Huh?

A  L  O  H  A !

" No matter how smart

you thought you were,

you are actually

way less smart

than that."

David Foster Wallace

" We are always

the same age

inside." 

Gertrude Stein

" The face of a child

can  say it all.

Especially

the mouth part

of the face."

Jack Handey

Are Today's quotes:

Profound?

Paradoxical?

Stupid?

I suspect there is no

correct answer.

Is there a universal word

understood all over our globe?

Dutch scientists say 

"Ja!"

[ That's a 'Yes']

10 languages on 

5 continents:

Dutch, Icelandic, 

Mandarin Chinese,

West African Siwu,

 Australian aboriginal 

Murrinh-Patha -

ALL use

"Huh?"

" -only 'Huh?' occurs 

across languages 

whose phonetic patterns 

otherwise vary greatly. "

 Mark Dingemanse, 

Francisco Torreira.

 Nick Enfield, 

Researchers,

Max Planck Institute

for Psycholinguistics 

(Netherlands) 

New York Times (Link)

As I told my (blog invisible) husband:

"I cause nice people ALL over the world

to go "Huh???"

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Come to Hawaii - LATER

A  L  O  H  A !

A Voggy Day in Honolulu

" Honor has not to be 

won;

 it must only not be 

lost. "

Schopenhauer 

"One of the lessons of history

 is that nothing

 is often a good thing 

to do 

and always 

a clever thing 

to say." 

Will Durant

Normal Blue Hawaii Skies

"Make visible 

what, without you,

 might perhaps never 

have been seen."

Robert Bresson

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The volcano on the Big Island

is pouring out

copious amounts

of Volcanic Haze,

called VOG

as it has for over

a quarter century!

Sulfur, 

deep Earth gasses,

and who knows 

what -

Usually, this is not

a problem

as the Trade Winds

blow it all away.

But, with southeast winds

the VOG makes it's way

here to Oahu.

Throats get scratchy,

the blue sky goes dull;

Moods are effected.

To me, pewter November days

are rich with memories

of growing up in Philadelphia.

The sky there seemed

shades of grey

all winter.

But I feel for our visitors.

Though they enjoy

this lovely place,

they may never know

the SPARKLING WONDERS

of our usual climate.

When the VOG blows away

(probably this weekend)

it's as if everything

goes saturated with

loveliness.

So don't visit

till the weekend

except by blog

(this one first preferably)

Do you have local issues?

Snakes? Sink Holes,

Cults?

Do share in comments.

I love YOU guys!

Thanks SO much

for paying this visit.

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Missing Dave King

A  L  O  H  A !

" My Daughter

 has made the darkness in my heart

 light up brighter 

than I ever thought possible. 

My Daughter 

gives me a reason 

to live and try 

each and every day. . . "

 Georgene Maciolek 

Our Japanese visitors LOVE Eggs'nThings 

SO much they have their own!  LINK

" I think of my home

 as a resort. 

When I step through 

the door,

 I feel relaxed. 

I almost feel

 like I've taken

 a vacation. "

Chip Conley

"When turkeys mate 

they think of swans. "

 Johnny Carson

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" The tree decays

and by its own imperative

decay is spiritual

It's there in nature's blueprint for a life

as workaday as source code or a score

that calls the cellos to a poetry of sound.

All journeys are internal.

In the ending of a life

begins the spirit's odyssey.

The life is.

And the spirit is.

Nothing that is

is not. "

Dave King

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Presidential Medal of Freedom - Daniel Inouye

A  L  O  H  A !

Wearing a   Maile Lei, 

Flashing the   Shaka 

" I represented 

the people of Hawaii 

and this nation 

honestly 

and to the best of my ability.

 I think I did 

okay. "

Daniel Inouye 

Hawaii's, America's,

 Senator Daniel K. Inouye

 is to be posthumously awarded 

The Presidential Medal of Freedom

 today,

 Wednesday November 20. 

Watergate Scandal era Dan

 LINK

Before making a 

gargantuan mark on US government 

over almost 50 years, 

he was a man of courage

 in some of the 

bloodiest battles of WWII.

First Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye 

was awarded the Medal of Honor

 for his actions during World War II

"Americanism is not 

a matter of skin or color. "

Daniel Inouye 

 The Senator

 passed last year, 

and rests just over there: 

inside Punchbowl Crater.

Link

 But Dan and his empty sleeve

(left his arm on a French battlefield)

will never really be gone.

His accomplishments are a major part,

 the bedrock, the foundation

 of our modern Hawaii 

forever. 

Today, 

Hawaii's other son 

President Barack Obama,

 proves that 

in gold.

As You can tell, I'm very excited

about it!

I miss Dan.

Read Dan's obit in the

New York Times.

Here's my post 

about his fellow Hawaii Vets:

Link

Who is a local hero 

of YOUR area?

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He Touched Me

A  L  O  H  A !

Cloud Dervish

" The universe is dynamic. 
When we are creative, 
we are the most alive 
and in touch with it."


Brad Dourif 

Sir James Galway

“ It is always pleasant

 to be urged to do something

 on the ground 

that one can do it well. ”

 George Santayana

" The secret of genius 

is to carry the spirit 

of the child 

into old age. . .

never losing 

your enthusiasm. "

Aldous Huxley 

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Going into a crowd

is not my habit.

But Sir James Galway

played in Honolulu on Sunday

so with my tall friend John

at my side, I braved

the Blaisdel Concert Hall.

Have I mentioned

that I have played flutes

of every sort

my whole life?

(when medically possible)

How could I pass this up?

His tone was instructive,

not a particle of air,

nor the tiniest vibration

out of place.

Woody.

He made that gold flute

sound like wood.

He also played

a penny whistle!

"I'm one of those amateurs,"

I said to himself afterwards,

"and I will be hearing your tone 

in my head for quite some time.

If you wouldn't mind-

would you touch my hand

with yours?"

He placed his atop mine,

I put my other atop his.

I think he closed his eyes.

An Angel Passed.

And so the 

Laying of of Hands

to inform my playing;

If not technically

then in my

confidence.

Who would YOU

like to meet?

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