Waikiki Morning

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“Every day is

 a new opportunity. 

You can build on 

yesterday's success or 

put its failures behind 

and start over again.  -

- That's the way life is, 

with a new game 

every day, 

and that's the way 

baseball is.”

 Bob Feller 

 (American Baseball Player)

Palm Leaves and Cones

" Common sense 

and a sense of humor

 are the same thing, 

moving at different speeds. -

Beep!  Beep!

- A sense of humor

 is just common sense, 

dancing. "

William James 

Another Red Cone

Dove  Dove
(Click!  Click!)

The way that the  grasses' shadow 

echoes with plumage speaks

" God is clever, 

but not dishonest. "

Albert Einstein

Just a 

routine morning 

here in 

Waikiki!

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Unfurl

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New Day


“ You can become blind
 by seeing each day
as a similar one.

Each day is a
different one, 
each day brings 
a miracle of its own. 

It's just a matter of 
paying attention 
to this miracle.” 

Paulo Coelho

Monstera Unfolding

" All the way
 to
Heaven'
is 
Heaven. "

Teresa of Avila

Monstera Unfurled

“ Every day should be passed 
as if it were to be our last.”

 Publilius Syrus 

Monstera & Sandal

“ Life is
 far too important
 a thing 
ever to talk 
seriously about. ”

 Oscar Wilde

Fairy Pulpit

“ I still find each day
 too short 
for all the thoughts
 I want to think, 
all the walks 
I want to take, 
all the books I want to read, 
and all the friends 
I want to see. ”

 John Burroughs

" - Or all the Friends' Blogs

 I want to Visit!!! "

Cloudia

“ When I stand before thee

 at the day's end,

 thou shalt see

 my scars and know

 that I had my wounds 

and also my healing. ”

 Rabindranath Tagore

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Peaceful Warriors

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" Peaceful Warriors 

have the patience to wait

 until the mud settles 

and the water clears. -

" They remain unmoving 

until the right time,

 so the right action 

arises by itself. -

 They do not seek 

fulfillment,

 but wait 

with open arms

 to welcome 

all things. " 

Dan Millman 

" We all have the power 
to choose
 how we are going to
 handle every situation 
we are faced with 
throughout our lives. 
We are in control 
of the decision we make "

Jennifer Hudson,

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Magic of Marriage

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" Judge nothing, 
you will be happy.

 Forgive everything, 
you will be happier.

 Love everything, 

you will be happiest.” 

Sri Chinmoy

" The price

of hating other human beings

is loving oneself

less. "

Eldridge Cleaver

“ The important thing
 is not to think much 
but to love much; 
and so do that 
which best stirs 
you to love. ” 

 Teresa of Ávila

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He and I

had been together

for years.

What would

marriage 

add?

Just a piece of paper,

right?

And what about

those who cannot

be married?

Nonetheless,
it seemed 
the time.

We went to the judge

at his lunchtime.

One handful of friends

were there.

I figure we started our 

marriage

$30,000 ahead

that way.

Things sure felt

different afterward.


I felt different.


So did he.

I don't know why.

We both felt it.

The next morning

before awakening

I 'dreamed' of being

in an old fashioned room.

Women

whose faces I couldn't see

sat around the perimeter.

Light poured in through

windows,

but I could discern nothing

through them.

These women

were my ancestresses;

somehow I simply knew that;

Grandma, Auntie

 who I had known,

& further back

who I'd never 

met.

A hand,

an old woman's hand,

manicured,

gnarled, familiar-

handed me a small plate.

On that plate:

a slice of

Honey Cake.

Honey Cake!

Like grandma used to bring!

Hadn't thought of it

in years.

Hadn't SEEN it

longer.

Later that day

we were shopping

at the usual place.

And there on the shelf

a new item,

or simply never noticed before:

Honey Cake!

I remembered

the 'dream.'

I knew it was the welcome

of the women

in my line;

When I became

a married lady

somehow

I joined their 

ranks.

Honey Cake. . .

We'll sit together

 in that room,

drinking tea

and sharing

Honey Cake.

Not a bad way

to spend

some Heaven.

What will you 

do?  eat? share?

with YOUr ancestors

later?

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Fence of Mysteries

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 This Fence 
is Creating Suspense, 
Making Art

 Here the 
Unmediated Object 
that Drew my Eye

Had to Take a Selfie 
with Surf Vespa 
& Her Proud Owner

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Flowers, Ships, Dancing Skies

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" Treasure the love 
you receive 
above all. 
It will survive 
long after your gold 
and good health 
have vanished. "

Og Mandino

" If you reveal your secrets 
to the wind 
you should not blame 
the wind 
for revealing them 
to the trees. "

Kahlil Gibran

Docked at the Foot of Nu`uanu Avenue

" The aim of art 
is to represent
 not 
the outward appearance 
of things, 
but their 
inward significance. "

Aristotle

Grand Jete` [See It?]

" Each time 
I undertake to paint
 a picture
 I have a sensation 
of leaping
 into space. "

Pablo Picasso

See It Now?

By Jeff Medaugh

 ("In Old Vienna" leaps)

 via Wikimedia Commons

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Honolulu Skywatch

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" We all live 

under the same sky, 

but we don't all have 

the same horizon. "

 Konrad Adenauer

Wire Sky

" The desire

 to reach for the sky 

runs deep 

in our human psyche.  "

Cesar Pelli

" The way is not 

in the sky,

- the way is

 in the heart. "

Gautama Buddha

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