Sun Fold Un-Set

A  L  O  H  A !

September Sunset, Waikiki

"It is only possible

 to live

 happily ever after 

on a day-to-day basis."

       

 Margaret Bonnano

Lenticular Cloud "UFO"

"In the middle of difficulty

 lies opportunity."

Albert Einstein

Monstera Leaves, One Unfurling

" Arguing

 with a fool

 proves 

there are two. "

Doris M. Smith


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Urge for Autumn

 Always loved this perfect Autumn Song!

" My sorrow, 

when she's here with me, 

thinks these dark days of autumn 

rain are beautiful as days can be; 

she loves the bare, the withered tree; 

she walks the sodden pasture lane. "

Robert Frost 

Autumn

is a splendor.

Just wanted to say

HOW MUCH

I am enjoying

Y O Ur

Autumn Posts,

those of You

in the North.

I feel the chill,

I taste the golden thrill

of pumpkin & spice.

This is what friends

+ blogs

can do.

Isn't it GREAT!

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Tortured Body - Soaring Humanity

The Sessions is a remarkable film,
 deeply in touch with the mess
 and splendor 
of wearing these 
meat suits 
that we go around in.

Can a paralyzed man 

be a better "catch'

than a so called

"Able  Bodied" lout?

The worst restrictions

on our Spirit,

Body,

on Life Itself

are always 

permeable

to this remarkable

Human Spirit. 

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Mr. Otis Doesn't Regret

A  L  O  H  A !

This is Otis.
He lives with his human companion at Waimanalo, Oahu
Photo courtesy of Jeff Gunther

" Better to be without logic

than without feeling."

Charlotte Bronte

" There are no foreign lands.

It is the traveler only

who is foreign. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

 “Many of us 

crucify ourselves 

between two thieves 

- regret for the past 

and fear of the future.”

Fulton Oursler

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Let's all resolve

to be More

like Otis!

Be good to yourself

Here & Now;

Pass it on -

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Joy Scatter

A  L  O  H  A !

 "I am a Marxist-

-of the Groucho tendency."

        Anonymous

"The best way 

to get approval 

is not to need it."

Hugh Macleod

 "Sleep 

is when your soul 

recharges your body."

 Deepak Chopra

 "I'm not a vegetarian 

because I love animals.

 I'm a vegetarian 

because I hate plants."

        A. Whitney Brown

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Met an Old Man Walking

A  L  O  H  A !

I met an old man walking

here in Waikiki

he had just played several

games of tennis;

He told me that

he was over

 90 years.

He told me

that most of his friends

succumbed to beliefs,

conventional ones

about aging.

"One's 70's are the key.

Most people really freak out;

They believe all that stuff

and they follow the plan

down hill.

But if you keep moving

and get past those age 70+ 

bugaboos

it gets better and better."

Thanks, I said.

"Just keep moving - that's all,"

Says he.

And so I do.

How about

Y O U ?

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Cabinet of Curious Minor Wonders

A  L  O  H  A !

Three Sisters in a Field of Butterflies


" I have never been 
especially impressed
 by the heroics of people
 who are convinced they are 
about to change the world. 
I am more awed by those 
who struggle to make
 one small difference 
after another. "

Ellen Goodman

Leaf Curls

" Small change, small wonders -
 these are the currency 
of my endurance 
and ultimately of my life. "


Barbara Kingsolver 

 T O M B 

" Take away love 
and our earth
 is a tomb. "


Robert Browning

" Remember 
the quiet wonders. 
The world has 
more need of them 
than it has 
for warriors. "


Charles de Lint



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of wonder,
You & Me!
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