What Awesome REALLY Means

" AWESOME "
 is an over-used term.  But THIS is
"Awesome"


I trust you will agree!

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Ear Worm

A L O H A !

 
You WANT to click on that arrow above.
Or DO you?

There is a sound

in my inner ear.

It's lingered there

since the 1960s.

As a musician,

a player of flutes,

I think it means something

that it echoes

down the hallways

of my brain and

being.

I hunted for the sound

in recent years.

Google searches,

Sixties radio promos.

Nada- Zilch-

Last Christmas

I heard a hint of it

on our local cable TV

system;

But I missed the 

credit!

You already knew that,

didn't you?

But this past year,

from November (!)

I glued myself

to the Holiday Music Channel.

I enjoy holiday music,

but this was MORE!

This was 

D E T E R  M I N A T I O N !

Then, a little bird,

a familiar note

(not 

what I was looking for

 but-)

Whispered a name:

" Bert Kaempfert "

Now my European

friends of a 

certain age :)

are smiling.

A little research

on You Tube

and Grooveshark

and the quarry

of a years-long

hunt

was mine!

That song you 

so cavalierly 

passed over at top,

" Swinging Safari "

is the Great

Motherload

E A R  W O R M !

Fascinating info LINK

I'v listened to it over,

and over.

Perhaps you will

also.

But one listen

and it will probably

infect your 

Mind's Ear.

So you've been

warned;

but it's a 

pleasurable infection.

And who knows?

You may begin

to play the flute

for sheer joy - 

bringing countless

hours,

decades of years

of pleasure,

transmitting

Ear Worms

to others!

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Bert Kaempfert 

(born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 

1923 – 21 June 1980)

Riding the Wind

A  L  O  H  A !

Oahu has been enjoying 

wintry windy wet

WEATHER!

After all the recent

change, shock,

passings, holidays. . . 

It's kinda nice

to cozy up

indoors,

listen to the 

winds,

see the rains. . . 

Perhaps a

golden sunset,

 a sudden gap

in the clouds

as they

rush over us. . . 

Only got up 

to the mid 70s f

today.

Zipped out

on my scooter

for a quick

grocery raid.

Riding on two wheels

demands total 

attention

to EVERYTHING.

Wind gusts

make it more-so

to a factor of 

10.

When I entered

the H-1 

to go to the 

very next exit,

I had to 

WHOOP!

And Yell!

And ride the wind

like a tornado,

like a surfer

on a 40 foot wave,

skittering over the 

pavement,

relaxed

at full

attention.

YAHOOOO!

I'm an experienced

Rider.

I was riding

THE    W I N D!

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GROWTH- within the context

A  L  O  H  A !

" It is a rough road
 that leads to the heights 
of greatness. "

Seneca 

" Smooth seas 
do not make for
 a skillful sailor. "

African Proverb

" [our] theory does not suggest
 that there is an
 absence of suffering
 as wisdom builds,
 but rather
 that appreciable growth
 occurs
 within the context
 of pain and loss. 

In fact, some measure of 
significant distress
 may be necessary 
for growth to occur - "

  (Butler et al., 2005)

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A  L  O  H  A !

“Write it on your heart

 that every day 

is the best day

 in the year.” 

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Luminous Magician

A  L  O  H  A !

“ A book should be luminous
 not voluminous. ”

 Christian Nevell Bovee

“I was coming to realize
 that the real magician 
was light itself. "

 Edward Steichen 

See the tiny surfer above left?

“ I never saw a moor,

 I never saw the sea;

 Yet know I

 how the heather looks, 

And what a wave

 must be. "


 Emily Dickinson

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Beginnings

A  L  O  H  A !

" All glory comes
 from daring
 to begin. "

Eugene F. Ware

" The secret to a rich life

 is to have more 

beginnings than 

endings. "

Dave Weinbaum

" There will come a time
 when you believe
 everything is finished. 

That will be 
the beginning. "

Louis L 'Amour

" We have it in our power

 to begin the world 

over again. "

Thomas Paine

" I take a simple view 

of life:

 keep your eyes

 open 

and get on

 with it. "

Laurence Olivier

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