Count Weekend

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Weekends don't count

 unless you 

spend them doing 

something 

completely pointless. "

 Bill Watterson

Linking to

Weekend Reflections

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Thank You
for looking in!
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The Beautiful Game

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

Looking Out To Sea

" An early-morning walk

 is a blessing 

for the whole day. "

                                 Thoreau

Coming Ashore

"Don't be satisfied 

with stories,

 how things have gone

 with others, unfold 

your own myth." 

                                  Rumi

Throwing  Light

" It's so hard when

 contemplated in advance,

 and so easy when 

you just do it. "

                      Robert M. Pirsig

 The goddess has decreed

it seems,

that beyond life's blessed basics

I shall not be one of Life's

'Big Winners'

so it is up to me

to be a beautiful 
Also-Ran.

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Thank You

for contemplating

             here with us! cloudia

Honolulu Sky

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Only the 

person of worth

 can recognize the 

worth in others. "

                        Thomas Carlyle

" Freedom is 

the right to live 

as we wish. "

                        Epictetus

" You are 

what you are 

because of the 

conscious & subconscious 

choices you 

have made. "

               Barbara Hall

Linking to

SkyWatch

Thank You!

                              Cloudia

Working Fences Around Back

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

Most Buildings Have a "Face" -

" We should believe in

 the power of living 

just one day at a time,

 those who want 

to live for tomorrow 

are not living. "

                        Santosh Kalwar

- And a "Business Side"

Like we ourselves do.

This is why

we wear trousers.

This building is 

protecting it's jewels.

Construction Fence,

equipment staged,

beneath a stately tree

that's seen it all

before.

Today Rises

behind.

Linking to

Good Fences

Thank YOU

for 

Entering Here!

                Warmly, cloudia

Always Good Advice

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

“ True wisdom lies 

in gathering 

the precious things 

out of each day 

as it goes by. ”

                                 E.S. Boutons

" I like to listen.

 I have learned a great deal 

from listening carefully. 

Most people never listen." 

                       Ernest Hemingway

Linking to

Signs Signs

Just 

another Glorious Day

to explore our world

around the way!

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Hope YOU

are just 

loving it-

                Fondly, cloudia

Sleep the Healer - No Fooling

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Not until just before dawn 

do people sleep best; 

not until people get old 

do they become wise.

One is never too old to learn. "

                                 Chinese Proverb

" Silence is the sleep 

that nourishes wisdom. "

                                 Sir Francis Bacon

" Don't try to 

solve serious matters 

in the middle 

of the night. "

                       Philip K. Dick

" You can't wake

 a person who is 

pretending to 

be asleep. "

                  Navajo Proverb

" Bad sleep ‘dramatically’ 

alters the body...

A run of poor sleep can 

have a potentially profound effect 

on the internal workings 

of the human body " 

                              UK researchers

Studies show that people 
who don't get quality sleep
 or enough sleep are more likely to get sick
 after being exposed to a virus, such as
 the common cold. Lack of sleep 
can also affect how fast 
you recover if you do get sick.
                                       Link

" Sleep, rest of things, 

O pleasing Deity,

Peace of the soul, 

which cares dost crucify,

Weary bodies refresh 

and mollify. "

                   Ovid 

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Before we leave

the night completely

[or at least for

another day]

I would be remiss

if I did not

PRAISE

the Master Healer

S L E E P.

A change in my sleep

routine is yielding

wonderful results;

After age 50

we blame things

on "age."

But getting just

2 nights of 

great sleep

has me feeling

like a Spring Lamb.

BAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Are YOU getting

enough healing 

S L E E P?

             Fondly, cloudia

Night City Authenticity

A L O H A   from   Honolulu!

" I often think 

that the night 

is more alive 

and more 

richly colored

 than the day. "

                   Vincent van Gogh

" On all who are out tonight, 

the homeless, the weary, 

the starving, those tempted 

to suicide, the intemperate, 

have mercy. -

" To those who are out 

to rescue others, 

grant help and protection.

For those who work at night, 

the police, railwaymen, firemen, 

those engaged on the stage, 

soldiers and sailors, sentries on duty, 

editors and journalists, 

let Your Presence be with them, 

"For the sick, and suffering 

and all who are enduring 

any agony of mind and body,

 comfort them, 

For all undergoing surgery, 

strengthen them, 

For the sleepless and lonely, 

be near them.

For those in anxiety, nervous 

or mental distress, calm them.

For the mentally ill, keep them 

under Your protection.

For those who care 

for the mentally ill, 

make them tender-hearted 

and compassionate.

For night nurses, 

give faithfulness 

and sympathy.

For priests and doctors, 

called out this night,

 reward them. "

Night Litany For Our City

The Discalced Carmelite Nuns

of Philadelphia

"The Philadelphia Carmel was the birthplace of devotion 

to St. Therese, the “Little Flower,” in the United States! "

"  The darkest night is 

often the bridge

 to the brightest 

tomorrow. "

                        Jonathan L. Huie 

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I have always loved 

The Night,

spent years of my life

working there,

and inhabiting

her bright darkness.

My little novel

"Aloha Where You Like Go?"

Largely takes place

in Hawaii's nights.

This Night Litany

has long spoken to me

richly about the 

world & people

of the night,

I hope it makes YOU

feel some of

the Wonder

I have enjoyed;

To reflect

on the strangers

of EVERY belief

who are ceaselessly

standing by, or

praying for the world,

for each and all

of Us.

Those who are vigilant

in firehouse, ward,

the watch tower;

Those who keep

our power on

and ambulances

at the ready.

Thank You

for riding along

tonight-

          Warmly, cloudia