Breakfast at Epiphanies

Aloha &
       Welcome Back
                 to Virtual Hawaii

"Plans are nothing sacred.  

If the plan doesn't work, make a new one. 

People don't fail, plans do."

Serge Kahili King

"An authentically powered person

is humble. . .

. . . It is the inclusiveness of one who responds

to the beauty of each soul,

who sees in  each personality

the soul incarnate upon the Earth."

Gary Zukav

" A sarcastic person

has a superiority complex

that can be cured only

by the honesty of humility.  "

Lawrence G. Lovasik

 

 

 

" Do you wish to rise? 

Begin by descending. 

You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds?

Lay first the foundation of humility.  "

Saint Augustine

 

" Humility 

is a necessary veil 

to all other graces.  "

William Gurnall  

 

" Humility and knowledge

in poor clothes

excel pride and ignorance 

in costly attire.  "

William Penn

Each flock of birds lives forever

for they share a single soul

have you seen how they fly together?

Through births, deaths & seasons

each flock of birds

lives forever.

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Life Spirals

A L O H A! 

Welcome Back to Virtual Hawaii

Wild Orchid

" Loneliness 

is the poverty of self;

Solitude

is the richness

of the

self. "

May Sarton

 

The Scene

" Inside myself is a place where I live all alone,
 and that's where I renew my springs

that never dry up. "

Pearl S. Buck

Behind the Scenes

“Language ought to be

the joint creation

of poets

and manual workers.”

 George Orwell

Look at the Spiral on That Girl!

“The growth of understanding

follows an ascending spiral

rather than a straight line.”

 

 Joanna Field 

 

 

 

Look at the nose on that kid!

" A child of five would understand this.

Send someone to fetch a child of five. "

 
Groucho Marx

Local Style!

" Hawaii is not a state of mind,

but a state of grace.  "

Paul Theroux

 

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Back in the day

a racially integrated band

was not common.

Today we remember a giant,

a BIG man

in every sense of the word:

Clarence Clemmons, 

Bruce Springsteen's friend

and sax player died this past weekend.

His solo from JUNGLELAND 

is an indelible soundtrack and talisman

of our lives.

For a kid growing up across the river from New Jersey

this was the epic poetry of our existence.

Someone else heard the music of the night

as I did.

I guess a lot of people far from NJ

felt the same.

Here is the solo

to listen one more time.

followed by Springsteen's lyrics.

" -and the poets down here
Don't write nothing at all,

they just stand back and let it all be- "

Bruce Springsteen Jungleland Lyrics

The rangers had a homecoming in harlem late last night
And the magic rat drove his sleek machine over the jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The rat pulls into town rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down flamingo lane

Well the maximum lawman run down flamingo chasing the rat and the barefoot
Girl
And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands
From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world
As we take our stand down in jungleland

The midnight gangs assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
They'll meet `neath that giant exxon sign that brings this fair city light
Man there's an opera out on the turnpike
There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops, cherry tops, rips this holy night
The streets alive as secret debts are paid
Contacts made, they vanished unseen
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine
The hungry and the hunted explode into rocknroll bands
That face off against each other out in the street down in jungleland

In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage
Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the d.j. plays
Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners
Desperate as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone

Beneath the city two hearts beat
Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked
In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown
The rats own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the
Night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz
Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here
Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be
And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment
And try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead
Tonight in jungleland

Pluterperfect Plumeria

ALOHA &

Welcome Back to Virtual Waikiki

The common Plumeria;

often a Hawaii child's first lei, a gift for Mom.

" Mama was my greatest teacher, 

a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. 

If love is sweet as a flower, 

then my mother is that sweet flower of love. "

Stevie Wonder

Called "church yard flower" or "make man's flower"

(Mah-kay = dead) for it's ubiquity in isle grave yards.

"Love is the flower you've got to let grow."
                    

                  John Lennon

 Named for the 17th Century French botanist Plumier -
(First Known Use: 1753).

Fitting since reminds me of fleur de lis.

"Love is flower like;

Friendship is like a sheltering tree."

 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Rhymes with PLUMERIA:

Algeria, Assyria, asteria, bacteria, diphtheria, Egeria, Elyria, Iberia, Illyria, Liberia, Nigeria, porphyria, Siberia, wisteria.  

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 Also known as Frangipani

 "Any of a genus (Plumeria) of shrubs or small trees 

of the dogbane family that are native to the

American tropics

and widely cultivated as ornamentals." 

Merriam-Webster



 

" Nobody sees a flower really; 

it is so small. We haven't time,

and to see takes time - 

like to have a friend takes time.  "

Georgia O'Keeffe

 

A modification of Italian frangipane,

  from Muzio Frangipane, 

a 16th century Italian nobleman.

First Known Use: 1675.

" One could not pluck a flower

without troubling a star.  "

Loren Eiseley 


 

" Pick a flower on Earth

and you move the farthest star.  "

Paul Dirac


 

 

Rhymes with FRANGIPANI:

Hindustani, hootenanny

" Personality is to a man

what perfume is to a flower.  "

Charles M. Schwab

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the Upward Struggle

A L O H A !

 

play the song

The struggle upward

is on-going.

 It will be finished

for you & me

long before it is over.

All we can do is

each

our own part.

 Every moment,

every interaction with another,

is an opportunity

a choice:

to up-lift

or to down-cast.

So-

Be a happy warrior

give (self) peace a chance

and in the truest way

the wo-orld will live

as one.

 Thank YOU

for bringing the gift of your presence.

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Happy Bloom's Day

A l o h a

Happy Bloom's Day -

the Literary Holiday

Symphony Skies Speak to the Soul

"- and help me to discern the difference

between:

'Taking it Easy'

&

'Letting Myself Go Completely.'"

Made For Each Other!

“Friends will keep you sane,

Love could fill your heart,

A lover can warm your bed,

But lonely is the soul without a mate.”

 

 David Pratt

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. 

Notice the bumble bee, the small child,

and the smiling faces.

Smell the rain, and feel the wind.

Live your life to the fullest potential,

and fight for your dreams.”

 

Ashley Smith 

 

 

 

And the most beautiful thing to see:

" My Daddy's H O M E!!! "

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Sneeze the Day!

A L O H A

& Welcome to Hawaii

If you wish to be considered a great conversationalist, 

just ask others about themselves

and actually listen

without interrupting.

"Being deeply loved by someone

gives you strength,
 while loving someone deeply

gives you courage."

Lao Tzu

 

"Always kiss your children goodnight,

even if they're already asleep."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile
 the moment a single man contemplates it
 bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Remember

there's no such thing

as a small act of kindness.

Every act creates a ripple

with no logical end.”

 Scott Adams

Hawaiian Wedding Day

A L O H A! 

Welcome to the Big Island's Puna District

Sorry for the web deception, 

but like many of you I have been on a short trip off island 

and didn't want to broadcast the fact that our home (boat) was unattended.

   That's Puna above: Big Sky Country, rural Hawaii. 

I will do a 'Day Trip' post soon,

but today I just wanted to show you a FEW pictures of the reason for the trip.

  Saturday saw the wedding of my niece to a great guy!

The special day began as we awoke on our boat wreathed (choking?) in smoke! The fire department was heroic once again, and the situation (battery power electrical) was quickly brought under control.  I was completely debilitated!  But my husband basically picked me up, put me in the car, and pushed me towards Honolulu airport.  I'm grateful that he did; It was truly a magic day!  He stayed behind to keep our house afloat.

 

Opihikao, Puna.

"Look down you gods,

and on this couple drop a blessed crown."

My niece was born a few miles from here

at the famous Kalapana Black Sand Beach.

Though she has not a drop of Hawaiian blood,

she is truly Keiki O Ka Aina,

a child of the land, as is her handsome groom. 

(The first Hawaiians landed not too far from here

(South Point) around 750 A.D. / A.C.E.)

"We all need fresh starts.

That's why the sun comes up everyday."

Unknown

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Here's to these beautiful bridesmaids.

We admire them for their beauty, respect them for their intelligence,

adore them for their virtues,

and love them because we can't help it."

Their friends, the wedding party.  

These kids all grew up 'off the grid' in a super rural, very isolated place,

and have known each other their whole lives.

  They are the children of unconventional people,

but seem none the worse for it.

Their 'Puna Hippie' parents are now exploring their early senior years.

  I'd say those pioneers did OK.

The Gathering for the Ceremony

"The man or woman you really love

will never grow old to you.

Through the wrinkles of time,

through the bowed frame of years,

You will always see the dear face

and feel 

The warm heart union

of your eternal love."

Beautiful Hawaiian Music

Lots of people there remembered my Dad who lived over there for years.

He's been gone for two years but was very present; many mentioned him.

The Jewish breaking of the glass tradition would have pleased him.

Though the bride's lovely Mom is not Jewish, and the groom

has no connection to the faith, everyone shouted 'Mazel Tov!'
The barefoot groom put on 'slippers' (flip flops) for this part.

Someone also left a volcanic pohaku (stone)

wrapped in a Ti leaf as an offering of gratitude to Pele of the volcano,

Grandmother of this country.

I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance,
A church filled with family and friends.
I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for,
He said one that would make me his wife.
~Author Unknown

Welcome to the family!

The reception at a near by orchard

was splendid.  More laters. . . . .

                       . . . I'm still verklempt!

Thank YOU for sharing the joy-

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