Window Street

A    L    O    H    A  !

 2 Dogs - 1 Grandchild

“ Believe 

that life is

 worth living 

and your belief 

will help create

 the fact. ”

William James

" Act as if 

what you do

 makes a difference.

 It does. "

William James
 

" The greatest weapon 

against stress
is our ability to

 choose
 one thought over

 another. "

William James

" It feels so good 

to be happy.  "

Etta James

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Cat-Stravaganza!

A    L    O    H    A  !    

" Never be haughty

 to the humble; 

never be humble

 to the haughty."

  Jefferson Davis

" If you enjoy living,
 it is not difficult
to keep the sense
of wonder. "

Ray Bradbury

" A great many people think
they are thinking
when they are merely
rearranging their
prejudices. "

William James

" If you do not expect

 the unexpected
you will not find it,
 for it is not to be reached
 by search
 or trail. "

Heraclitus

“ A cat pours 

his body on the floor

 like water. 

It is restful just 

to see him. ”

 William Lyon Phelps

" It's easy to fool

 the eye 

but it's hard to fool

 the heart. "

 
Al Pacino

" Nature will bear the closest inspection. 

She invites us to lay our eye level

 with her smallest leaf, 

and take an insect view

 of its plain.  "

Henry David Thoreau

" Her angel's face, 

As the great eye

 of heaven shined bright,

 And made a sunshine 

in the shady place. "

 
Edmund Spenser 

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We Are All Equal

A   L   O   H   A  !

We are all
equal

in every way 
that is 

Truly Important.

We are

Unequal,

Different,

in every other

way.

How do we respect

the soul we share -

- without continuing

the Voyage

To a more perfect

world?

What do  Y O U  say?

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Rain Pause

A  L  O  H  A !

 Rain Blows In

“ Some people 

walk in the rain,

 others 

just get wet. ”
  

Roger Miller

 Moves On By

“ The only noise now

 was the rain, 

pattering softly

 with the magnificent

 indifference 

of nature

 for the tangled passions 

of humans. ”

  Sherwood Smith

 But Not Before Blessing All flowers

 “ Heaven knows

 we need never be ashamed 

of our tears,

 for they are rain

 upon the blinding dust 

of earth, 

overlying 

our hard hearts. ”
  

Charles Dickens,

  Great Expectations

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When it rains,

we pause.

Thanks Friend

for resting here

a moment.

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“ I always like walking in the rain,

 so no one can see me 

crying. ”

Charles Chaplin

Am I Selfish?

A    L    O    H    A   !

" Aging 

is not lost youth 

but a new stage 

of opportunity 

and strength. "

Betty Friedan

" To keep the heart 

unwrinkled, 

to be hopeful,

 kindly, cheerful, 

reverent--

that is to triumph 

over old age. "

 Thomas Bailey Aldrich

" The best part 

about being 

my age

 is in knowing 

how my life 

worked out. "

 Scott Adams

" Nothing is inherently

 and invincibly young 

except spirit. 

And spirit can enter

 a human being 

perhaps better

 in the quiet of old age 

and dwell there

 more undisturbed

 than in the turmoil

 of adventure. "

George Santayana

" For the unlearned, old age is winter;
 for the learned,
 it is the season of 
the harvest. "

Hasidic saying

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Ever since childhood

I have been passionate

about "old" people.

Passionate in my appreciation,

of their sheer survival

and all that they have seen.

 

I have always found them

"Cool."

Even a simple person

who lives to be 'aged'

is blessed,

possessing a knowing

that the smartest youth

cannot understand.

Anyone who cheats,

harms, or misleads a senior

is the lowest form of life

in my eyes.

 

But now I face a dilemma:

to defend seniors

is beginning to

look an awful lot

like defending my own

interests.

 

I've always been more 

comfortable

advocating for others

than selling for myself.

 

Is it OK for me to feel

that I am one

of those due respect?

 

Is it OK to think of myself

with that same appreciation,

or am I exempt,

the only one NOT

worthy of it

to myself?

 

I'm reminded of the story,

of the woman aged 93

who spent her days

volunteering at the senior center.

 

"Why don't you relax?"

she was asked.

 

Her reply?

 

"Well who would help

the old people?!"

So I too will continue

to advocate

for "them."

While You & I

stay forever young

through fields of 'blog'

we run together

hand in hand.

Laughing.

 

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"Age is an issue of
mind over matter.
 If you don't mind,
 it doesn't matter."

 Mark Twain

One Year Ashore

ALOHA    FRIENDS !

This is an updated post from last September

When you live on a boat, as we do, 

THIS is your view!

There is little to see out your porthole,

 maybe one palm tree

 that moves out of sight

with the movements of the boat

at the end of it's ropes.

Yes, this has been home for 20 years,

as I posted about recently

Here.

We don't HAVE a view,

we ARE the view!

But all that is about to change

BIG TIME

Below
you can see
my 
N E W
V I E W!

I'm beside myself.
Bathroom, Kitchen,
S P A C E. . . 


Housing is expensive on islands,
and we looked at many
depressing places-

But finally found a situation
a couple of blocks from
the harbor.
My days can still begin
with a walk on Waikiki Beach.

“ I have heard the mermaids singing, 

each to each. ”
 

 T. S. Eliot
 







So I'll still see the familiar neighbors:

“ Why do we love the sea?

It is because it has some potent power

to make us think things we like to think. ”
 

Robert Henri

Just not LIVE with them.

I just hope this sailor can adjust.
But I KNOW
that I
WILL!




I'm gonna lay down now.


My sea legs are confused,
and my head
is SPINNING!


But no more emergencies in the night
like THIS one,
that caused my husband 
to miss my nieces wedding.


Or THIS one
that almost sank us!


THIS scary one,


or the TWO Tsunami alerts
HERE & HERE.


Guess I'm just getting soft.


Hooray!

 I never about knew any of this!
So that was the cat before me, eh?



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More posts about boat life:
What is it like to live on a boat? 
Start HERE

Pirates !   Here

Moving Ashore   Here & Here

Kitty moves ashore  Here

Wave Your Flag

ALOHA!

" Many a man

 would rather you heard

 his story

 than grant 

his request. "

Earl of Chesterfield

Wave your Humanity

like a happy puppy tail.

Let the world know

your Aloha.

Don't jump up

on everyone begging

for a pat on the head

Just trot through life

wagging your Humanity.

The whole world

will get the message.

Bonus: Everyone

loves a puppy.

^..^

v

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