Sheer JOY!

May YOUR Weekend be This Much FUN!



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Honolulu SKY Watch

A L O H A !

Crepuscular Rays

“ Nobody

 can teach me

 who I am.” 

                Chinua Achebe

 Curtain, Curves, & Cauliflower

" Imagine 

what a harmonious world

 it could be if 

every single person, 

both young and old 

shared a little 

of what he is 

good at doing. "

                             Quincy Jones

 Soaring Angel Wing

Set Above

" Young men

 know the rules,

 but old men 

know the exceptions. "

                             Oliver Wendell Holmes

" The salvation of mankind

 lies only in making 

everything 

the concern of all. "
                         Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Linking to 
SkyWatch

Thank YOU

for Visiting!

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The Only Sane People -

- Are People You Don't Know That Well Yet

A  L  O  H  A !

 " If you think 

anyone is sane 

you just don't know

 enough about them. "

                                 Christopher Moore 

“Every 

uncomfortable feeling, 

every pain, 

every moment 

of 

stress and suffering 

is for your own

self-realization. "

                             Byron Katie

We all get overwhelmed

from time to time.

It's the Human Condition.

So many open questions,

so many hate-filled voices.

[they are really voices of fear]

Just holding & sharing 

PEACE

Doesn't feel like

Doing Anything 

near Enough.

But it is.

[Refraining from blame,

from acting out,

changes the game]

What is near at hand,

appreciate.

Doesn't feel like much.

But I assure You

It Is.

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Eloquent Fence

A  L  O  H  A !

" Why grab possessions like thieves,
 or divide them like socialists 
when you can ignore them 
like wise men? "
Natalie Clifford Barney

Crown, Pandas, Jewels. Who is TS?

The story of Hawaii

is composed of many

Stories, and chapters

 of Arrival.

In the mists of mythos

before the time of men

the little people,

the Menehune came.

Industrious, and one with nature,

they improved the isles

with fishponds [for aquaculture]

Walls, and terraces.

Some say they hide

in the hills to this day,

claiming even to 

have seen them!

The first human Hawaiians,

Polynesian voyagers

in sailing canoes,

lived an idyllic eden

that ended to some extent

with the second wave of 

Polynesian migration

bringing the KAPU [taboo]

system, and strict castes,

including wise [and fearsome]

holy men, and warriors.

Kamehameha of the Big Island

conquered all the main islands

[except Kauai, treaty]

in the years after 

western contact,

and built a strong nation

to weather colonial times.

Missionaries,

 plantation workers from

China, Japan, Puerto Rico,

the Azores,

American business men,

plantations. . . . 

Ultimately wrested it all away

from Hawaiian sovereignty.

During the 70's & 80's

Japan was ascendant

and made it's mark

on Hawaii real estate.

Today,

it appears to be

the Chinese

buying mansions in Kahala

and waving the Panda

[with a crown, and emerald,

and a T S wreathed]

Don't you want to know

the story?

Who lives behind this fence?
[or more likely visits from time to time]

Where did they get their $$$$$$?

We'll never know them,

because they are behind

a gate.

Not a friendly, come on in

and set a spell

ranch fence.

That one looks electrified!

And then there's the 

language barrier.

{Teresa Translator,

when will you be here

for a visit?}

Linking to Good Fences

Thank YOU

for coming right in!

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Know Believe Discover

A  L  O  H  A !

" We know 

what we are, 

but know not 

what we may be. "

                             Shakespeare

" One's life is not 

as fixed 

as one believes. -

" Surprises 

may lie in store 

for you, 

the unexpected often 

tends to happen, -

-sometimes bringing in its train 

the most delightful change 

in one's life 

or circumstances. "

                         Elizabeth Aston

Thank You

for Musing

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Adventure Surplus

A  L  O  H  A !

" What a large volume 
of adventures
 may be grasped
 within this span of life 
by she who interests
 her heart in 
everything. "
                              Laurence Sterne

 "Memories 

mean more to me 

than dresses." 

                     Anne Frank

" It is possible to 

be different and 

still be all right.

 There can be two

 - or more - answers 

to the same question, 

and all can be right. "

                       Anne Wilson Schaef

" It's okay 
if you mess up. 
You should
 give yourself 
a break. "

                 Billy Joel


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Thank You!
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Pixie peeking

" There is something 

about the 

presence of a cat...

that seems to take 

the bite 

out of being 

alone. "

                                 Louis Camuti 

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Thank YOU!

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