Fortune Cookie.

A  L  O  H  A !

" Everyday

 holds the possibility 

of a miracle. "

                         Elizabeth David

I have come to understand 

that every day contains 

numerous unnoticed 

miracles-  

cloudia 

Head Up Light/Head Down Dark
 A Lovely Diagonal/Left&Right

" The comic 
and the tragic
 lie inseparably close, 
like light 
and shadow. "
                        Socrates

Linking to

  Shadow Shot Sunday

Focus In / Focus Out the Noise

" Only let the

 moving waters calm down, 

and the sun and moon 

will be reflected 

on the surface 

of your being. "

                         Rumi

Linking to

Weekend Reflections

" Set wide the window. 

 Let me drink 

the day. "  

                     Edith Wharton

['/']

Your Oracle:

Someone 

to whom you've been kind

is thinking of you warmly

wishing you all the best 

expecting nothing.

Lucky Number: 6

Thank You

for Paying it 

Forward!

             Fondly, cloudia

LapTop Critter

A  L  O  H  A !

" Life is a mirror 

and will reflect 

back to the thinker 

what he thinks 

into it. " 

                   Ernest Holmes

" If you're sincere,

 praise is effective "

                         Zig Ziglar

My Copy Editor

“ Fumbling, 

incompetent scribbles 

of no consequence

 whatsoever.” 

                   New York Times 

                         [about Picasso, 1911]

?

“I am not 

what happened to me,

 I am 

what I choose 

to become.” 

                     C.G. Jung.

Linking to 

Saturday Critters

[']

Thank YOU

for pussyfooting by!

                          *PURR* cloudia

Mad Mural

A  L  O  H  A !

Sheer JOY!

May YOUR Weekend be This Much FUN!



                         ALOHA, cloudia 

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!

                   Warmly, cloudia

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.

                  Fondly, cloudia

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!

                   Fondly, cloudia