Occupy. . . Honolulu Too!

A L O H A !

 The Grass-Roots response to the "Big Ripoff" is growing everywhere.

Float Like the Clouds on Air Do

Aloha!

Click on photos please :-)

" I have stretched ropes

from steeple to steeple;

garlands from window to window;

golden chains from star to star,
 and I dance. "

Arthur Rimbaud

“ He who kisses joy as it flies by

will live in eternity's sunrise. ”

 William Blake

" When you find peace within yourself,

you become the kind of person 

who can live at peace with others. "

 Peace Pilgrim

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When Thomas Jefferson designed the campus for the University of Virginia

he was an educated amateur who understood the proportions and 

principles of classic architecture, as a glance at his library

(the kernal of the US Library of Congress) shows.

One example of his wisdom was that he DID NOT lay out

the paths between and among his buildings.

Rather, he allowed the wisdom of crowds,

by pedestrian consensus,

to find the best paths.

Only after the flow of walkers was written in mud

were the paths paved and landscaping completed.

Though I am living only a "New York Block" or two

from where we were moored for 20 years,

it is 35 floors up, and a culture-shock away

from the life I have long been living.

On my morning walk, as well as inside the apartment,

I am discovering new paths and habits.

Kitty is doing the same:

nights at the foot of the bed,

morning crazy time,

then reflective hours back on the bed,

in the sunlight,

followed by
 hours of contemplation under the bed,

till afternoon treat time

and evening festivities.

One happy discovery I've made

is that my MoJo is BACK!

Being able to shower, choose clothes,

toilette and dress in climate controlled comfort

has made me feel, well,

like a girl again!

My looks are changing. . . 

BACK!

And it's not just the weight I'm losing in the face.

I feel graceful, and LIKE what I see in the mirror,

and the mirrors of daily faces

(yes, including me husband's).

I think I'm gonna subtract a few more

"lie years" from my age!

And though I'm too refined to discuss libido,

let's just say I have remembered the word!

Who knew that living in a hot, packing crate
(read: 'boat')

could cramp one's style?

Thanks SO much for visiting today!

What life-habits do you think might be holding YOU back?

Tell us in comments.  Warmly, cloudia

Critical Joy

A L O H A !

" The only currency I value

is the coin of the spirit.

That's very important in my life. "

Kinky Friedman

" There is no greater agony
than bearing an untold story
inside you. "

Maya Angelou

“ Everything has been figured out,

except how to live. ” 

Jean Paul Sartre

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Henry David Thoreau famously wrote:

" Most men lead lives of quiet desperation- "
 

But did you know

that there is more

to that famous quote?

" -and go to the grave

with the song still in them. "

Song?

 

 

 

 

Without a song to sing,

without joy,

life itself

is mere futility.

Thank YOU for listening to my song. 

                          Please leave us a comment!  cloudia

Love in Public

A L O H A !

"The main purpose of the stock market

is to make fools of as many

as possible."

Bernard Baruch

" The blackest despair

that can take hold of any society

is the fear that living honestly

is futile. "

Corrado Alvaro

" Only Americans

can hurt America."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

" It is well enough that people of the nation

do not understand our banking

and monetary system,
 for if they did,

I believe there would be a revolution

before tomorrow morning. "

Henry Ford

“ Justice

is what love looks like

in public. "

Cornel West


 

       
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" Bad times have a scientific value.

These are occasions

a good learner would not miss. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The more insecure a person,

the more money they need

to protect them

from the rest of

us.

A confident person

understands

that we all share the sky

together,

and the best things

cannot

be hoarded.

Each day invites us

to the feast. . .

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" Much violence

is based on the illusion

that life is a property

to be defended 

and not to be shared.  "

Henri Nouwen

 

 

 

 

 

I believe in an America

in which the fruits of productivity

and prosperity

are shared by all,

by workers as well as owners, 

by those at the bottom

as well as those at the top. "

Theodore C. Sorensen 

 

 

 

Thank YOU for sharing with us here

Warmly, cloudia

Song of Dawn

A L O H A !

" Slow buds the pink dawn

 like a rose

     

From out night's gray

 and cloudy sheath;

 Softly and still
it grows and grows,
 Petal by petal,
 leaf by leaf."  
  Susan Coolidge

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" Garden fairies come at dawn,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bless the flowers 

then they're gone. "
 
Annonymous

 

 

 

 

“Faith is the bird

that feels the light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and sings when the dawn

is still dark.”

 Rabindranath Tagore

 

 

 

 

 Thank YOU for joining us!

                                         warmly, cloudia

 

Yellow Lies

A L O H A !

Click on These Shots - Please!

Now Yellow Lies Upon the Land

Splashes the sky herself

click on THIS one to visit the angel

A Presiding Angel Communicates

With Special Agents On-Scene

All's Well in the Last Lasting Light. . . 

. . . the Yellow Light. . . .

. . . That Lies Upon the Land

Warmly, cloudia

YOUR Comment is a light!   Thanks

Floating Launch Platform Odyssey

A L O H A !

Even at this distance,

that is an interesting vessel 

approaching Honolulu Harbor

Looks like a Multi-Hull

photo courtesy of wikipedia

 " L/P Odyssey 

is a self-propelled semi-submersible

mobile spacecraft launch platform  

converted from a mobile drilling rig in 1997.

The vessel is currently used for

equatorial Pacific Ocean launches. 

In her current form, Odyssey is 436 feet (133 m) long

and about 220 feet (67 m) wide,

with an empty draft displacement of 30,000 short tons (27,000 t), and a submerged draft displacement of 50,600 short tons (45,900 t). 

The vessel has accommodations for 68 crew 

and launch system personnel, including living, dining, medical and recreation facilities.

A large, environmentally-controlled hangar

stores the rocket during transit

and then rolls it out and erects it 

prior to fueling and launch. "

Wikipedia

Interesting visitor!

Photo by Cindy Ellen Russell/crussell@staradvertiser.com

Here you can see how it dwarfs

Honolulu's Aloha tower

@ pier 10

She departed for Southeast Asia

on Friday.

Thank YOU

for 'docking' here a while.

                                       comment?  warmly, cloudia