Turn to Solidarity

A     L     O     H     A   !

" Be wary of
'great leaders'.
Hope
that there are
many small leaders. "

Pete Seeger

" The moment of 
near despair
is quite often
the moment that
precedes courage. "

Christopher Hitchens

" Nobody 
owes anybody 
a living, 
but everybody 
is entitled to 
a chance. "  

Jack Dempsey

"Claw"

" For the wretched
 one night is like a thousand;
 for someone faring well 
death is just 
one more night. "


Sophocles 



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Come Hula - Come BE

A     L     O     H     A   !

 " The battles that count 
aren't the ones
 for gold medals. 
The struggles within yourself
 - the invisible, inevitable
 battles inside all of us - 
that's where it's at. " 

Jesse Owens

  "  What a new face
 courage puts 
on everything!  "

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

" You must look
 into other people 
as well as 
at them. "

Lord Chesterfield 

“That was a perfect set,” 
kumu hula Mapuana de Silva
told her women. . . her face glowing with pride. 
She said that she chose [Queen] Liliu‘okalani’s music
 to “celebrate the senses of love,
 its sounds, touches
 and tastes, 
and to bring the ha‘ena 
(glowing breath of life) here.” 

Hawaii Tribune Herald
LINK


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Mapuana de Silva
is just the loveliest person.

I have lived Hawaii
for almost 30 years
and have never seen her,
in a photo,
at a performance,
a weird camera angle
at a live TV event,
I have NEVER
seen Mapuana
that she is not 
smiling her sincere,
amazing SMILE.

Do an image search
on her name;
Get ready to
smile.

She is a top level
Kumu Hula
(Teacher, source,
spiritual leader-
choreographer,
cultural/language
expert, 
and more!)

But it is her Aloha 
that inspires on
every level,
in all she does,
far beyond her
hula family.

I hope these
shots inspire
YOUR day!

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Commitment

A     L     O     H     A   !

Self Confidence

is ultimately

a gift

that you give

to ALL around You.

Being Yourself

Being Your Best

is the Opposite

of Selfish.

 'Build your own dreams,
 or someone else
 will hire you
 to build 
theirs.' 

Farrah Gray

And if your dream

is to do a "humble" job

well,

to care for your

family,

to provide an

Honest service

to your community,

then You share my dreams

and have my respect.

Thanks so much

for looking in today.

Oh go ahead!

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New Year Lions Backstage 你好

A  L  O  H  A - Nihau - 你好

We see and taste,

and live China's culture

all over Honolulu,

all through Hawaii.

 Chinese New Year

  is a special time of year to me.

We Hear it,

See it, Taste it,

and 

SMELL it!

End of a Long Day - Heads OFF!

 Not ALL

 of the lion dancers are teens, 

OR Chinese.

 "Secret Alley" 

Chinese Cultural Center, Chinatown Honolulu

Lions in ones and twos,

retreated behind a closed door

while I took the shot 

above this one

(and some in our party

drank some "Alley Beers")

I snuck the door open a 

crack and found

the secret Lion Store Room!

The Year of the Wood Horse

starts Jan 31st.

Honolulu is just

getting started

GUNG HEE FAT CHOY!

Wishing YOU

the best year yet!

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PRO BOWL STARTING

A L O H A !

Welcome

 Pro-Bowlers & Fans!

NOT Super Sunny today in Honolulu

But it is Warm & Wonderful!

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    A      L      O      H      A   !  

 “ Beautiful things 

don’t ask

 for attention. ” 

Sean O’Connell

" No,                             

 they command it! "

cloudia

I rounded the hedge, there he was: 

staring into my eyes! 

Didn't care to be photographed-

Click on this photo to gloat at the prices ($ USD)

Waimanalo, Oahu (LINK)

" The day, water,

 sun, moon, night -

 I do not have to 

purchase these things

 with money. "

Plautus 

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Hawaii's Highway

A      L      O      H       A   !

Most goods come to Hawaii by ship

" William Matson (1849–1917)
 was the founder
of the Matson Navigation Company.
 He was born in Lysekil in Västra Götaland
County, Sweden,
 and orphaned during childhood.
He arrived in San Francisco
after a trip around Cape Horn in 1867.
Working aboard the Spreckels family yacht,
he struck up a friendship with sugar tycoonClaus Spreckels,
 who financed many of Matson's new ships.
 In 1882 the three masted schoonerEmma Claudina
ran to the Hawaiian Islands.
The enterprise began in the carrying of merchandise,
especially of plantation stores, to the islands
and returning with cargoes of sugar. "
Wikipedia

LINK

Click photo to see the cars aft.
Those tiny boxes amidships
tower over one's car as trucks take
them about our highways.

" Matson is credited with
 introducing mass tourism to Hawaii
 with the opening of the historic Moana Hotel
(March 11, 1901
 now known as the Moana Surfrider Hotel)
 and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki
 on the island of Oahu. "

Wikipedia

CLICK TO ENLARGE Tiny Barge!

Barges like this one,

 towed by great oceangoing tugs,

 take goods from Honolulu Harbor

to the neighbor islands

Many shipping lines call at Honolulu

" The sincere friends of this world

 are as ship lights

 in the stormiest of nights. "

Giotto di Bondone 

Do click on photo to see
 aircraft on the runway behind ship

" Four hoarse blasts

 of a ship's whistle

 still raise the hair 

on my neck 

and set my feet 

to tapping. "

John Steinbeck 

Aircraft, 

like this jumbo military fellow,

 bring people,

and time-sensitive supplies.
Hawaiian Airlines is regularly
the most on-time airline
in America!


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