Joycean

A  L  O  H  A !

" The heaventree of stars

hung with humid

nightblue fruit. "

James Joyce

" The writer begins

with the arbitrary,

the accidental,

the insignificant,

and transmits them

into an object

that has intention,

design,

and significance. "

James Joyce

" I'm like a man

who stumbles;

my foot strikes

something,

I look down,

and there is 

E X A C T L Y

what I'm in

need of. "

James Joyce

via Louis Manand

in the New Yorker

22 publishers 

rejected Joyce's 

 The Dubliners.

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We construct our art,

our home,

our life,

from stuff we find

day to day.

That thing you notice

becomes a diadem;

Memory the jeweler

fastens diamonds 

on your hem.

Thank YOU

for voyaging here,

Ulysses

                          says cloudia

"COMMENT!"

Demands the Cyclops

Slightly Better Feeling

A L O H A !

" An animal's eyes

 have the power 

to speak

 a great language. "

 Martin Buber

When we are unhappy

we start to analyze-

We wonder where we went wrong,

How we can make it all

Better -

And yet

All we really

need to do

- Is to look for

a SLIGHTLY better

feeling.

Maybe it's NOT

as bad as it looks,

Tomorrow will be

better.

The Magic of the 

Slightly Better Feeling

can really help you out.

When I'm  musing

on something unpleasant,

I simply stop,

take a breath,

and think of 

YOU Friends

who visit here.

- ALWAYS

makes it all seem

WORTHWHILE!

Thanks for That-

Thank You!

Take away Peace - Leave a comment 


                           Warmly, cloudia

A  L  O  H  A !

 

" I try to raise

 my soul so high

 that the offense

 cannot reach it. "

Rene Descartes

" The conscious mind 

may be compared

 to a fountain

 playing in the sun - "

Sigmund Freud

" Rest and you rust. "

 Helen Hayes, 

American actress

" Well we all shine on
Like the moon 

and the stars 

and the sun
Well we all shine on
Every one, come on "

John Lennon

 " Light gives of itself freely,

 filling all available space.
 It does not seek anything

 in return;
 it asks not whether 

you are friend or foe.
 It gives of itself
and is not thereby 

diminished.  "

Michael Strassfeld

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Autobiography

by  Cloudia W. Charters

Bulldog to butterfly, Raised by rage

found my refuge on the page

H.G. Wells, Kipling and Poe

Sandburg showed me where to go.

Cultural deluge spins all boats

upsets familiar landscape, but I kept afloat

true believer to the dregs

everyone else somehow got rich

but I was just stretching my legs.

Start over?  Why not!

a rolling stone will not rot

Rooted to locale?  

well me, I’m not.

But torrents taunt boulders

we’re all growing older

Tis been a thrilling ride

if much of it pure slide

to rest on a shore

never seen before

rooted at last

have twenty years 

really passed!?

Half submerged sentinel by the shore

rocked but by tides, who could want more?

YOUR Visit

is appreciated!

                              Warmly, cloudia

Law of the Splintered Paddle

 

" It is neither wealth

 nor splendor;
 but tranquility

 and occupation
which give you

 happiness. "

Thomas Jefferson

" No great intellectual thing 

was ever done

 by great effort. "

 Theodore Roosevelt

" Keep green places

in your heart.

Perhaps a singing bird

will nest there "

Chinese Proverb

Mamalahoe 

"The Law of the Splintered Paddle" 

Viliami Toluta’u,  artist

Learn more

 HERE

" People sleep peaceably
 in their beds at night
 only because rough men
 stand ready
to do violence
on their behalf.  "

George Orwell

Irish Hawaiian Chinese Family

19th Century

“The Americans

 have need of the telephone,
 but we do not.
We have plenty 

of messenger boys.”
 

Sir William Preece, 

Engineer-in-chief,

 British Post Office, 1876

" There is no power on earth 

that can neutralize the influence

 of a high, 

simple,

and useful life.  "

Booker T. Washington

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THANK YOU!

Comments are most appreciated

                         Warmly, cloudia

Heavenly

A L O H A ! 

In Heaven

God is the government

and the only competition

is in sharing;

Abundance is unsparing,

and boredom

never wearing.

Thanks for dropping by!

                        Warmly, cloudia

Southern Seas

A L O H A ! 

 

" Now if you love

 this southern sea

And pleasant 

summer weather;

" Come,

 let us mount 

this gallant ship,

And sail away 

together. "

Marshall  Saunders,

=^.^=

Your visit

is a gift!

Thank  You

                                        Warmly, cloudia

"Dancing on the Moon" - Fleischer Cartoon Classic 1935

A L O H A !

 Ah, a lazy Island Saturday !

 Once around Diamond Head 

 - that's Diamond Head Light,

 home (the attached house)

to the Grand Poohbah

 of the US Coast Guard

 District

 Look - 

I caught a bird in flight!

(see how the feet 

are extended to land?)

Well, We've 

"Played Outside"

Now let's

REALLY

be kids again! 

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 When we were young

Saturday morning

was the time

to watch CARTOONS

on the little black & white

TV.

Before Sponge Bob,

or Angry Birds,

a whole other 

wondrous world

was created

by a man

you probably never

heard of:

" Max Fleischer 

(July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972)

 was an American animator.

 He was a pioneer in the development

 of the animated cartoon

 and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. 

He brought such animated characters as

 Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye,

 and Superman to the movie screen 

and was responsible for

 a number of technological innovations. "

LINK 

 =^.^=

If you remember Betty Boop

and her pal Bimbo,

if you remember

dancing, singing flowers,

and a clothed animal audience

watching a live show,

you ALREADY have 

the Fleischer bug!

Are there things

 from your own

childhood

that you think about

from time to time?

Is there an old song

that starts playing

 in your head,

as it has for

decades?

Well here's mine - 

BIG TIME!

Thanks to You Tube

nothing is really lost.

So shall we dance?

On the moon?!

I think you'll be glad

if you watch this

technologically

AMAZING

animation from the

1930s

  

                            WARMLY, cloudia