Good Fences Honolulu

I love the snug, sweet 

little single-walled

 bungalows of Honolulu.

“A woman's dress 

should be like 

a barbed-wire fence: 

serving its purpose 

without 

obstructing the view.”

 Sophia Loren

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Creative Blocks

A   L   O   H   A  !

Bud, Budding, Blossoming,
Scattering. . .



" Henceforth 
I ask not 
good fortune. 
I myself am 
good fortune. "


Walt Whitman

" Hello Lamp post, 
watcha knowing?
I come to watch
your flowers growing
Looking for fun
and feeling Groovy "

Paul Simon

" If you love 
the labour of your trade, 
apart from any 
question of success 
or fame, 
the gods have called you. "


Robert Louis Stevenson


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Like everyone else

I used to complain

of writer's block.

Now I understand:

creative work

takes the time

it needs,

IF you let it.

We can't push the river

or go against the flow.

[ calling it 'work ethic' ]

and truly birth the 
Real Thing
struggling to be
 born. *

I understand that

ALL 
important creative work

does not occur

at the keyboard,

easel, or view finder.

Life

is all the time

You Need.

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even if you just look around.

You'll like the people 

who you meet there!

* "Words of truth ARE paradoxical"

Lao Tzu is right.

The art of writing

is the art of applying

your bottom

to the seat

in front of the Keyboard.

If you would BE a writer:

Write. Your life

(if you are lucky) 

will become a

writer's life.

" If you wish to be a writer; write! "

Epictetus, 
Born Year 55

Your Gods are Adorable!

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Colonialism.
The enforced spread
of the rule of reason.
But who is going to
spread it 
among the colonizers? "

Anthony Burgess

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Our visitor in the picture 

is unknowingly 

disrespecting a TIKI.

They originally represented 

Hawaiian Gods.

Or is it the restaurateur

who placed it there?

Yes, they were " Idols "

and were literally

" Cast Down "

by the Hawaiian People

themselves, under 

missionary influence.

The Hawaiian Kingdom
was overthrown
 January 17, 1893 

LINK

What does it do to a people

when their culture

is turned into kitsch?

Some contemporary 

Hawaiians are 

Traditional Cultural Practitioners.

Many more Hawaiians

and local residents

are Very proud

of Hawaiian Culture.

This is not a

slap on the wrist;

But a lesson

behind 

just another day

in Waikiki. . .

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Nothing Good or Bad

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Words of truth 
are always
paradoxical. "
                             Lao Tzu

 Pillars of the Sky 

" Dreams unwind

Love's a state of mind. "

                                      Fleetwod Mac

“  When you stop expecting 

people to be perfect, 

you can like them 

for who they are. ” 

 Donald Miller

“ Today expect something good 

to happen to you no matter what 

occurred yesterday. 

Realize the past no longer 

holds you captive. 

It can only continue 

to hurt you 

if you hold on to it.

 Let the past go. 

A simply abundant world 

awaits. ” 

Sarah Ban Breathnach

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Had a scary health problem

in the middle of the night.

Likely a one-time

not abnormal issue,

says Medicine.

HappY!

Didn't go to hospital,

Could have been much worse,

REALLY celebrating my Health,

and it feels GREAT!

Healthy People Problems

Ceiling leaking!

Water all about!

SO HAPPY-

We no longer live on Boat

where water can mean

SINKING!

We're not gonna sink,

Building heroes are on it.

Celebrate a place to stay!

Housed-People Problems.

Car needs repair

to pass State inspection.

I have money to fix it,

a good guy mechanic,

glad to know

I needed brakes!

Celebrate mobility!

Vehicle Owner Problems.

You & I know people

who would complain of 

all these things.
Even bitterly.

I was one of them  too long.
(Bitterly!)

Now I'm celebrating

all that I enjoy.

Celebrate Life!

- Living People Problems -

How is YOUr Week Going?

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Life Is

A   L   O   H   A  !

Click on the photos. Coo

Dove

" Life is 

a series of natural

 and spontaneous 

changes. -

Pink Shell Ginger

- Don't resist them - 

that only creates 

sorrow. -

Red Ginger

- Let reality 

be reality. -

- Let things flow 

naturally forward

 in whatever way 

they like. "

                           Lao Tzu  

Let's play!

Fill in the blank

with one word:

" Life is ______ "

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Night Charm for You

A   L   O   H   A  !

"  From Ghoulies and ghosties 

and long-leggety beasties 

And things that go bump

 in the night, 

Good Lord, deliver us."

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Palace of Pile

A   L   O   H   A  !
Click Photo / Come to Waikiki

" Life loves 

to be taken by

 the lapel and told,

 'I'm with you kid.

 Let's go.' "

Maya Angelou

Any piece of writing,

from a letter to a book

can fly or

it can fail.

It might be a Palace

of  Thought, Wonder,

Delight.

Or it may be

just a pile of words,

taking the same hours 

of assembly 

but never taking off.

Think of a violin.

(Did you HEAR 

a violin when you

thought of it?)

A woman good with

tools, could cut,

shape, polish,

all of the parts

that go into a violin.

But an instrument maker

turns those same parts

into an instrument,

not just a novelty.

It takes more

than piling up words

to make sense, 

to persuade, to heal.

Too many books

are false fronts like a

 pioneer town.

I trust few words.

Among them:

"Thank You, dear Friends"

I like to mean

what I say.

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