God Speed John Glenn

A  L  O  H  A !

"On February 20, 1962, 

Glenn flew the Friendship 7 

mission and became the 

first American to orbit the Earth 

and the fifth person in space, 

after cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and 

Gherman Titov and the 

sub-orbital flights of Mercury 

astronauts Alan Shepard 

and Gus Grissom. "

                       Wikipedia

I was 8.

We watched it in school.

The future was happening

and we were to be part of it!

JFK was US President.

I had a Mercury Capsule

pencil sharpener.

“We are our own dragons 
and our own heroes. 
We must rescue ourselves 
from ourselves.” 
Peter S. Beagle

Goodbye  Geese

“Heroes know that things 

must happen when it is 

time for them to happen. 

A quest may not simply 

be abandoned; unicorns 

may go unrescued for 

a long time, but 

not forever; a happy 

ending cannot come 

in the middle 

of the story.” 

    Peter S. Beagle

Thank You

Friend!

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

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The Power of Finding

A  L  O  H  A !

" Behavior is a mirror 

in which every one 

displays his own image. "

                       Goethe

“When pure sincerity 

forms within,

 it is outwardly 

realized in other 

people's hearts.” 

            Lao Tzu

Cormorant & Heron
'This Way And That'

"The power of finding

beauty in the humblest 

things makes home 

happy and life lovely."

            Louisa May Alcott

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Friend!

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

A L O H A !

Bus Mural touts Pearl Harbor Historic sights

Visitors to Honolulu may visit
the [Battleship] Arizona Memorial*
where WWII began for the USA,


The Battleship Missouri
where the Japanese surrender
was signed and accepted,
ending the war,

 Pacific Aviation Museum
and a WWII submarine,
the USS Bowfin.

Hands-on history
at a working, modern
US Naval Base
where active ships
come and go.

*Elvis Presley hosted a benefit concert on March 25, 1961
 at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena, raising over $64,000 for the Memorial!

Linking to Monday Mural

Here

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Good Life Instructions

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"The good life is 

a process, not a 

state of being. 

It is a direction 

not a destination."

                Carl Rogers 

 "You never know 

what worse luck 

your bad luck has 

saved you from."

     Cormac McCarthy

"I was reading 

the dictionary. 

I thought it was 

a poem about 

everything."

             Steven Wright

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

Signs, Signs

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Friend

for coming to play!

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Follow Your Caprice.

A  L  O  H  A !

So much is going on 

in our world, 

in our communities, 

and our families, 

that we each need to 

make emotional care 

for ourselves a priority. 

Your responsibilities require some 

"irresponsibility" in the mix. 

So take a walk with no 

destination or chore. 

Follow your caprice. 

Then whimsy might just find you 

around that next corner, 

behind that next tree, 

in the eyes of an animal, or 

your unseen cheering section 

behind the clouds.

Thank You

Friend!

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