Whistling Past A Hurricane

A  L  O  H  A !

Just Waiting for Hurricane Ana to Go By.

Stay Far South!

" Every bad situation

is a blues song

waiting to happen. "

         Amy Winehouse

“Apprehension, uncertainty, 

waiting, expectation, 

fear of surprise, 

do a 

patient more harm 

than any exertion”

           Florence Nightingale

[ It IS nerve-wracking ]

Kitty has lots of food and water.

In a real emergency,

she is to be eaten

later- 

JOKING!!!!!

She, of course,

is much more likely

to eat ME


Linking to Saturday's Critters
Here

And that's your report

from Hurricane Alley!

Thank YOU

for looking in-

              Fondly, cloudia

I Got A Name

A L O H A !

 

"I Got A Name"

Released on December 1, 1973

" Like the pine trees lining the winding road

I got a name, I got a name

Like the singing bird and the croaking toad

I got a name, I got a name

And I carry it with me like my daddy did

But I'm living the dream that he kept hid

Moving me down the highway

Rolling me down the highway

Moving ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistling down the sky

I've got a song, I've got a song

Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry

I've got a song, I've got a song

And I carry it with me and I sing it loud

If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud

And I'm gonna go there free

Like the fool I am and I'll always be

I've got a dream, I've got a dream

They can change their minds 
but they can't change me

I've got a dream, I've got a dream

Well, I know I can share it 
if you want me to

If you're going my way, 
I'll go with you- "

Writer(s): Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel

Copyright: Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp

That song was so meaningful to me
when it came out. A real boost.

Just like:
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
a few years later
Link
released in October 1978

Do YOU have a song

that was an anthem for YOU?

Share in Comments!

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Thank YOU
for singing along!
                         Fondly, cloudia

" Moving me down the highway

Rolling me down the highway

Moving ahead 
so life won't pass me by"

Season of Sprites

Aloha!

" Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,

All are on their rounds tonight;

In the wan moon's silver ray,

Thrives their helter-skelter play. "

                       Joel Benton

Trick or Treat?

Halloween is afoot!

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Thank You!
                    Warmly, cloudia

Moon O'er Morn

A  L  O  H  A !

This Color is called "Bloon."

- I just named it -

I like how the horizontals 

around the moon

dialogue with those 

of the moonglade below

 [" Moonlight on the water"

that's a Pacific Moonglade! ]

 The Searchlight Craft of Shaft

" Manners require time,

and nothing is more vulgar

than haste. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Poodle-Headed Angel Greets "

" I do all of my creative work 

while I'm intoxicated. " 

 Charles Bukowski

Linking to
Weekend Reflections
Here

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Thank YOU

for indulging

silliness!

           "Intoxicating"  Cloudia

Sky Watching For Hurricane Ana

A  L  O  H  A !

The past is passed. 

Illusions evaporating.

Change, the order of the day

New relations percolating

                          

Always Improving - Stillness Within

Two of my personal maxims today,

Hope You enjoy them.

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Hawaii awaits the pleasure

of Tropical Storm/Hurricane

Ana.

While I am feeling lucky

NOT to live on a boat anymore,

I dread the consequences

for our people & islands.

Hurricane Gonzalo

threatens MUCH

worse to Bermuda,

which seemed a lovely island

in my 20 minutes there.

Send a good thought

to all affected by

weather!

Linking to SkyWatch

Here

Thank You

for blowing by!

           Warmly, cloudia

October Orange

A L O H A !

" I myself am made 

entirely of flaws,

stitched together with

good intentions. "

                    Augusten Burroughs

Now THAT is an October Fence!

" At first cock-crow 

the ghosts must go

Back to their 

quiet graves below. "

                        Theodosia Garrison

" If one grave in a graveyard 

looks like a target 

for petty vandals, 

that is the ghoul-gate.”

                    Neil Gaiman, 

                              The Graveyard Book

Linking to Good Fences

Here

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Thank YOU

for wandering by,

Spirit!

"Just a little scared,"

                                     cloudia

Sun Leaves, Rain Leaves, Unsettled

A L O H A !

“ True happiness is

 to enjoy the present, 

without anxious dependence 

upon the future, 

to rest satisfied 

with what we have, 

which is sufficient. "

                           Seneca.

“Make sure your worst enemy

 doesn't live between 

your own two ears.” 

               Laird Hamilton

" Some beautiful paths 

can't be discovered

 without getting lost. "

                 Erol Ozan

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Thank YOU!

                 Warmly, cloudia