Patience Strong

  A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

And while I stood there 

I saw more 

than I can tell 

and I understood 

more than I saw; 

for I was seeing in 

a sacred manner 

the shapes of all things 

in the spirit, and 

the shape of all shapes 

as they must live together 

like one being.

Black Elk

If you stand very still

and you hold to your faith

you will get all the

help that you ask -

You will draw from the Silence

the things that you need -

Hope and courage, and

strength for your task.

Patience Strong

We are the music makers, 

and we are the 

dreamers of the dream.

Wandering by 

lone sea breakers, 

and sitting 

by desolate streams.

World losers 

and world forsakers, 

for whom the 

pale moon gleams.

Yet we are movers 

and the shakers

 of the world 

forever it seems.

Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy

Life is short.

Smile

while you still have teeth. Mallory Hopkins

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Cloudia & Pixie

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 A L O H A  From
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Happiness cannot be 

traveled to, owned, earned, 

worn or consumed. 

Happiness is the spiritual 

experience of living every 

minute with love, 

grace and gratitude.

            Denis Waitley

Have you ever seen dust 

dancing in sunbeams?

How it glitters 

like flecks of gold?

Maybe that is the 

true alchemy.

Not changing 

what something is, 

but seeing it 

in a new light.

L.E. Bowman

The way to mend

the bad world is to

create the right world.

   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common Goldeneye 

No matter what you do

if it isn't genuine,

it's not worth doing,

if it isn't meant

with good heart

it's not worth saying,

and if it's a darkness

around you perhaps it's

not worth remembering.

    E.E.D. Horton  

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Full Moon

Over Kaneohe Bay Oahu

 by Kathy Edwards  

 How can I ever have 

this experience again?' 

It was so mesmerizing, so 

complicated and so primordial; 

I could not believe it.

Vivienne Westwood

Choice Power

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

There is only one way

to happiness
and that is to cease

worrying about things

which are beyond
our power.
Epictetus

To me, photography is 

the simultaneous recognition, 

in a fraction of a second, 

of the significance of an event 

as well as of a precise 

organization of forms 

that give that event 

its proper expression.

Henri Cartier-Bresson 

The way we choose

to see the world 

creates the

world we see. 

             Barry Neil Kaufman

Half of our mistakes in life

 arises from feeling

 where we ought to

 think,

and thinking 

where we ought to 

feel 

John Churton Collins

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best

to fix our attention on the beautiful and good

and dwell as little as possible on the dark and the base. Richard Cecil

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Pixie & Cloudia

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 In times of joy,
all of us wished
we possessed a tail
we could wag. 

W. H. Auden

Footing

 A L O H A  From
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If you cannot see the rainbow because your face is down, don't argue that no rainbow is up there. Lift up your passion and take your dreams off the ground! Israelmore Ayivor

Be the Person

Your Dog Thinks

You Are. C.J. Frick

 

Don't fall 

before you're pushed. 

English Proverb

We carry inside us 

the wonders we seek 

outside us. 

        Rumi

Mind be clear

Strong and free,

Ready to face

Whatever may be.

To handle life's puzzles 

With consummate ease,

Find joy in the simple things,

That please.

But when balance falters

Life gets tough,

Each day a struggle

It can be rough!

I lose my way,

And darkness starts to creep,

Making every moment feel 

like a heavy sleep.

So I remind myself

To take care each day,

To nurture my mind

And live a better way.

I breathe, I calm, I focus

On what's real,

And slowly, my balance

Begins to heal.

With every step, 

I find my footing again,

And life becomes manageable, 

less of a strain.

I learn to appreciate

The little things,

And find peace in the

Quiet moments that brings.

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Be patient where you 

sit in the dark. The 

dawn is coming.

              Rumi

Hokule`a On A Sea Of Stars

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

May there always be 

Tradewinds behind you, 

Rainbows above you, and 

Aloha all around you.

Hawaiian blessing from 

the Island of Kauai

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe

"Hokule`a" Star Of Gladness.

The first ocean-crossing Voyaging Canoe in Hawaii since ancient times 600 years ago. She has voyaged all over Polynesia, The Pacific, Japan, US, without

modern instruments,

and is not done Voyaging yet!

This is how the Polynesians

populated the Pacific and discovered the Hawaiian Islands, bringing people, culture,

useful plants not then found in Hawaii,

so called "Canoe Plants." Canoe plants in Hawaii refer to vital plants brought by early Polynesian settlers in their canoes, crucial for survival and sustenance in their new home, including ti, taro, breadfruit, banana, coconut, turmeric, and gourds.

It would be impossible to overstate the significance of the rebirth of Voyaging to the Hawaiian people, especially the children!

Hokule`a and all of Hawaii are celebrating

her 50th Anniversary of launching this month!

On Monday, March 10 she was in the canal right by my building and the Hawaii Convention Center. The crew was giving dockside tours. We went to admire and pay our respects!

March 10, Waikiki:

Before the Hokule`a departed on it's 2007 Japanese voyage, I visited dockside and gifted them a copy or two of my Hawaii Novella: "Aloha Where You Like Go?"

The main guy all these years,

Nainoa Thompson graciously accepted

my gift with a hug. "There is plenty of

time to read at sea," he told me.

Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson (L)

The Hokule'a voyaged to Japan,

as part of its

"One Ocean, One People"

voyage, in 2007.

Departure: The Hōkūleʻa and the voyaging canoe Alingano Maisu left Hawaiʻi on January 19, 2007.

Voyage: The voyage included Micronesia, and then voyaged to southern Japan.

Completion: The Hōkūleʻa completed the voyage to Yokohama, Japan on June 9, 2007.

More about the first Hawiian Voyaging Canoe

in 600 years HERE

Sept 16 2018 the second

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe in known history

entered San Francisco Bay! 

(Hokule`a had previously visited)

The voyaging canoe Hikianalia stopped in 

Marin [unannounced] at the 

Coast Guard Station, Golden Gate, before 

entering the city for the welcoming celebration 

by the local First Nation People 

and other dignitaries. 

I was there and held the rope!

Hikianalia, 2018

San Francisco Bay

Hokule`a is mother

of Hikianalia.

True friends are always together in spirit. L.M. Montgomery

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Now you understand the

significance of this

neighborhood mural!