Parade From the Inside

A   L   O   H   A  !
  Listen while you look!

"Everyone loves a parade."

That's what "They" say,

and they just may be right.

From babes in arms,

to those in their second childhood,

something draws us in

to this ancient procession

with it's roots

in community, ritual,

religion and war.

I rode in the 

Honolulu Pride Parade

this weekend.

These are the shots I took

from inside the parade

looking out:

 Kimono 

were once common on the 

streets of Old Honolulu. 

Now one occasionally sees ladies 

thus attired going to

serve tea in high end places,

or to a cultural event. 

But these gentlemen,

Japanese visitors I believe,

are a rare sight!

Ooo, I like her palazzo pants and hair cut!

He's fashionable too.

" One must either

 take an interest in 

the human situation 

or else parade

 before the void. "

Jean Rostand 

" I'm still passionately interested

 in what my fellow humans 

are up to. 

For me, a 

day spent monitoring 

the passing parade 

is a day well-spent. "

Garry Trudeau 

" If you're not

 in the parade,

 you watch the parade. 

That's life. "

Mike Ditka 

 Poise

“"A girl should be two things: 

classy and fabulous."

~ Coco Chanel 

 "Language is the apparel 

in which your thoughts 

parade before the public. 

Never clothe them 

in vulgar 

or shoddy attire.”

 George Crane 

 Awesome smiles.

I was in some of the earliest

"Gay Rights" Parades,

before "Pride"

or the Rainbow Flag.

We didn't see

many smiles back then,

mostly discomfort,

confusion,

or anger.

There were often

counter-demonstrators

with hateful signs.

Families with children

just touched my heart

so much!

" Marching in the 

gay pride Parade 

is less exciting 

now that my parents 

support my 

sexual orientation. "

Unknown 

This child can be herself:

left handed, right handed,

Gay or Straight

without family drama.

What was all the

PAIN

and family destruction

of the past

(and lingering present)

FOR?!

 Some people

like Chocolate,

others prefer

Vanilla.

Some. . . 

well, never mind.

" The distinction between 

children and adults, 

while probably useful 

for some purposes, 

is at bottom 

a specious one,

 I feel.

 There are only 

individual egos, 

crazy for love.  "

 Niccolo Machiavelli 

 Beautiful People

“Everything 

that irritates us 

about others 

can lead us to 

an understanding 

of ourselves.”

 C.G. Jung

 Look! It's Dianne!

"Cloudia!!!!"

" What is straight? 

A line can be straight, 

or a street, 

but the human heart, 

oh, no,

 it's curved like a

 road through mountains. "

 Tennessee Williams

 Happy Gay Pride Everyone

" It's a good thing

 to be foolishly gay 

once in a while. "

Horace 

"Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 

known in the English-speaking world 

as Horace, was the leading 

Roman lyric poet 

during the time of Augustus." Wikipedia

Born: December 8, 65 BC, 

And we end as we began,

with a flag bearer

" Who told you 

you're allowed 

to rain on 

my parade? "

Bob Merrill 

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Enjoying Waikiki Beach

A   L   O   H   A  !

" When you arise

 in the morning, 

think 

of what a 

precious privilege

 it is to be 

alive 

- to breathe, to think, 

to enjoy, 

to love. "

Marcus Aurelius 

“You can 

make more friends 

in two months 

by becoming more 

interested 

in other people 

than you can 

in two years 

by trying to get 

people 

interested in you”

 Dale Carnegie

" My crown 

is called 

content,

 a crown 

that seldom kings 

enjoy. "

William Shakespeare 

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Hawaii Skies and Fashions

A   L   O   H   A !

" I don't do drugs.

 I am drugs. "

Salvador Dali 

“ Pink

 isn't just 

a color

 it's an 

Attitude too!” 

Miley Cyrus

" Weather forecast 

for tonight: 

dark. "

George Carlin 

" I don't trust women 

who don't go 

to their girlfriends. "

Drew Barrymore 

" - the icy layers 

of the upper atmosphere 

contain conundrums 

enough 

to be worthy of 

humanity's

 greatest efforts. "

Hugo Emil Hergesell

— Hugo Emil Hergesell

"It's a small world,

 but I wouldn't want 

to paint it."

       

Steven Wright

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Silly Serious

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Never 

let the demands 

of tomorrow 

interfere with the 

pleasures 

and excitement 

of today. "

Meredith Willson

" It is not ignorance 

but knowledge 

which is the 

mother of wonder. "

 Joseph Wood Krutch 

Shower Tree

"Silly 

is you 

in a natural state, 

and serious 

is something 

you have to do 

until you can 

get silly again."

        Mike Myers

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I seriously wish

Y O U

silliness

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Eating Elephants

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Habit is either

the best

of servants,

or the worst

of masters. "

Nathaniel Emmons

" How does a project 
get to be 
a year behind schedule? 

One day at a time. "


Fred Brooks

"One machine 

can do the work

 of fifty 

ordinary people.

 No machine 

can do the work of 

one 

extraordinary person."

       Elbert Hubbard

 " The key to success 

is to focus 

our conscious mind 

on things we desire 

not things 

we fear. "

Brian Tracy

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How do you

eat

an elephant?

One bite at a time.

A certain type of person

makes one bad choice

after another.

They toss trash

over their shoulder,

out of sight

out of mind,

until the day

when they must

turn around;

Then they see

a pile of ugly.

Everyone else

already smelled it

all along.

Another sort of person,

does the thing at hand

lovingly

with care.

They are not looking

to the audience for 

applause;

Until the day

when they look up

to see the tower

of gold that

they have built.

Is the task in 

Your Hand

-right now-

trash to dispose

or a bird's wing

to heal?

Most of us have

two piles.

I know which one

of my piles

I hope

is taller! 

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Darg: "A day's work"

A  L  O  H  A !

" Living 

is a form 

of not being sure,

 not knowing 

what next 

or how…

We guess. 

We may be wrong, 

but we take 

leap after leap

 in the dark. "

Agnes de Mille

"We act as though 

comfort and luxury 

were the chief requirements 

of life, 

when  all that we need

 to make us happy

 is something

 to be 

enthusiastic about. "

Charles Kingsley

(1819 - 1875)

" The happiest people 

don't necessarily 

have the best 

of everything. 

They just 

make the best 

of everything. "

Anonymous

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Hawaii's Creed

          A   L   O   H   A  !            

 Duke Kahanamoku, 

Prometheus of Modern Surfing

" In Hawaii, 

we greet friends, 

loved ones 

or strangers 

with Aloha, 

which means love.  

Aloha is the key word 

to the universal spirit 

of real hospitality, 

which makes Hawaii 

renowned 

as the world's center 

of understanding 

and fellowship. 

Try meeting 

or leaving people 

with Aloha. 

You'll be surprised 

by their reaction. 

 I believe it 

and it is my creed. 

Aloha to you."

Duke Paoa Kahanamoku

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