Adelle's Resonance

 A  L  O  H  A !

Whither  the voyage?

 “What the caterpillar calls 

the end of the world, 

the master calls

a butterfly.”

 Richard Bach

 needs a 'click' to bloom

" A kind soul knows:

impoliteness

is just preoccupied

with distraction. "

Mike Dolan,

 Oh Click on THIS one!

Over the Moon

" Be still

and cool

in thine own mind 

and spirit. "

George Fox 

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My thoughts 

on what is SO great

about Adele's  

Rolling in the Deep

It's powerful, controlled and has a rhythm

that matches the inexorable acceleration

many of us feel in these precarious times.

Is that unique to our time?

Or has every generation 

felt the miles roll by like this?

Stop the world!

I Want to get off!

Yet, 

this triumph of art, 

of voice, of identity

and control

heartens us, strengthens us,

reconnecting us to our own

power. 

In Rolling, 

we seem to ride the whirlwind

in a way that does our generation proud.

We've been knocked about,

but we are still singing, 

still STRONG!

No one knows

where the maelstrom will ultimately take us,

but we go in style! 

Throw in the human drama 

of Adelle losing, then regaining

her voice,

and you have a complete emblem

of regeneration,

of hope itself.

Brava!

(see the video below :-)

Thank YOU for visiting.

Your comments are a treasure house

where I go to know 

what matters!

Please drop in and say "Hi"

                                    Warmly, cloudia

My Honolulu Airspace

A   L   O   H   A  !

After living below decks

on our boat for 20 years,

I now have intimate communion

with cloudy friends & relatives

from my high parapet.

Planes arriving and leaving

via Honolulu International Airport

fly offshore, along the coast of Waikiki.

I have a nice view of landings 

and takeoffs

under my oversight

Joint Base Hickam-Pearl Harbor

is in the same vicinity.

Here an F-22 Raptor 

sports like a

spirited pony.

Boeing C-17 Heavy Airlift ships 

globe-hop from here:

Humanitarian missions

throughout the Pacific

in times of disaster:

Samoan tsunami-

Japanese earthquake/tsunami.

And, yes,

they carry people & arms

to war.

( Returning warriors

are usually aboard chartered

commercial craft. )

Here Airforce One

says goodbye to Oahu

after a visit 

by the First Family.

 

See the plane to the right?

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr

Where are they all going?

Aloha-

Of course, there are those of us

who have found our home,

our Shangri  La,

here in Honolulu Town.

Happily

visitors like to come

and visit us-

JOLLY!

Thank You  

SO

for being among them-

                           

                     Warmly, cloudia

A  L  O  H  A !

" We shall find peace-

We shall hear angels,

we shall see the sky

sparkling with diamonds. "

Chekov

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(")_(")

Thank You

for visiting!

                         Warmly, cloudia

Prefere Des Chats

A   L   O   H   A  !

click on pictures !

"There is nothing

in a caterpillar

that tells you

that it is going to be a

butterfly. "

Buckminster Fuller

" Happiness

is not something ready-made.

It comes from your own

actions. " 

Dalai Lama

Did you hear about the snail

who was robbed

by a turtle?

When asked for details

she said:

"Oh it all happened 

SO fast! "

" The tree which moves some to tears of joy

is in the eyes of others 

only a green thing
 that stands in the way. 

Some see nature all ridicule and deformity...
 and some scarce see nature at all.

But to the eyes of imagination,
nature is

imagination itself. "

William Blake 

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Thanks very much

for ambling by today.

May all your roads

be joy

and consolation

this weekend.

                          Warmly, cloudia

Motor of the World

A   L   O   H   A  !

Click on these Pics!

" My haters 

are my motivators! "

Ellen DeGeneres

" A prism may have unsuspected powers.
Who knows what truths and myths
they might reflect
or analyze, the way they prise
the colours out of light? "

by
Dave King

HERE

" And the bow shall be in the cloud;

and I will look upon it, 

that I may remember the everlasting- "

Genesis 9:8-17

" Can I see another's woe,

and not be in sorrow too?
 Can I see another's grief, 

and not seek

for kind relief? "

William Blake

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Modern Research Psychology

is showing us much

about how we really

make decisions.

Even eye-witness memories

are not just facts

but constructions

based on what

we think that we know.

Most often,

we see what we

expect to see.

We find

what we expect to find,

by noticing confirmation

of our beliefs,

and failing to note-

or even notice-

that which does not fit

what we

"KNOW."

It is my belief

that unconscious bias

is the secret motor

of the world.

Many fight against

those they deem

hypocrites,

or "wrong"

or even

"evil."

I fight not bad people

but good intentions

gone awry.

It takes great discrimination,

dedication,

honesty & humility

even to begin

to unfold

our OWN

bias-

But be sure of one thing:

bias lives

in you

and in me.

Can you think of a bias

that you have examined

and disposed of?

Thank YOU for spending time here

with us !

                                  Warmly, cloudia

Gonna Fly Now

A   L   O   H   A  !

"I once had a sparrow

alight upon my shoulder

for a moment,

while I was hoeing 

in a village garden,

and I felt that I was more distinguished

by that circumstance

than I should have been
 by any epaulet I could have worn." 

Henry David Thoreau

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Our  bird friend today 

is a Red Crested Cardinal,

 Paroaria coronata

commonly seen here on Oahu.

These colorful flyers

were introduced to both Hawaii

& Puerto Rico around 1930.

 Sometimes called the

  "Brazilian Cardinal"

The species is native to

South America.

Omnivores, they

feed on fruit, seeds, plant matter, 

human cast-offs, and tasty insects.

Thank you for flying here! 

Do look in on Comments,

see all the exotic birds

there;

BE one of them-

                 Warm chirps, cloudia

Forgotten Treasure

A L O H A !

" Imagination 

is the real and eternal world 

of which this vegetable universe

is but a faint shadow.  "

William Blake

" One thought fills immensity.  "

William Blake

" He whose face gives no light,

shall never become a star. "
William Blake

" If a thing loves, it is infinite. "

William Blake

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What treasure 

have you forgotten about?

It's most likely hiding

in plain sight.

Something, or someone,

that once meant

the world to you-

in fact, discovering them

was like discovering

a whole

new world.

Abundance

and wealth

are more than 

just finances.

What makes 

your life

rich?

What is your

overlooked

treasure?

Tell us in comments!

Your visit here

is a treasure

to me.

Thank YOU!

                      Warmly, cloudia