Skywatching

A  L  O  H  A !

Northern California Sky

" And if I’m alone in bed,

 I will go to the window,

 look up at the sky, and 

feel certain that loneliness 

is a lie, because the 

Universe is there 

to keep me company. "

                                        Paul Coelho

Linking to

Skywatch Friday

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Thank You Friend!

                                                  cloudia

Cherish Your Moments

A  L  O  H  A !

“ There are moments when

 I wish I could 

roll back the clock

 and take all 

the sadness away, 

but I have the feeling that 

if I did, the joy would 

be gone as well.” 

                         Nicholas Sparks

" One can only face 

in others 

what one can face 

in oneself. "

                         James Baldwin

" We spend our life 

until we're twenty deciding 

what parts of ourselves to 

put in the bag, and 

we spend the rest of our lives

 trying to get them out again. " 

                                    Robert Bly

Linking to

Good Fences

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Thank YOU!

                    Fondly, cloudia

Green Dreams

A  L  O  H  A !

 “ When you do things 

from your soul, 

you feel a river 

moving in you, 

a joy.” 

                   Rumi

" The most complicated 

skill is to be simple. "

                      Dejan Stojanovic

Was It All Just A Dream?

" Never let a problem 

to be solved 

become more important 

than a person 

to be loved. "

                          Barbra Johnson

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As I sit 

in my new home base,

crafting this post for you,

I see skies, water, birds.

After so much movement

this silence heals my soul.

My mind's eye is riot

with memories of light

and green.

Was it all a dream?

As I become different,

day by day,

the mystery of me

is a pleasing unknown;

Knowing I've grown.

In this realm

of our own.

Good to see You!

                    fondly, cloudia

Wild Bird Wednesday

A  L  O  H  A !

"Sit quietly, and listen 

for a voice that will say, 

‘Be more silent.’ 

 Your old life was 

a frantic running 

from silence. 

Move outside the tangle. . .

 Live in silence.” 

                                Rumi

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Thank You!

                                cloudia

Scenes From a New Life

A  L  O  H  A   from   Marin County!

“Out of intense complexities 

intense simplicities emerge.”

                                      Winston Churchill 

" A smile will gain you 

ten more years of life. "

                               Chinese Proverb

" Never cut 

what can be untied. "

                           Portuguese Proverb

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Woke up to rain.

Pixie was fine with it

until the thunder!
[no thunder in Hawaii]

She is still

hiding under the bed.

I am proud to say

that I came out of there

already!

Listening to rain

on the roof

feels like

Home -

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(='.'=)

(")_('')

Thank You!

Fondly,

Monday Murals

A  L  O  H  A !     from the Throne Room

Wahine - Female

" All knowledge is not -

Kane - Male

- taught in one school. "

                               Hawaiian Proverb

Linking to

Monday Murals

Thanks Friend!

                                      cloudia

Marin Malihini

A  L  O  H  A !

Princess Flower, Marin 

Malinini 

is a Hawaiian word

for a person

who JUST got here:

a newcomer.

Fragmentary Impressions

Today marks one week

that I am waking

in California

instead of Hawaii.

Like these geese,

I am paddling like mad

under the surface.

But it already suits me

down to the ground.

This is a simpatico place

on many levels,

and I feel wonderful!

I think I will do

some good work here,

and have already written

my first continental poem

in thirty years:

Marin  Malihini

These are

the stars of childhood,

profusion & wonder

I hadn't remembered

till now.

This is the Autumn

of wood smoke & colors

banishing dread heat

on leafy hushed streets.

Pumpkins and raking and cornstalks in sheafs;

This is the Autumn

that I remember.

These are the people

albeit with new faces

the people of many places

who call this bounty

"Home."

Rolling country, Bay,

Meadow, Mountain;

Ocean beaches

spraying fountains.

Across the storied

Golden Gate

dreams long deferred

shimmer and wait.

This will be good,

this will be meat;

I'll labor, that labor

will bring forth much sweet.

Thank YOU
for Visiting!
Fondly, cloudia

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Optional Exegesis

Waikiki is a bustling Urban Resort on lapping sands

with gentle waves and Diamond Head. Magnificent skies

but certainly no place for astronomy.

I grew up in the Northeastern USA 
with four distinct seasons.

Since 1967 I have been trying

to move to [not just visit]

The People's Republic of

San Francisco.

And now here I am: 30 minutes away.

No telling WHAT can come of this!