You the Dolly

ALOHA

Means Warm Welcome,

Friend!

Care to click on the photos?

"No bubble is so iridescent,
or floats longer
than that blown
by the successful
teacher."

William Osler

"Every moment

and every event of every man's life on earth

plants something in his soul. "

Thomas Merton

"When ambition ends, happiness begins. "

Thomas Merton

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The other day on Oprah

Dolly Parton talked about the time,

one Halloween,

when she found herself between gigs

in a town with a large gay community.

Dolly thought that it would be a

wonderful opportunity

to go out anonymously

and just have her some fun.

As expected, she got lost in a sea of

Cher and Dolly impersonators;

and though she had put on even MORE makeup

than usual

(remember, we're talking about Dolly Parton here)

no one looked at her twice amidst the tall drag queens

flouncing about everywhere.

She even entered a "Dolly Parton Look Alike Contest"

and to hear her tell it,

everybody overlooked the runt!

That's right:

Dolly Parton LOST

a Dolly Parton Look-alike contest.

So remember,

people seldom realize what is right before their eyes.

They are too self-preoccupied to recognize

the Star in You.

But that's OK,

we both know

that you are the

real

Dolly!

Warmly, cloudia

Merrie Month of May

Aloha Friend



Click on the photos, dally a while

Your Chair is Waiting. . .



"There is much pleasure to be gained
from useless knowledge."

Bertrand Russell

"So I'll meet you AFTER. . ."


"People find life
entirely too
time-consuming."

Stanislaw J. Lec

"How to get beat up at school."


"The biggest big business in America
is not steel,
automobiles, or television.
It is the manufacture,
refinement,
and distribution
of anxiety."

Eric Sevareid




Say!

That makes this blog kind of radical.

Revolution!
Let's refuse anxiety. . .

if only for today.


Warmly, cloudia

A Treat to See

Aloha, Friend!



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Sky Rabbit


"One must truly HOLD A SPACE for oneself.
All things conspire
to close up this space."

Kay Ryan

"All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!"

The Wind in the Willows
'Ducks Ditty'
by Rat

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment.
I want to give that world to someone else.
Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower.
I want them to see it whether they want to or not."

Georgia O'Keeffe

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A Plain Ordinary Steel Needle
Can Float on Pure Water
by
Kay Ryan,
Poet Laureate of the United States

It's a treat to see water
so rubbery, a needle
so peaceful, the point encased
in the tenderest dimple.
It seems so simple
when things or people
have modified each others' qualities
somewhat.

Staying Berthed

ALOHA!

Click on the photos

"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song,

and all about you will be beauty.

There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail."

Robert Motherwell

"A morning-glory at my window

satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

Walt Whitman

"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar,

and there is a hippopotamus in me

that wants to wallow in the mud."
Carl Sandburg

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Never forget

(I remind myself)

what a blessing it is

to walk on the beach

at the end of a busy day.

It is especially sweet today

because we passed our annual

harbor inspection and "buoy run."

The reliable ancient

Detroit Diesel

thrummed us past the rows of boats

and out of the harbor

by Magic Island.

Sky was perfect,

kitty stood her ground

and watched from her place on the deck,

not hidden under a bunk below

as she was for many years.

She and I

have both flung ourselves

in love to the breezes;

bracing our paws

we look unflinchingly

into a salty spray.

Damn the bureaucrats;

Full Speed Ahead!

So we have the right to reside here

on the water

for another year.

To walk on the beach

to rock with the tide.

Summer?

Bring it

ON!

ALOHA, cloudia

Clark Little

ALOHA!

Click on the "Clark."

Another Masterpiece by Hawaii surf photographer, Clark Little.
His site HERE


"You cannot step twice
in the same river."

Heraclitus

"My future starts when I wake up every morning...
Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

Miles Davis

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."

Dorothy L. Sayers

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On Saturday,
I went to the Honolulu Books & Music Fest.

Clark Little, the surf photographer, whose work I've posted many times with credit,
had a booth, so I went over to check him out.

Never having seen Clark,
I assumed the guy who looked like he just walked off the beach was the artiste.
The professional-looking camera he was holding
sealed the deal: it was definitely him.

"Aloha, Clark.
I'm a blogger, and I've posted your amazing shots
a number of times WITH credit.
People enjoy and comment on them.
Is that cool with you?"

"Oh yeah, sure.
And thanks!"

So there you have it:
share the things you love
but always be careful
to assign rightful "props"
and links
to those
(like you and me)
who share their creations
with the world.


Aloha! cloudia

Loyalties

ALOHA!

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"Our national flower
is the concrete cloverleaf."

Lewis Mumford

"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle
and plant a flower
wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. "

Lincoln

"Happiness held is the seed;
Happiness shared is the flower."

John Harrington

"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant
as gold to the goldsmiths."

Elizabeth I

"The fact that I can plant a seed
and it becomes a flower,
share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's,
smile at someone and receive a smile in return,
are to me continual spiritual exercises."
Leo Buscaglia


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It seems to me
that our most enduring loyalties
are to those
who have treated us
with kindness. . .


Like YOU!


Thanks, cloudia

Aloha Fridaze"

Oh Yeah! Staring-into-Space Season is Well UnderwaY


care to click the pics?

Few things in this life are as pleasant
as an afternoon walk. . .


"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm." Disraeli

Jewels are strewn about
for those with eyes to see them.



"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." Henri Bergson

Green and dappled triumphal arches of shade. . .
perhaps some of the magic remains
in these groves. .

"Happiness is not a destination.
It is a method of life."

Burton Hills

Fit for a fairy princess to dance around.

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance,
the wise grows it under his feet."

- James Oppenheim

"The poor are where God lives."

Bono



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Waste of time?

According to the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
chronically anxious people
(read: 'all modern people')
may see a significant increase
in their risk of heart disease.

That's in the 'DuH!' category,
eh?

But remember:
walking and wasting time
is an investment
in your most important wealth:
your health.

What can I say?
I care about you-

NoW go waste time!

cloudia