On Their Way

My Dear Friend;

How often we believe

that our adventures are 

all behind us

right before

our best ones

BEGIN -
[Best Wishes Ruth & Gordon]

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Sensitive They Say

A  L  O  H  A !

"All streams

 flow to the sea

because it sits

 lower than they.

This is the power

of humility."

 Lao Tzu

" A person may be proud

without being vain.

Pride. . . our opinion

 of ourselves,

vanity 

what we would have

others 

think of us. "

Jane Austen

" Find out who you are

and be that person. "

Ellen DeGeneres

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"You're sensitive" they say,
like there's a problem with that.
Well, a violin
makes a lousy 
baseball bat.
If punch is all you care about
I'm not your girl.

The arrogant and shallow
understand all of it perfectly,
never bothering with
intricacies
and call themselves
Big Thinkers
like children
moving pieces on a board.

Why do we empower
their delusion
letting them treat us as pawns
those 'leaders / Job Makers'
in their cushy bubble?

But the jokes' on them.
They don't know us at all;
And you are the very nicest
part of life in this world.

Knowing your uniqueness
is true wealth
in my eyes!

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Sincerely Pleased

A  L  O  H  A !

  " As soon as you trust yourself,

 you will know how to live."

 Goethe 

"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? -

- Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

Lydia M. Child

" Whenever you are 

sincerely pleased 

you are nourished. "

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Look Like Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

EARTH

" It suddenly struck me

 that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, 

was the Earth.

 I put up my thumb 

and shut one eye, 

and my thumb blotted out

 the planet Earth. 

I didn't feel like a giant. 

I felt very, very small. "

Neil Armstrong 

SEA

" To the degree 

that you shed your attachment

to making an impact,

you will make the exact impact

that matters most. 

Give yourself

without any expectations. "

Rob Brezsny

SKY

" Eternity 

is in love

 with the productions

 of time."

William Blake 




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That song by Melanie
brought back a lot of emotion.
It surprised me how much.

Back then mimeographed flyers
were the only internet we knew,
and buttons you wore
said things like
"Make Love Not War"
and "Impeach Nixon."

The adult world
seemed rather harsh,
always trying
to teach us one
cold lesson or another.

But we were looking
for beautiful people,
whose faces were not angry
the minute they saw us.

We were looking for
a beautiful, meaningful
way to live.

I write my posts
every day,
sending them out,
like a rose petal
down on a super highway-
But a miracle happens:

Beautiful people find ME!

That's you.
That is us.
And we are 
ALL TOGETHER.

Coo coo kachoo!

This really touches me.

Every Day.

Thank YOU.

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Animal Play

A  L  O  H  A !

 Where are you going? Don't duck out.

 NOT in front of my wife!

 Hello Handsome!

 He's not giving me 

any play either. 

But he is with his

person [see the hand?] 

engaging in 

the very important matter

of trash picking. 

I hope they get 

enough to eat.

Yes. It is good to have a partner!


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Huh?

A  L  O  H  A !

" No matter how smart

you thought you were,

you are actually

way less smart

than that."

David Foster Wallace

" We are always

the same age

inside." 

Gertrude Stein

" The face of a child

can  say it all.

Especially

the mouth part

of the face."

Jack Handey

Are Today's quotes:

Profound?

Paradoxical?

Stupid?

I suspect there is no

correct answer.

Is there a universal word

understood all over our globe?

Dutch scientists say 

"Ja!"

[ That's a 'Yes']

10 languages on 

5 continents:

Dutch, Icelandic, 

Mandarin Chinese,

West African Siwu,

 Australian aboriginal 

Murrinh-Patha -

ALL use

"Huh?"

" -only 'Huh?' occurs 

across languages 

whose phonetic patterns 

otherwise vary greatly. "

 Mark Dingemanse, 

Francisco Torreira.

 Nick Enfield, 

Researchers,

Max Planck Institute

for Psycholinguistics 

(Netherlands) 

New York Times (Link)

As I told my (blog invisible) husband:

"I cause nice people ALL over the world

to go "Huh???"

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Come to Hawaii - LATER

A  L  O  H  A !

A Voggy Day in Honolulu

" Honor has not to be 

won;

 it must only not be 

lost. "

Schopenhauer 

"One of the lessons of history

 is that nothing

 is often a good thing 

to do 

and always 

a clever thing 

to say." 

Will Durant

Normal Blue Hawaii Skies

"Make visible 

what, without you,

 might perhaps never 

have been seen."

Robert Bresson

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The volcano on the Big Island

is pouring out

copious amounts

of Volcanic Haze,

called VOG

as it has for over

a quarter century!

Sulfur, 

deep Earth gasses,

and who knows 

what -

Usually, this is not

a problem

as the Trade Winds

blow it all away.

But, with southeast winds

the VOG makes it's way

here to Oahu.

Throats get scratchy,

the blue sky goes dull;

Moods are effected.

To me, pewter November days

are rich with memories

of growing up in Philadelphia.

The sky there seemed

shades of grey

all winter.

But I feel for our visitors.

Though they enjoy

this lovely place,

they may never know

the SPARKLING WONDERS

of our usual climate.

When the VOG blows away

(probably this weekend)

it's as if everything

goes saturated with

loveliness.

So don't visit

till the weekend

except by blog

(this one first preferably)

Do you have local issues?

Snakes? Sink Holes,

Cults?

Do share in comments.

I love YOU guys!

Thanks SO much

for paying this visit.

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