Secret Places

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green ."

Blake

 “ All truly great thoughts

 are conceived

 while walking ”

 Friedrich Nietzsche

" Today was good. 

 Today was fun. 

Tomorrow is another one."
Dr. Seuss 

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin
conducted an experiment 

with girls ages 7 to 12
in which they exposed the girls

 to the stress of speaking
to a group of strangers.
Afterward, a third of the girls

 were hugged by their mothers,
a third spoke to mom on the phone,
and a third 

watched a film.
While measured stress rose

 in the movie watchers,
the stress in both other groups
dropped equally.
"That a simple phone call
could have this 

physiological effect on oxytocin
is really exciting."
Co-investigator Seth Pollak 

told Scientific American.

Your visits make me feel

 wonderful,
and that's a scientific 

FACT!

'Take Peace & Laughs - Leave Your Comment'

Thanks for visiting!

                    Warmly, cloudia

Lady Ambienta

A  L  O  H  A !

“ I believe in the imagination. 

What I cannot

 see

 is infinitely more

 important
than what I 

can see.”

Duane Michals

" Being alive 

is 

the meaning. "

  Joseph Campbell

" Irresponsibility

 is part of the pleasure

 of all art;
 it is the part 

the schools 

cannot recognize. "

James Joyce

  =^..^=   

Thanks for visiting!

                  Warmly, cloudia

So I Wander

A  L  O  H  A !

Every moment,

every second,

so full of 

fullness,

questions, insight

musing,

drifting,

and visceral beauty-

No wonder

I get nothing

done.

The light of 

eternity

gilds all

like afternoon

Action

in this climate of

seems worse

than useless-

“The struggle itself towards the heights
 is enough to fill a man's heart.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
 Albert Camus

“ Few tasks are more like
the torture of Sisyphus
than housework, with its endless
 repetition:
the clean becomes soiled,
the soiled is made clean,
over and over,
day after day ”
 Simone de Beauvoir

Lovely couple!

the bickering

of intellectual

giants;

No wonder she founded

feminism.

So I wander

the halls of 

Blogdom

visiting so very

many

different places -

Finding comforts

of real companionship -

- true friends - 

whose voices

I never hear,

just your

hearts.

  =^..^= 

Your kind visit

 adds an irreplaceable

 element

 to my day: 

YOU!  

Thanks pal

                     Warmly, cloudia

Noctilucent

A  L  O  H  A !

" A man travels the world over
 in search of what he needs
 and returns home
 to find it. "

George Moore

" Sometimes 

you have to play
 a long time
to be able to play
like yourself. "
  
 Miles Davis

" A Bird came down the Walk--
He did not know I saw--
He bit an Angleworm in halves "


Emily Dickinson

" When I'm sleeping

 I do a lot of 

living.  "

David Johansen

" We can destroy

 ourselves 

by cynicism

 and disillusion,

 just as effectively

 as by 

bombs. "

Kenneth Clark

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' Take Peace & Laughs - Leave Your Comment '

                 Warmly, cloudia

Barefoot on the Road Less Traveled

A  L  O  H  A !

 "  We inhabit ourselves 

without valuing ourselves,
unable to see

 that here, now,
 this very moment
is sacred;
 but once it's

 gone -
- its value is

 incontestable. "

Joyce Carol Oates

" Just cause you got 

the monkey off your back
doesn't mean the circus

 has left town. "

George Carlin

" People are like
 stained-glass windows.
 They sparkle and shine
 when the sun is out,
 but when the darkness sets in
their true beauty
 is revealed only
 if there is light
from within.  "

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

=^.^=

Thank YOU

For visiting today!

Warmly, cloudia

Gift of Pessimism

A  L  O  H  A !

" To be always

 fortunate,
and to

 pass through life
 with a soul
 that has never

 known
sorrow,
 is to be 

ignorant
 of one half 

of nature. "

    Seneca

“ If you have

 a garden

 and a library,

 you have 

everything 

you need. ”

 

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Beautiful sunsets

 need 

Cloudy Skies. "

 Paulo Coelho

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Disclaimer:

Pessimism can poison

your entire life.

 

BUT

when you have come up

like I have:

expecting

- often receiving -

FAR from life's

 best;

When things have

been

very difficult,

and survival

 the paramount

virtue,

year

after year;

Well,

what other people

consider

"just normal stuff"

like hot water,

a place to cook,

great weather,

love & care

in place of

neglect

(and worse)

enough

to pay the bills

- that

 "normal stuff"

is received

with grateful

delight.

Nuclear war

didn't happen.

I didn't die

young.

I've been

happily married

for 25 years.

B I N G O !

Looks like winning

to me.

And to those

who had magical

childhoods,

who never really

feared,

lost a friend,

or went hungry:

You have my

 condolences.

And this parting

gift:

One day

YOU

will be

No More.

So take

a "get real"

pill

if you need to,

and stop worrying

about tomorrow.

You already

are a winner-

just collect,

and enjoy

Your Winnings!

Comment?

Yes Please! 

         Warmly, cloudia

Kitty's Update

A  L  O  H  A !

 Aloha; 

 I'm Pixie.

 Come right in

and see my

new digs

 I'm a water girl.

Running water 

FASCINATES me.

And we all

need to drink,

eh?

 I'm training them

to turn it on

when I wish.

 This is my get-away.

They look in,

but let me be.

 Of course, I have

places known only

to myself.

Places NO ONE

can ever see 

tricky,

magnificent Me.

 It is my responsibility

to supervise

and be seen.

They do need

some watching.

My nose tells me

a very old, sick cat

recently lived here. 

Much love passed

between them,

they are grieving-

But I'm nursing 

them

back to 

mental health.

 Here's a 

secret wink

 to you!

Wait, I'll do another, 

BETTER wink

below:

 * R  O  A  R *

Mahalo Gracie

of Perth Daily Photo

" A kindly gesture

 bestowed by us 

on an animal

 arouses prodigies
 of understanding
 and gratitude. "

Colette

 Heh heh-

I'm SO running

this place!

See my lightning bolt?

I'm a distant relation

of Usain Bolt.

Yah Mon-

 I'm making my mark-

Everything's

coming up

Calico!

=^.^=

Thanks for visiting me.

Leave cloudia a comment-

she gets really happy

when she reads them!

                Sincerely, Pixie Harlequin