Moody Skies Over Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A !

" Adversity is like a strong wind.

 It tears away from us 

all but the things 

that cannot be torn, 

so that we see 

ourselves 

as we really are. "

Arthur Golden, 

Memoirs of a Geisha

" I'd like to just get 

one of those pink clouds 

and put you in it 

and push you around.  "

F. Scott Fitzgerald

" A cloudy day

 is no match 

for a 

sunny disposition.  "

William Arthur Ward

" Don't

 let one cloud 

obliterate the whole 

sky. "

Anais Nin

" O it is pleasant, 

with a heart at ease,

Just after sunset,

 or by moonlight skies,

To make the shifting clouds 

be what you please. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is delightful

when we drift

together like this -

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F A M I L Y !

A  L  O  H  A 

" It takes a moment

 to tell someone 

you love them,

 but it takes a lifetime

 to prove it "

 Erich Fromm

" Every large family

 has its angels

 and its demon. "

 Joseph Roux 

“ If a man's character

 is to be abused,

 say what you will, 

there's nobody like 

a relative

 to do the business. ” 

William Makepeace Thackeray

" If you cannot

 get rid of the

 family skeleton, 

you may as well 

make it dance. "

George Bernard Shaw

" Happy families 

are all alike;

 every unhappy family

 is unhappy 

in its own way. "

Leo Tolstoy

" If we would just

 support each other -

- that's ninety percent 

of the problem  "

Edward Gardner

" Insanity 
runs in my family.
 It practically 
gallops. "

Cary Grant

" Others have their family; 
but to a solitary
 and an exile 
his friends 
are everything. "

Warren G. Harding 

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Song Wind

A  L  O  H  A !

" The most important things 

are the hardest

 to say 

because words 

diminish them. "

Stephen King 

“ This is not me. 

This is me 

reacting 

to your perception 

of me.” 

 Carrie Bradshaw

" This tattered life 

is my only robe; 

the wind

 my only refuge. "

 Marian Mountain

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More Goofing Around in the Sun

A  L  O  H  A !

" Even sleepers 

are workers and 

collaborators

 in what goes on

 in the 

Universe. "

Heraclitus 

" Erotic 
is using a feather,' 
Pornography 
is when you use
 the whole bird.''

Isabel Allende 

" No one ever 

steps in the same river 

twice, 

for it's not the same river 

nor the same

person. "

Heraclitus 

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Cat's Guide to Human Care

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A Holiday Secret

A   L   O   H   A  !

' Photographer's Back '

" Happiness always

 looks small 

when you hold it 

in your hands,

 but let it go, 

and you learn 

at once 

how big 

and precious it is." 

Gorky

" Change happens

 by listening and

 then starting a dialogue 

with the people who 

are doing something 

you don't believe

 is right. " 

Dr. Jane Goodall

" Every child

 is born a naturalist. 

His eyes are, by nature,

 open to the glories

 of the stars, the beauty of

 the flowers, 

and the mystery 

of life. "

R. Search

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Here's a Holiday Secret

from me to You:

Everyone is so busy

that you can slip away

and do something indulgent

For YOURself!

I hope you will

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Opportune Disguise

A  L  O  H  A !

" We are all faced 

with a series of 

great opportunities 

brilliantly disguised as 

impossible situations. "

Charles R. Swindoll

" Sometimes

you get the best light

from a burning bridge. "

Don Henley

" Ask Alice,

she'll say:

'check the fine print' "

Brian Miller

How Lovely of YOU

to stop by!

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