Paradise Was

A L O H A !

" Paradise 

was made for 

tender hearts;

 hell, 

for loveless hearts. "

Voltaire 

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Keep Your Head

A L O H A !
 

Each generation is bemused

to see their baubles & beliefs

become nostalgia.

Each generation is shocked

when their 'way things are'

slides into

'how we used to do it.'

History is not over!

Our children see

 through new lenses

as did we.

So what have we accomplished?

What 'Age' have we been living in?

Only with the perspective of time

and the arrogance of scholars

are labels attached:

'Dark Age'  'Age of Discovery'

'Renaissance'

Perhaps our Age of Unraveling,

of chickens coming finally home

to roost in our guts,

is not the Age

our children know;

Just prologue, 

brother prologue.

The carriage man's world

dissolved

in a romance of speed

 and flight.

 Thus ended the

Age of Horse.

Each generation

dances

upon the grave

 of their elders,

still ignorant mercifully

as were we

that History has not ended

however much it seems so

in their midday sun.

So, dear Friend:
LIVE LOVE LAUGH
& Be Happy.
And if things seem to be
Falling Apart?
They ALWAYS Are.
Don't cry that the box
is no longer full.
Enjoy your chocolates
right through
to the end
of the
box!

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Language Discovered

A  L  O  H  A !

Here in Hawaii,
all the newcomers

and the Hawaiians

developed a unique language

for working class communication

called 
Hawaii Creole English, HCE,


We call it Pidgin.

I will never speak like a native speaker

of Pidgin, but I (mostly) understand

and use Pidgin proudly.

If you read my book

(see the top of this page,

there on the right)

you already know Pidgin.

BUT

NO ONE KNEW

that Hawaii's Deaf 

also developed their own

unique and practical 

Hawaii Sign Language

HSL !

Older members of Hawaii's

Deaf community

recently brought this language

to the attention of the Linguistics

Department at University Of Hawaii

who consider this a true, unique language

that will now be documented

before it disappears.

This is the biggest discovery

in the linguistics community in

Some Time!

Headlines include:

""Nearly lost language discovered in Hawai'i "
LINK

Check it out,
and to hear Hawaiian Pidgin
listen to the family in the brief video:

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Eyes of the World

A  L  O  H  A !

"All the world's a stage -

and most of us 

are desperately unrehearsed."

       

Sean O'Casey

" True progress quietly 

and persistently

 moves along

 without notice. "

Saint Francis de Sales 

All my life

 I have tried to pluck 

a thistle 

and plant a flower

 wherever the flower 

would grow

 in thought and mind."

Abraham Lincoln 

(-'.'-)

A billion cameras

carried by people

like you and me;

Unique

except in our 

habit

of blogging.

Asia, England

Hawaii, Australia,

New York City,

KL, Louisiana,

and the land

of scholars.

Nerve endings

of an increasingly

self - aware

globe.

A Billion citizen

documentarians,

reporters,

diarists,

mystics, complainers,

dear friends.

Thanks Very Much

for stopping here

to see my offerings.

Now off to see

the visions

of Thee!

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Allow

 A  L  O  H  A !

 Walk on the Earth

Like You Own It

Appreciate It

Care For It;

Be WOWED

by Life

Like You Belong Here

You  DO

 Sometimes the Road Seems

 Long & Tiring

 Allow Yourself to Become

 Easier

 So the Breezes of Knowing 

Can Steer YOU to Good Places.

" It is easier to discover

 a deficiency

 in individuals, in states, 

and in Providence, 

than to see their

 real import 

and value. "

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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The Way YOU Are

A L O H A !

" You are 
the way you are 
because that is what
 you believe about 
yourself. "

Don Miguel Ruiz

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Kitty Mirror Kitty

A  L  O  H  A !

“ When it's steamboat time, 

you steam. ”

 Mark Twain

" Behavior is a mirror

in which every one

displays his own image. "

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

" Who would be happy 
should stay at home. "

Greek Proverb

=^..^=

Kitty invites me to play

or I her

we mirror each other

as all friends do.

If I lay on the floor

she will do the same;

At arm's length

we face one another:

the wonderful 

Parenthesis Twins!

Then she'll flip over

and we're doing

"The Comma Dance"

Usually

we end with play

calm or run-rowdy

as whim, and 

diurnal drums

dictate.

For we are always

proper players

as all best 

companions are.

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" Mirroring is the behaviour in which one person 

copies another person usually while in social 

interaction with them. It may include miming gestures, 

movements, body language, muscle tensions, 

expressions, tones, eye movements, breathing,

 tempo, accent, attitude, choice of words or metaphors,

 and other aspects of communication. 

It is often observed among couples or close friends." 

 Wikipedia