Eyes of the World

A  L  O  H  A !

"All the world's a stage -

and most of us 

are desperately unrehearsed."

       

Sean O'Casey

" True progress quietly 

and persistently

 moves along

 without notice. "

Saint Francis de Sales 

All my life

 I have tried to pluck 

a thistle 

and plant a flower

 wherever the flower 

would grow

 in thought and mind."

Abraham Lincoln 

(-'.'-)

A billion cameras

carried by people

like you and me;

Unique

except in our 

habit

of blogging.

Asia, England

Hawaii, Australia,

New York City,

KL, Louisiana,

and the land

of scholars.

Nerve endings

of an increasingly

self - aware

globe.

A Billion citizen

documentarians,

reporters,

diarists,

mystics, complainers,

dear friends.

Thanks Very Much

for stopping here

to see my offerings.

Now off to see

the visions

of Thee!

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Allow

 A  L  O  H  A !

 Walk on the Earth

Like You Own It

Appreciate It

Care For It;

Be WOWED

by Life

Like You Belong Here

You  DO

 Sometimes the Road Seems

 Long & Tiring

 Allow Yourself to Become

 Easier

 So the Breezes of Knowing 

Can Steer YOU to Good Places.

" It is easier to discover

 a deficiency

 in individuals, in states, 

and in Providence, 

than to see their

 real import 

and value. "

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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The Way YOU Are

A L O H A !

" You are 
the way you are 
because that is what
 you believe about 
yourself. "

Don Miguel Ruiz

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Kitty Mirror Kitty

A  L  O  H  A !

“ When it's steamboat time, 

you steam. ”

 Mark Twain

" Behavior is a mirror

in which every one

displays his own image. "

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

" Who would be happy 
should stay at home. "

Greek Proverb

=^..^=

Kitty invites me to play

or I her

we mirror each other

as all friends do.

If I lay on the floor

she will do the same;

At arm's length

we face one another:

the wonderful 

Parenthesis Twins!

Then she'll flip over

and we're doing

"The Comma Dance"

Usually

we end with play

calm or run-rowdy

as whim, and 

diurnal drums

dictate.

For we are always

proper players

as all best 

companions are.

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" Mirroring is the behaviour in which one person 

copies another person usually while in social 

interaction with them. It may include miming gestures, 

movements, body language, muscle tensions, 

expressions, tones, eye movements, breathing,

 tempo, accent, attitude, choice of words or metaphors,

 and other aspects of communication. 

It is often observed among couples or close friends." 

 Wikipedia

Glass Bottom Heart

A L O H A !

 " A beauty 
is a woman you notice;
 a charmer
 is one who 
notices you. "

Adlai E. Stevenson 

" The grass is not, in fact, 
always greener
 on the other side of the fence. 
Fences have nothing to do with it. 
The grass is greenest
 where it is watered. 
When crossing over fences, 
carry water with you 
and tend the grass
 wherever you may be. "

Robert Fulghum

" Only the lonely know

 the way I feel tonight. "

Roy Orbison 

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This blog

is a glass bottomed boat

on my heart.

Thank YOU

for coming on board!

Do keep your hands

inside the blog.

Watch your step.

Please come see us again.

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Fond Frond

A L O H A !

“Everyone

 is born a genius,

 but the process 

of living 

de-geniuses them.”

 Richard Buckminster Fuller

“Any darn fool 

can make something

 complex;

 it takes a genius

 to make something 

simple.”

Pete Seeger

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This Toad Could Save Your Life

A L O H A !

" We may

 be up against a stone wall, 

but we don't have to 

bloody our heads 

against it 

unless we 

choose 

to. "

 William Glasser 

" I once had a rose

 named after me 

and I was very flattered. 

But I was not pleased 

to read the description

 in the catalogue: 

no good in a bed,

 but fine 

up against a wall. "

Eleanor Roosevelt 

" If you look closely at a tree 

you'll notice it's knots 

and dead branches, 

just like our bodies. 

What we learn

 is that beauty

 and imperfection 

go together 

wonderfully. "

Matthew Fox 

" It is double pleasure 

to deceive the deceiver. "

Niccolo Machiavelli 

" Adversity can have its benefits—

like the ugly, poisonous

 toad

 that wears a precious jewel 

in its forehead. 

In his life,

 far away from the

 civilized world, 

we can hear the language 

of the trees,

 read the books

 of the running streams, 

hear sermons in the stones, 

and discover 

the good 

in every 

single 

thing. "

William Shakespeare 

As You Like it

act 2 scene 1

(-'.'-)

And what gem

does this toad,

this post

bring you?

Just this too-simple

yet overlooked

advice:

If YOU

USE Re-Usable Bags

for your groceries

REMEMBER

to launder &

even disinfect them!

Seriously

we are all used 

to disposable

and never think

of the bacteria

that lives on

fresh produce,

soil,

fish, meat.

Well,

You now have

the idea;

An idea

that can indeed

save a life!

There are statistics

of the number of folks

who die from

this unseen

threat,

and all for the

best of intentions!

Glad to pass that

along to YOU.

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