Tapa Cloth Graces

A   L   O   H   A !

 Tap Tap Tap. . . 

These Hawaiian Ladies are 

manufacturing Kapa Cloth. 

“I was tired of seeing

 the Graces

 always depicted as

 beautiful young things.

 I think wisdom comes 

with age 

and life 

and pain. 

And knowing 

what matters.” 

                   Louise Penny

Pounding out mulberry bark 

to make the cloth

I hole ‘ia no ka i‘e i ke kau o ka lā.

The time to cut designs

 in a tapa beater

 is when the sun is high.

[Do your work 

when you are at your best.]

                                 Hawaiian Proverb

The carved sticks 

that print the patterns

" When 'I' 

is replaced with

 'We', 

even 'Illness'

 becomes 'Wellness'. " 

                                     Malcolm X.

 Drying & inspecting 

the printed Kapa

" To fulfill a dream, 

to be allowed to 

sweat over lonely labor, 

to be given the chance 

to create, 

is the meat and potatoes 

of life. 

The money is the gravy. 

As everyone else,

I love to dunk my crust in it.

 But alone, 

it is not a diet designed 

to keep body 

and soul together. "

                          Bette Davis,

                                                    The Lonely Life, 1962  

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Lame of Thrones

A   L   O   H   A !

" A throne 

is only a bench 

covered with velvet. "

              

                  Napoleon Bonaparte

" Someone smart 

once said 

that on the 

most exalted throne 

in the world, 

we are seated on 

nothing 

but our own arse. "

                    Wendell Mayes

" There's nothing secret about it.

 Everyone knows

 that I am waiting for 

my real parents, 

the king and queen,

 to come restore me 

to my rightful throne."

Meg Cabot

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Sky Watch HAWAII

A   L   O   H   A !

Virga Rainbow

" Don't waste yourself 

in rejection, 

nor bark 

against the bad, 

but chant the 

beauty 

of the good. "

                Ralph Waldo Emerson

Banners

"In literature

 as in love,

 we are astonished

 at what is chosen

 by others."

                 Andre Maurois

Silver Linings

“Too many people 

miss the silver lining 

because they're expecting 

gold.”

                        Maurice Setter

“Every cloud

 has its silver lining

 but it is sometimes

 a little difficult

 to get it to 

the mint”

 Don Marquis

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Honolulu Good Fence

A   L   O   H   A !

“ There are three kinds 

of men. 

"The one that learns 

by reading. 

The few who learn 

by observation. -

The rest of them 

have to pee

 on the electric fence 

for themselves.”

                    Will Rogers

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Life in Blog Posts

 A   L   O   H   A !

We measure our lives

in blog posts

of the present 

and the past;

Recollections of that 

Long ago

Black & white groove

Daddy - O.

Present

So bright and

Enthralling,

Towers rising

Hypocrisies falling; 

Strong men look tired

Democracy's calling.

Maybe India or

Timbuktu

Can get it right

As Churchill was:

"The worst form of 

Government except

for all the others."

So chin up, mothers

Your children may rise

if we should only be

so wise

to leave them simple

Air to breathe -

Don't leave.

Just go

In the other room

For a while

Till it's time to smile.

Though it's always time

For smiles

With you

And Me

Whatever else passes

Or comes to be.

Not a bad campsite

To linger a long long while;

Soaking in the present's

Juices -

Not drying out

But open sluices.

Flow river flow

Flow to the sea.

Flow river flow

O river of me

Purling past rocks

Held stagnant in locks.

Now I push boulders around.

Deep strong currents 

Meaningful circus

Glittering treats!

On our way

To the 

Sea.

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Cat + Box = Blogger GOLD

A   L   O   H   A !

Cats must 

open the breakfast muffins

 box 

and only eat

 one bite 

out of each.

“Cats are 

connoisseurs 

of comfort.” 

             James Herriot

“If animals could speak,

 the dog would be 

a blundering outspoken fellow;

 but the cat 

would have the rare grace 

of never saying 

a word too much.” 

                    

                   Mark Twain

“What greater gift 

than the love 

of a cat.” 

                       Charles Dickens

Because:

“A cat 

has absolute emotional honesty: 

human beings.  .  . 

may hide their feelings, 

but a cat does not.” 

           Ernest Hemingway

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Shower Tree Magic Incantation

A   L   O   H   A !

The Moonlight Shower Tree

with a pink "Rainbow" variety peeking

Link

“ If you feel lost, 

disappointed,

 hesitant, or weak, 

return to yourself, 

to who you are, 

here and now -

" and when you 

get there, 

you will discover 

yourself, -

like a lotus flower 

in full bloom, 

even

in a muddy pond, 

beautiful 

and strong.” 

                     Masaru Emoto PhD 

Secret Life of Water

" I have always believed,

and I still believe, 

that whatever 

good or bad 

fortune may come 

. . .we can 

always give it 

meaning and 

transform it 

into something 

of value. "

                        Hermann Hesse 

(1877 - 1962)

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