So Clooney - So Close

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"Ideals are like stars,

you will not succeed in touching them with your hands.

But like the seafarer on the desert of waters,

you choose them as your guides,

and following them

you will reach your destiny."


Carl Shurz

"Tact is,

after all,

a kind of

mind-reading."


Sarah Orne-Jewitt

"Man (or woman :)

will do many things to be loved;

he will do all things

to get himself envied."


Mark Twain


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I rarely go to the yacht club anymore,

even though it is just 156 steps from my boat.

But Saturday night,

a little angel whispered in my ear:

"Why not put on some bling and go over to the club?"

The idea was tantalizing for a moment

before being overtaken by

Polynesian paralysis.

The next day the harbor was abuzz;

George Clooney,

and a few of his colleagues

who are filming here on Oahu

were at OUR club

for a quiet evening of drinking!

George was tending bar

and VERY approachable

to club members who came by.

You can't avoid me forever,

George!

Tilapia Ballet

Aloha!
It's Monday -
But That's OK :)



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Boys and their toys. Cool lines.


"Never a ship sails out of the bay
But carries my heart as a stowaway."

~Roselle Mercier Montgomery, The Stowaway

Back Street Honolulu


"I'll always be a Backstreet Boy."

Brian Littrell

Modest Shell Ginger


"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances,
I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."

Sonia Sotomayor

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Waikiki means
Spouting Waters
so named
for the fresh water (Wai)
running into the sea (Kai)
at this place,
creating a healing
micro-climate.

Below, the fish are enjoying the
brackish convergence!

Bye now :)

You the Dolly

ALOHA

Means Warm Welcome,

Friend!

Care to click on the photos?

"No bubble is so iridescent,
or floats longer
than that blown
by the successful
teacher."

William Osler

"Every moment

and every event of every man's life on earth

plants something in his soul. "

Thomas Merton

"When ambition ends, happiness begins. "

Thomas Merton

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The other day on Oprah

Dolly Parton talked about the time,

one Halloween,

when she found herself between gigs

in a town with a large gay community.

Dolly thought that it would be a

wonderful opportunity

to go out anonymously

and just have her some fun.

As expected, she got lost in a sea of

Cher and Dolly impersonators;

and though she had put on even MORE makeup

than usual

(remember, we're talking about Dolly Parton here)

no one looked at her twice amidst the tall drag queens

flouncing about everywhere.

She even entered a "Dolly Parton Look Alike Contest"

and to hear her tell it,

everybody overlooked the runt!

That's right:

Dolly Parton LOST

a Dolly Parton Look-alike contest.

So remember,

people seldom realize what is right before their eyes.

They are too self-preoccupied to recognize

the Star in You.

But that's OK,

we both know

that you are the

real

Dolly!

Warmly, cloudia

Merrie Month of May

Aloha Friend



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Your Chair is Waiting. . .



"There is much pleasure to be gained
from useless knowledge."

Bertrand Russell

"So I'll meet you AFTER. . ."


"People find life
entirely too
time-consuming."

Stanislaw J. Lec

"How to get beat up at school."


"The biggest big business in America
is not steel,
automobiles, or television.
It is the manufacture,
refinement,
and distribution
of anxiety."

Eric Sevareid




Say!

That makes this blog kind of radical.

Revolution!
Let's refuse anxiety. . .

if only for today.


Warmly, cloudia

A Treat to See

Aloha, Friend!



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Sky Rabbit


"One must truly HOLD A SPACE for oneself.
All things conspire
to close up this space."

Kay Ryan

"All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!"

The Wind in the Willows
'Ducks Ditty'
by Rat

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment.
I want to give that world to someone else.
Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower.
I want them to see it whether they want to or not."

Georgia O'Keeffe

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A Plain Ordinary Steel Needle
Can Float on Pure Water
by
Kay Ryan,
Poet Laureate of the United States

It's a treat to see water
so rubbery, a needle
so peaceful, the point encased
in the tenderest dimple.
It seems so simple
when things or people
have modified each others' qualities
somewhat.

Staying Berthed

ALOHA!

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"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song,

and all about you will be beauty.

There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail."

Robert Motherwell

"A morning-glory at my window

satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

Walt Whitman

"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar,

and there is a hippopotamus in me

that wants to wallow in the mud."
Carl Sandburg

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Never forget

(I remind myself)

what a blessing it is

to walk on the beach

at the end of a busy day.

It is especially sweet today

because we passed our annual

harbor inspection and "buoy run."

The reliable ancient

Detroit Diesel

thrummed us past the rows of boats

and out of the harbor

by Magic Island.

Sky was perfect,

kitty stood her ground

and watched from her place on the deck,

not hidden under a bunk below

as she was for many years.

She and I

have both flung ourselves

in love to the breezes;

bracing our paws

we look unflinchingly

into a salty spray.

Damn the bureaucrats;

Full Speed Ahead!

So we have the right to reside here

on the water

for another year.

To walk on the beach

to rock with the tide.

Summer?

Bring it

ON!

ALOHA, cloudia

Clark Little

ALOHA!

Click on the "Clark."

Another Masterpiece by Hawaii surf photographer, Clark Little.
His site HERE


"You cannot step twice
in the same river."

Heraclitus

"My future starts when I wake up every morning...
Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

Miles Davis

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."

Dorothy L. Sayers

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On Saturday,
I went to the Honolulu Books & Music Fest.

Clark Little, the surf photographer, whose work I've posted many times with credit,
had a booth, so I went over to check him out.

Never having seen Clark,
I assumed the guy who looked like he just walked off the beach was the artiste.
The professional-looking camera he was holding
sealed the deal: it was definitely him.

"Aloha, Clark.
I'm a blogger, and I've posted your amazing shots
a number of times WITH credit.
People enjoy and comment on them.
Is that cool with you?"

"Oh yeah, sure.
And thanks!"

So there you have it:
share the things you love
but always be careful
to assign rightful "props"
and links
to those
(like you and me)
who share their creations
with the world.


Aloha! cloudia