Look Like Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

EARTH

" It suddenly struck me

 that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, 

was the Earth.

 I put up my thumb 

and shut one eye, 

and my thumb blotted out

 the planet Earth. 

I didn't feel like a giant. 

I felt very, very small. "

Neil Armstrong 

SEA

" To the degree 

that you shed your attachment

to making an impact,

you will make the exact impact

that matters most. 

Give yourself

without any expectations. "

Rob Brezsny

SKY

" Eternity 

is in love

 with the productions

 of time."

William Blake 




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That song by Melanie
brought back a lot of emotion.
It surprised me how much.

Back then mimeographed flyers
were the only internet we knew,
and buttons you wore
said things like
"Make Love Not War"
and "Impeach Nixon."

The adult world
seemed rather harsh,
always trying
to teach us one
cold lesson or another.

But we were looking
for beautiful people,
whose faces were not angry
the minute they saw us.

We were looking for
a beautiful, meaningful
way to live.

I write my posts
every day,
sending them out,
like a rose petal
down on a super highway-
But a miracle happens:

Beautiful people find ME!

That's you.
That is us.
And we are 
ALL TOGETHER.

Coo coo kachoo!

This really touches me.

Every Day.

Thank YOU.

                          warmly, cloudia

Animal Play

A  L  O  H  A !

 Where are you going? Don't duck out.

 NOT in front of my wife!

 Hello Handsome!

 He's not giving me 

any play either. 

But he is with his

person [see the hand?] 

engaging in 

the very important matter

of trash picking. 

I hope they get 

enough to eat.

Yes. It is good to have a partner!


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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???"

                                    Warmly, cloudia

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.

                                Warmly, cloudia

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?

                     Warmly, cloudia