My Naughty Dreams of Girlhood

A  L  O  H  A !

Club Hubba Hubba, Hotel St. Honolulu

When I was little,
riding in the back,
we often passed
 a neon sign
of a woman lounging in
a giant champagne glass.
 
When I was VERY
little, her leg
even kicked
through the magic
of neon.

My secret was
that I wanted to
grow up to BE
that woman!

You can read about
my adventures
in "Show Business"
in my semi-autobiographical
novel
"Aloha Where You Like Go?
Driving from Survival to
Satisfaction in a
Honolulu Taxi"

The book cover
at the top right corner
of this blog, is a link
to the Kindle Ebook version!
Read it on the beach.
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How To Beat The Devil

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Click To Enlarge Usual Suspects

“Each person you meet

is an aspect of yourself,

clamoring for love.” 

                                    Eric Micha'el Leventhal

"True patriotism 

hates injustice 

in its own land 

more 

than anywhere else."

                                            Clarence Darrow

“The emotion

 that can 

break your heart

 is sometimes

 the very one 

that heals it...” 

                                     Nicholas Sparks

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The adversarial force

challenging our 

Better Nature

operates 

in mysterious ways.

Most evil in this world

is done by those

who believe they are 

Doing Right.

One way that evil

tricks us

is by using our 

Better Instincts

to it's own bad ends.

One example

is becoming SO

"sympathetic" to the 

pain of others,

that we become

Righteously Angry

 on their behalf.

This creates:

More Anger,

More Judgement,

Less Insight.

Look at your own 

facial expression.

Listen honestly

to your own words.

What energy

are YOU putting

into the world?

Righteous Anger

is an oxymoron

like jumbo shrimp.

Don't be a big 

moron shrimp!

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Skywatch Pies from the Skies

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Click on Photos to Be Enveloped in Clouds

 " The sky

 is everywhere, 

it begins at your feet.” 

                                        Jandy Nelson

 “I saw a star,

 I reached for it. 

I missed, so

 I accepted the sky” 

                        Scott Fortino

“The sky 

is not my limit...

I am.” 

                     T.F. Hodge

See Sky Watchers 

around the globe

Here

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Thursday Fences

A   L   O   H   A  !

"The superior person 

understands what is right;

 the inferior person

 understands 

what will sell. "

                         Confucius

Secret Gate

"I like the

serendipitous surprises 

of reality." 

                                 Lawrence Wright

World's Smallest Yard

"Land 

really is the best art."

                           Andy Warhol

See more Good Fences

Here

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Sincerity

A  L  O  H  A !

"Sincerity
 makes the very least 
person 
to be of more value 
than the most 

talented hypocrite."

                                             CHARLES SPURGEON

"Men 
can be analyzed, 
women 
merely adored. "
                            Oscar Wilde

Sounds right to me!

"As I get older,
 I realize that
 the thing I value
 the most is 
good-heartedness."
                               Alice Walker

"Most of the change 

we think we see 

in life is due 

to truths being 

in and out

 of favor."  

         Robert Frost 

                                                    

" Truth is eternal,

Knowledge is changeable. 

It is disastrous 

to confuse them. "

 Madeleine L'Engle

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Thanks for Favoring 
us with Your visit!
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Fresh Daily

A   L   O   H   A !

 "Clarity shows up

 after 
you've already 
gone through 
the darkness. "
               Gonzo Arzuaga

Click to enlarge the humans

“The beginning 
is always today.” 

                  Mary Shelley

click on the dream home

" Be not the slave
 of your own past. 

Plunge into 
the sublime seas,
 dive deep 
and swim far, 

so you shall come back
 with self-respect, 
with new power, 

with an advanced experience
 that shall explain

 and overlook

 the old."
                 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing is
as American
as the 
"Fresh Start."

But everyone
get's a shiny
new one
Every Day.

Thank Goodness,
I am not defined
by the dumbest
or meanest
thing I have
ever done!

What is fresh
in Your world
today?

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Our World Tuesday

A  L  O  H  A !

Nothing Says "Hawaii" 

                                like dear Diamond Head!

"I promise 

if you keep searching

 for everything beautiful 

in the world, 

you 

will eventually 

become it." 

                        Tyler Kent White

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Our World Tuesday

Awaits You

Here

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