Red Crested Party Cardinal

A  L  O  H  A !

I used to think:

" Somewhere there is

a party."

All the witty people

are there,

Somewhere high

above the streets

above you and me.

Only Special People

are invited.

How badly I wanted

to be one of them!

I felt imprisoned 

in the 

Every Day.

Burning Yearning

filled me with 

desire.

But I have learned:

The Party is Everywhere!

All Around Us!

We are all invited!

Though not all attend.

Notice the colors,

Taste all the treats.

So many special people

to meet!

The party is right 

HERE.

.

Don't miss it!

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Thanks, Friends!

          Fondly, cloudia

" Life's a banquet 

and most poor suckers are starving to death! "

                      Auntie Mame (1958)

Honolulu's Historic GLBT Culture

A L O H A !
 
The Glades Project (Re-Enactment filming Behind the Scenes) from Connie M. Florez on Vimeo.

Many years ago. . . 

On Honolulu's famous Hotel Street

their was a place where

the boys were prettier than the girls.

That place was The Glades.

Drag performers all wore a button

by Honolulu law

that read: "I am a boy."

Black Men in America

were carrying signs that said:

"I Am A Man."

Those were some times!

Today, my friend Connie

is making a film. . . 

about a time. . . 

about special people. . . 

Survivors-

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Thank YOU

for being Yourself!

                   fondly, cloudia

Cute Cat Pics

A  L  O  H  A !

“Time spent 
with a cat 
is never wasted.” 

 Colette

“There are 

no ordinary 

cats.” 

               Colette

“Like Batman, 

all of us hide behind our masks 

and use them to help define ourselves for others. 

We all have secret identities of a sort, 

hidden behind our smiling social-networking profiles 

or our happy church faces. They're not lies, really. 

They're just not the whole truth, 

because we know that most of the people 

we encounter day-to-day couldn't handle the truth 

(or perhaps we couldn't handle giving it to them)."

Paul Asay, God on the Streets of Gotham:

What the Big Screen Batman Can Teach Us about God and Ourselves

Wow! Really? 

All THAT from Batman, Professor?

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Thank YOU

for looking in!

                         Warmly, cloudia

Laughing Medicine

ALOHA Ha Ha!

View As Needed,

            Warmly, cloudia

Happy Wise

A L O H A !

" The longer we dwell 

on our misfortunes

 the greater their power

 to harm us. " 

                                 Voltaire

"  For every minute 

you are angry 

you lose sixty seconds

 of happiness. "

                            Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be happy.

 It's one way 

of being wise." 

                        Colette 

" Every word, facial expression, 
gesture, or action
 on the part of a parent 
gives the child some message 
about self-worth. 
It is sad that so many 
parents don't realize 
what messages they are sending. "
Virginia Satir

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Thank YOU

                   Warmly, cloudia

MY MURAL

A L O H A !

Tawanka Learning Center [formerly Elementary School]

Link

When I was a kid in school, 
this NEWER school came along.
We would be the first kids to attend it!

In the months it was being built,
we created the mural you see above
in the cafetorium of our "old" school.
We glued tiles to a giant paper drawing.

The mural we created is still there.
The kids we were
are harder to see.


Linking to Mural Monday
Here

Thank You!
                    Warmly, cloudia

Waikiki People, What's That On Your Head?

A  L  O  H  A !

" I look like a 

casual, laid-back guy, 

but it's like a 

circus in my head. "

                              Steven Wright

 “ Enthusiasm is

 the leaping lightning, 

not to be measured 

by the horse-power 

of the understanding. ”

                 Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Happiness doesn't come 

as a result of getting 

something we don't have, 

but rather of 

recognizing and appreciating 

what we DO have. "

                         Frederick Koenig.

Linking to Shooting Strangers From Afar
Here

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Thank YOU

for walking by

Warmly, cloudia