Is Your Home Healing or Hurting You?

A L O H A !

" Society is like a stew. 

If you don't stir it up every once in a while

then a layer of scum

floats to the top. "

 Edward Abbey

" All my life through, 

the new sights of Nature

made me rejoice like a child. "

Marie Curie

" Health is the thing 

that makes you feel

that now

is the best time of the year. "

Franklin P. Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" To get rich never risk your health.

For it is the truth

that health is the wealth

of wealth.
Richard Baker

" Health is the greatest gift,

contentment the greatest wealth,

faithfulness the best relationship. 

Buddha

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On my morning walk,

a few days after moving ashore

(after 20 years on our boat)

I noticed something interesting:

Where did my morning stiffness go?

I always suspected that living on the water

wasn't really healthy,

the confinement alone

is akin to enforced bed rest.

You sit in one spot,

and move (at best)

a few feet away-

and back.

My (blog invisible) husband

experienced the same thing!

Where did morning's aches GO?

I'm remembering what it's like

to have a kitchen,

flush bathroom,

a real bed - not a 'bunk'

room to breathe!

So it got me thinking:

When is a home

bad for your health?

Is there radon, or pollution?

Are the neighbors - or extreme weather

stressful?

What about the local economy?

Are you financially over-extended

to pay for it?

Or is it SO modest

that you feel jailed

and held back?

(Formerly  Boat) Kitty

is begging for less treats.

I've noticed a slackening

in some of my own cravings too.

I feel upbeat,

healthy and young here.

Is YOUR home healing

or hurting

Y O U?

Makes you wonder.

New Blend

A L O H A !

" Charm is the ability

to make someone else

think that both of you

are pretty wonderful. "


Kathleen Winsor

You MUST click on this pic to see the detail

Mural @ MCCOY PAVILION, ALA MOANA PARK, Honolulu

 " You will not become a saint

through other people's sins. "

Edward Abbey

" You are made

in the image

of what you desire. "

Thomas Merton

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What kind of fuel

(thoughts)

are you running on?

I recently upgraded

from 50% worry

to a much cleaner

gratitude blend.

My system has never run so good !

Have a lovely day - and thanks much for visiting.

          Please leave a comment; it's a party over there :-) cloudia

Seasons Change

Yes, Even Here In Hawaii

A L O H A

So often

we fret over impending 

change-

 - Then we enjoy

and appreciate

the changed.

 Should have done this

a long time

ago.

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Your comments make my day-

                                                           Warmly, cloudia

Tall Ship Visit

A L O H A !

" It's easy to grin 

When your ship comes in 

And you've got the stock market beat. 

But the man worthwhile, 

Is the man who can smile, 

When his shorts are too tight

in the seat."

Judge Smails,

'Caddy Shack'

" I quit my job,

and went ashore

to become a writer. "

Theodore Sturgeon

" Hug the shore;

let others try the deep.  "

Virgil

 

 

 

 

 

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The historic Japanese tsunami of March 11

set afloat massive islands of lumber

and other debris in the Pacific.
 

Last week, on September 11 

(as seen above)

with 102 cadets aboard

 the Russian three-masted sailing ship,

STS Pallada, 

docked by the Aloha Tower pier 

here in Honolulu 

as part of a three and a half month

training voyage. 

The young crew sailed from their home-port

of Vladivostok to Kodiak, Vancouver, 

San Francisco & Los Angeles,

before arriving 

here at our Honolulu. 

On her homeward course, via Tokyo,

the ship will more than likely

pass through some of the tsunami debris.

 

The captain is seriously concerned 

about it.

With translation by Natalia V. Borodina,

ship's information and education mate,

Captain Vasily Sviridenko, said

“The reason the huge commercial vessels

traveling the North Pacific

have not reported anything

is because they cut through such stuff 

like through butter.” 

For the Pallada,

  however, the debris could be

very dangerous.

“She is especially vulnerable 

as her hull is thin,”

Captain Sviridenko explained.

At 300-feet in length,

  small by today’s maritime standards,

the  fully-rigged three masted ship

  is one of the largest and fastest

tall-ships in the world's oceans today.

Asked by University of Hawaii, Manoa 

scientists to help track the flotsam,

 the captain replied, 

“Sure! 

I will have our eager young cadets

be on the look-out for debris

24 hours a day.” 

Of course, the safety of his crew 

is his primary responsibility.

Безопасное путешествие друзья! - 

Safe Voyage Friends!

Though the Pallada takes one back 

to a bygone era as if by magic,

she is just 20 years old!

Back in the day,

whalers, lumber boats

taking isle sandalwood to China,

and packet ships,

filled Honolulu's skies

with masts and rigging.

  This was like a visit

from a very old and dear friend!

Incidentally,

In the Hawaiian language,

  Honolulu means "sheltered bay"

or "place of shelter" 

based on our ideal, natural harbor.

So to say "Honolulu Harbor" is repetitive.

  Some old timers remember 

that our capitol city was routinely called

'Honolulu Town' 

once upon a time.

And yes, Russian sailors

visited us

way back then

too!

One of Kauai's

historic sites is the

"Russian Fort"

more HERE.

Thanks for visiting today,

YOUR comments

          are delightful!   cloudia

 
 

kitty's Journey

"MEOW" 

miauw miaou

                      miau
                                                                             niaou
       miyau
                                                                mya:u,
                                            nyaa
                                                                        (n)ya-ong
                        mjau
      myau

They ALL Mean "A L O H A"

see how clever i am?

 

I'm proud

that I was Ship's Cat 

First Class

for so long.

It was kinda my identity.

I even rode out of the harbor,

with the deck plunging & rising.

I saw the ocean world

and dolphins dancing.

What is this place?

Whoa!  Where's the water?

Where are the fishies?

Fishies?

Hello?

It does smell interesting.

 Is this what they mean by 'retirement?'

I could get used to this!

Thank you for coming here today

to admire me.

Also leave me an admiring comment.

Gotta Go!  

                                        Signed, 

                                                  Land Kitty 

Autumn: Sub-Tropical Edition

A l o h a

Legions of the sky:

always on the move. 

Seasonal duties call; 

Singing the drama

of the year

as she turns.

Every humble cast off

dignified by a life-cycle

lived.

Changing,

O Changing. . .

But there is still red wine in the cup

so drink it down,

life's-blood

of color,

of appetite. . .

then the forgetting.

We all make our days. . . one by one-

Only now and then

looking up and thinking:

O Precious

Passing

 G i f t !

Thank YOU

for looking in.

May Blessing follow

YOU

from this

'place.'

        warmly, cloudia

Rainbow Gazebo

A L O H A !

“ When the Earth is sick,

the animals will begin to disappear,

when that happens,

The Warriors of the Rainbow

will come to save them. ”

Chief Seattle

" Just stop for a minute 

and you'll realize you're happy

just being.
 I think it's the pursuit

that screws up happiness.
 If we drop the pursuit, it's right here. "

James Hillman

“Don't pay any attention to the critics-
don't even ignore them.”

 Samuel Goldwyn 

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Now where were we?

I'm sitting in my new apartment.

Hubby has gone to work

(SOMEBODY has to!)

I have vacuumed my rugs,

washed the bare tile floors,

cleaned up the place

and run a load of laundry.

"Why is she telling us

this mundane stuff?"

Because to me

it is quite extraordinary!

I don't know what to DO with myself

in this new environment.

But losing myself 

in this ever-changing view

feels irresistable.

If none of this makes sense to you

click HERE for the back-story.

Thanks for stopping here.

Your visit is appreciated.

       Warmly, cloudia