
has involved the absolute rejection of authority".
Thomas H. Huxley
has involved the absolute rejection of authority".
Thomas H. Huxley
Pomp and Circumstance Eugene Savage, 1938"Never lose sight of this important truth,
that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself,
a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement."
Johann Georg von Zimmermann
that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself,
a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement."
Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Island Feast Eugene Savage, 1938"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause."
George Matthew Adams
Many of us believe that 'doing the right thing' is about knowing and obeying 'the rules' so that God, or the Bogey-man, can't play 'gotcha' with us - even if we transgress a rule in good faith, ignorance, or compassion.
Others consider 'intention' to be the golden rule - though deluded people always arrange to believe that they have only the best intentions (for they know best).
What I know is this:
If you do good to yourself and others in gentleness,
you will end up a very different person than one who followed every rule perfectly, yet reduced compassion to a slogan.
Remember to take time for yourself in this season of hurry!
A L O H A, Cloudia
If you do good to yourself and others in gentleness,
you will end up a very different person than one who followed every rule perfectly, yet reduced compassion to a slogan.
Remember to take time for yourself in this season of hurry!
A L O H A, Cloudia
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