V O G

A   L   O   H   A  !

That sulphurous atmosphere is called

  V O G: Volcanic Smog.

*Scratchy Throat*

*Dull headache*

*Cough Cough*

*Breathing issues*

 

Fortunately, Honolulu 

usually enjoys a 

North Pacific High

parked north of us,

driving Trade Winds,

the islands'

 natural air conditioning.

But since last Saturday,

Southerly winds have 

crashed our weather party,

bringing haze from 

Kīlauea volcano

 on the Big Island,

[  4,190 feet (1,277 m) high ]

Erupting since

 January 3, 1983

!

Kīlauea means "spewing" 

or "much spreading"

 in the Hawaiian language, 

referring to its

 prodigious production

  of lava,
or in this case
HAZE.

 Wikipedia

"Kona Weather" 

Blue skies and 

fresh air

 have returned!

Now THAT is delight.

" Birds sing after a storm;
 why shouldn't people feel
as free to delight - ? "

Rose Kennedy

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What is delighting

Y O U

today?

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Chinatown Double Ten Parade

Nihau! 

Welcome to Honolulu Chinatown: 
Oldest in the West

Ko`olau Mountains

 behind Honolulu Town

remind me of an 

Asian brush drawing.

 Nice day for a parade

Ten Ten, or Double Ten Day

is the National Holiday

of the Republic of China

( Taiwan )

 When are children ever still?

 Sun Yat-sen 

was born on 12 November 1866
 to a Cantonese Hakka family.

  Evidence suggests
 that he was  born at Ewa

 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

 Some claim that he came to

 Honolulu

at age 13.

 When they are lost in thought. . . .

 Like any other person

 Everything OK in there?

 Here comes the parade!

 We do know

 that Dr. Sun lived here

 among us,

attending Iolani School,

and Punahou 

as our President

Obama did.

 Some say 

that the cosmopolitan court and 

democratic politics

of Hawaii's King Kalakaua

inspired young Sun's

 earliest political

aspirations.

 In 1883 the King

awarded 2nd prize

in English grammar

to the young student

Sun!

 Hawaii 

has had a thriving 

Chinese community

from Kalakaua's times.

 Hawaii

would not BE the 

Hawaii we know and love

without the Chinese

people and influences.

 Portable Rainbow

 Dignified Guardian

 Missing the Parade

 Age:   Far & Near

 By the Window

 Hawaii Family

posing before 

Dr. Sun's Statue.

 Memories Under Construction

 What revolution

might THESE Honolulu

children lead,

to improve our world

when they grow up?

 So pretty-

Is it REAL?

MUST TOUCH!

 " Sincerity 

makes the very least

 person

 to be of more value 

than the most talented

 hypocrite.  "

Charles Spurgeon

 

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" Sincerity is the way to heaven. "
Mencius

My Radio Face

A  L  O  H  A

  Mr & Mz World 

& All the Ships at Sea!

We're Broadcasting LIVE from the studio today

 The Old New Brunswick, New Jersey Marconi Company Wireless Station,. courtesy

 In 1919 the facility joined the newly organized

 Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

 as station WII under the World Wide Wireless logo. 

Broadcast pioneer, RCAs David Sarnoff 

is seen here in 1921, accompanied by

 some legendary scientists.

 From left to right are: three unidentified men, 

David Sarnoff, Thomas J. Hayden,

 Ernst Julius Berg, S. Benedict, 

Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla. . . .

When I was 15,

 the boy next door

was obsessed. . . .

with RADIO.

He had a weak 'pirate' station

from which we broadcast

to NO listeners around the block.

 When he got an intern-ship

at the local Public Radio Station

I started hanging out there.

As I recall, I drove to

Woodstock

with one of the engineers.

I was 16.

Eventually I learned a bit,

producing a small segment

in a community based show

for which I interviewed

and edited the interviews.

I remember cutting 

recording tape

with a razor blade,

then splicing it together.

During my one year of college

I had a show late at night.

Sunday, I joined Carroll Cox

[ Link ]

on his broadcast. 

Click to enlarge photo:

[ Listen Here ]

" Every heart that has beat strongly
 and cheerfully
 has left a hopeful impulse
 behind it in the world,
and bettered the
 tradition of mankind. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

Of course, today

EVERYone

is a Blogger: 

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Thanks for 'tuning in.'

What is a surprising fact

about YOUr hobbies?

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A Moment Held

A   L   O   H   A  !

 “ If you run from me,

 I will chase you, 

and I'll find you....” 

Jeaniene Frost

" It's wonderful
 to climb
 the liquid mountains 
of the sky. "

Helen Keller

 Towers come in all sizes

 


“ I held a moment
 in my hand,
 brilliant as a star,
fragile as a flower,
 a tiny sliver
of one hour.
 I dropped it 
carelessly,
Ah! I didn't know,
I held 
opportunity. ”

 Hazel Lee


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I Have the Power

A  L  O  H  A !

 “ Discipline
 is remembering
 what you 
want. "

David Campbell

" The best day of your life

 is the one on which you decide

 your life is your own.  

No apologies or excuses.  

No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. 

 The gift is yours -

 it is an amazing journey -

 and you alone

 are responsible

 for the quality of it.  

This is the day 

your life really 

 begins.  "

Bob Moawad

" Discipline 

weighs ounces, 

regret 

weighs tons.  "

Anonymous

" Self-control is strength. 

Right thought

 is mastery. 

Calmness 

is power.  ”

  James Allen




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Recovering Emotional Marionette

Awesome Power

is mine.

You can have it

too-

 though not without

decision

and effort.

No matter what happens

it is within my

Awesome Power

to Behave as

I Choose.

A Rude person

cannot MAKE me

rude.

An angry

or a sad person,

even one I love,

cannot MAKE

me feel those things;

To do so would be

a mistake-

not love.

I can respond

with love,

and private

complete forgiveness

 no matter what-

Even in regret.

 I am also free to

leave.

But another person

is not responsible

for my mood.

I am.

Only I have that power;

 I choose to accept it.

What awesome powers

have YOU developed?

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Birds of Paradise

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Men

 for the sake of 

getting a living 

forget to 

live. "

Margaret Fuller

 “ Only the mediocre

 are always 

at their best.”

 Jean Giraudoux

 " From the Back "

"  The flower that smells

 the sweetest 

is shy and lowly.  "

William Wordsworth

 " All changes

 are more or less

 tinged with melancholy, 

for what we are 

leaving behind

 is part of 

ourselves.  "

Amelia Barr

" You leave old habits 

behind

 by starting out 

with the thought,

 'I release the need 

for this in my life. "

 
Wayne Dyer

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