Un-paraphras-able

ALOHA !

 

" That we want

is enduring;

What we want

changes

as culture does. "

Helen Fisher

" Research shows

that experts are no better

at predicting the future

than dart-throwing monkeys. "

Vinod Khosla

“There is no reason

anyone would want a computer

in their home.”

Ken Olson,

co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,

1977

Have you ever held a palm tree in the palm of your hand?

" If you look deeply into the palm of your hand,

you will see your parents

and all generations of your ancestors.

All of them are alive in this moment.

Each is present in your body.

You are the continuation of each of these people."

 Thich Nhat Hanh

“It doesn't matter what he does—

he will never amount to anything.”
 

Albert Einstein’s teacher

to his father, 1895

 

 

 

 

 

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Harvest

We must not hope to be mowers
and gather the ripe gold ears
Unless we first have been sowers
and watered the furrows with tears

 
It is not just as we take it
This mystical world of ours
Life's field will yield as we make it
A harvest of thorns or flowers

Goethe

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Obama Is -

ALOHA !

Obama is not

a golden-skinned socialist

who gives away

free healthcare-

- You're thinking of Jesus

“What you do

speaks so loud 

that I cannot hear

what you say.” 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Charity is no substitute

for justice withheld.” 

Saint Augustine

“ When I give food to the poor,

they call me a saint.

When I ask 

why the poor have no food,

they call me a communist. ”

  Dom Helder Camara

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Sunshine Means a Lot to Me

ALOHA !

"Music is invisible cinema. "

Aaron Parks

"God gave us the gift of life; 

it is up to us

to give ourselves

the gift of living well. " 

Voltaire

"Share instead of compare. "

Wavy Gravy

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Lately it has occurred to me

that if my emotional balance

depends on the moods

or opinions

of others

I'll never achieve

it for long.

True balance emerges

within myself

and does not rely

on the judgements of 

others.

Gosh!

I hope YOU agree with me!!!

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 " Anyone can hold the helm

when the sea is calm. "
-Syrus Pubilius

Natalie Wood

 ALOHA !

" At night, 

when the sky is full of stars

 and the sea is still 

you get the wonderful sensation

 that you are floating in space. " 

Natalie Wood

"When you are sorrowful

 look again in your heart, 

and you shall  see

that in truth

you are weeping for that

which has been your

delight. "

 Kahlil Gibran

This is the boat from which Natalie departed this life,
docked here in Honolulu

"I like being on the water

 or near the water,

 but not in the water."

Natalie Wood

  =^.^=

Perhaps

 it is because she grew up before our eyes

in the movies

that Natalie Wood seemed more than

a "movie star."

There was something

 very individual,

honest,

vulnerable,

and familiar

 about her.

She was beautiful too,

but in an unassuming,

un-brassy way.

Like an ancient hero

she was taken too soon,

 taken into 

the realm of 

the immortals.

The boat from upon which

 she sailed

from land for the last time

has been re-sold,

and docked here in Honolulu

for many years.

Now that the case surrounding her death

is being re-examined

officials are coming over from California

to scrutinize the vessel.

Meteorology

was my college lab science.

The professor told us

that he would give us extra credit

for every weather-related news story

we clipped/printed

and brought to class.

"How many weather stories can there BE?"

I wondered.

But that turned out to be

just what he was teaching us:

the importance of weather,

( once you notice it )

all over the world

week after week.

I had no problem

finding such a story

every week,

all semester.

Have YOU found

that visiting Hawaii

 via this blog

has been a little 

like that?

Here on the most remote islands

on Earth,

my life MUST be quite different

from yours

-and yet-

there always seems to be

something

that I find

 to present to 

Y O U.

In this case,

my connection to Natalie

goes beyond sharing a harbor 

for many years

with the 'death boat.'

When the film

"Inside Daisy Clover" came out

I was the same age

 as the character she played:

a tom-boy who mostly raised herself.

If you watch,

really watch,

the performance at the beginning

 of the video below,

you will see an extraordinary

"something"

that spoke deeply to me

as an adolescent;

A yearning,

a determination,

a 'self-pumping up'

an unconventionality

that I really identified with.

You're Gonna Hear From ME ! 

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Y O U 

in comments

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Inside Daisy Clover HERE

Message of the Trees

ALOHA !

These trees carry on a decades-long conversation

" A sure cure for seasickness

is to sit under a tree.  "

Spike Milligan

Wood is as fluid as a dancer,

and just as expressive

if you have eyes & heart to see

" A fool sees not the same tree

that a wise man sees.  "

William Blake

Ah, a message of well-being! 

" A tree against the sky 

possesses the same interest,

the same character,

the same expression 

as the figure of a human. "

Georges Rouault  

It's all going to be "OK"

more HERE

All things share the same breath

- the beast, the tree, the man-

the air shares its spirit

with all the life it supports.  "

Chief Seattle

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The Hawaiians believed the same

so they shared their breath

their "HA"

in the ALOHA

and in the HONI greeting;

"The honi is a Polynesian greeting

in which two people greet each other 

by pressing noses and inhaling at the same time.

This is a very honorific as this represents the exchange of ha

--the breath of life--

and mana: 

spiritual power between two people. "

Source: Renee Bishaw,

Hawaiian Greeting/Protocol

Thank YOU

for sharing YOUr mana here with us-

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Potato Skies

A L O H A !

Too much golden butter

on these morning mashed potato clouds. . . 

Part of me actually hungers

for gray days

at this time of year.

I mean the kind of grey,

November days I knew
growing up on the East Coast.

  Skies of pewter, and stone.

  When the world seems
empty
of inspiration

or sparkle;

But that's OK.

We hide at home
accomplishing "nothing."
Reading the same page
over and over,
till overcome by
staring,
infectious as a
yawn.




I think
sometimes
we need to lie fallow;
like a field.

Something undoubtedly
mentally healthy
is occurring then.

Some of us,
slaves to the 'should'
need colds or flu

to force us to participate
in this orgy of
non-participation.

But I believe
in wool-gathering
days.

We sleep-walk through tasks

that cannot be postponed

(or ducked).

  But long to return home

  to stare with delicious
vacancy
at the TV,
blogs,

whatever. . .


Bed and beverages 
are important parts
of this ritual
too.

One feels (I feel!)
about as interesting

as a lump of cold potatoes.

(How nice for YOU)

But that's OK;

It's strangely cozy
feeling like that
lump.

Why have I never noticed this

while walking 20+ years in Waikiki? 

Oahu in November
has such days,
days of puddles and puddings.

  Days to savor. 

Days to be potato:

  All eyes, no mouth. 

Days to cherish the bland 

the every-day-ness

of Fall.

Of life.

  Blessed soft days!

To rest up,
to hide, 

to hold indulgent parties

 with myself.

(Another cupcake?)

What guilty, unproductive joys

tempt YOU to hide at home

on such a gray

mashed potato

day?

Rouse yourself long enough to leave a comment, please.

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