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Christmas Eve in Waikiki

A L O H A !

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Deep Aloha Daniel Inouye, Son of the Islands

A L O H A !

It's Been a tough week.

 Of course, the holidays are what they are.

Then the intolerable evil in Connecticut.  

Such shared, deep grief.  .  .

But then we in Hawaii 

suffered an unprecedented hurt,
somehow a very personal one, 

on deep and shallow levels.

 I can remember no shared,
 genuinely shared, grief

 like this passing of a
 giant leader,

 hero,

 beloved son of these islands.

The mood reminds me
of JFK's assassination
all those years ago.
Hawaii is in shock.

For most of us

he has ALWAYS

been with us,

protecting us.

Watching average Hawaii folks

 wait in line, 

to file past his flag draped coffin

 for 7 hours Saturday night,

was really moving.

Dignitaries, like these Hawaiians of
Royal Societies
 pay respects to an honorary member
and friend.

When tall soldiers moved the coffin

out of the State Capitol

at midnight

over 100 citizens

still waited in line

to pay their

respects.

Watching the preparations
for his Sunday funeral
from my window

[over in the national cemetery
 at Punchbowl Crater]

I feel a loss, an emptiness larger

 than one family's loss. 

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
[ LINK ]
[ shot from my window ]

Hawaii feels hollow,

uncertain today. 

Crack of 19 cannons in salute,
one less than a
president gets.
 I shot the smoke
rising. . . . 

Since statehood 

till this month,

was the Dan era.

This must have been

what it was like

back in earlier times

when

 a much loved king
passed into
history.

Missing Man Formation

After the ceremony,
President Obama & Michelle
visited the grave of 
Stanley Dunham,
Barack's grandfather
who helped to raise 
our President.
Mr. Dunham was
a WWII veteran
like Dan Inouye.
Several of Uncle Dan's
wartime comrades
attended.






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Day or Night

A   L   0   H   A  !

D A Y -

or Night - 

Friends are Best !

The Italian word for wisdom, 

"sapienza" 

comes from "sapia,"

 Latin for taste. 

"I taste 

therefore I know,"

  Ralph Vaughn Williams

  "Oh Taste and See."

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HAWAII- Terrain of Flowers

A L O H A !

Here  be  Flowers.  .  .

There's one!

Someone is here before us. . . .

B U R S T I N G !

The blue 'spades' fascinate. 
WHAT are they?!
These pose like Hula Hands. . . 

 Silly play of Lilies 

Languid Cousins

" Their fruit will be for food
 and their leaves
 for healing. "

Ezekiel 47:12 (MSG)

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Banishing Scary

A   L   O   H   A  !

" When I was a boy 
and I would see scary things
 in the news,
 my mother would say to me,
 'Look for the helpers. 
You will always find
 people who are
 helping.' - 

To this day,

 especially in times of

 "disaster," 

I remember 

my mother's words 

and I am always 

comforted  -

 by realizing that there are still

 so many helpers – 

so many caring people

 in this world."

Fred Rogers

Clicking on Mr. Rogers' name above will take you to his site full of insight about helping children cope,
and aren't we ALL Mr. Rogers' children?

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If you are reading this

there is a pretty good chance

that our world

has not ended

21 Dec 2012.

Of course,

someone's world

has indeed

ended today.

Let's you & me

live this day,

each day,

sharing how

very precious

 it is.

Cherish the little things.

And thank

Y  O  U

for being a

sweetness

in my life/day.

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Heroes Remember Dan Inouye

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