The Glow

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The glow of one warm thought

is to me worth more than money.

  Thomas Jefferson

I saw that my life was

a vast glowing empty page and

I could do anything I wanted.

Jack Kerouac

Every flower
blooms in its own time.
Ken Petti

Luminous orb celestial eye,

Attracts the Moon Witch

Seeking knowledge in the sky.

Most see her veil

As wisp of evening cloud,
But some can glimpse her truth:

An ancient wise and proud.

Painted in moonglow's

sacred sheen,
She gazes deep

where mysteries convene.

Spying upon secrets

in pearlescent depths

A hush around creation

The planets hold their breath.

We mortals how we slumber

blind to cosmic lore,

But she's sending gifts of insight

On to our dream time shore.

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Anyone can criticize.
It takes a true believer
to be compassionate.
Arthur H. Stainback 

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Nature Notes
From The Archives
The Good.Random.Fun.
AWWW Monday
T Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday 

Stone Soul Pigeon

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Gratitude unlocks

the fullness of life,

turns what we have

into enough, and more!

Melody Beattie

There was a pigeon

Or perhaps a dove
Who loved a little fountain
And visited everyday.

Folks in the neighborhood

noticed when she passed away...

...But then something happened.

This dove-shaped stone appeared.
And when the neighbors pass
They still see her spirit here.

Beneath the waves,

where kelp sways slow,
A love story bubbles,

don't you know?

Lobster lad, eyes so bright,
This lovely lass his crimson delight.
Their dance a waltz or slow ballet,
Under the ocean

where current and sunlight play.

Briney whispers, a secret vow,
Two armored hearts allow somehow
Love's embracing oceanic sweep,
Happy lobster love

to hold and to keep!

Their silent vow, a heartfelt click,
Two lobster souls, forever linked.
A love untold, yet understood,
Two armored souls in together-hood.

Salty sweet, this love they share,
Lobster's vow crustacean prayer.

O God, help me to believe

the truth about myself,

no matter how beautiful it is.

  Macrina Wiederkehr

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A Discovering

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Anyone can slay a dragon...

but try waking up every morning

and loving the world all over again.

That's what takes a real hero.

  Brian Andreas

The more you walk,

the better you feel.
The more you lift, the

more muscle you build.
The more you get outside,

the happier you are.
The more hard things you do,

the easier your life becomes.
Walk. Lift. Get outside.

Do hard things.
This is the way.
James DiNicolantonio 

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 I have never started

a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem

is discovering. Robert Frost

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Red-Crested Cardinal / Brazilian Cardinal

It's not what you 

look at that matters,

it's what you see.

         Thoreau

You should conduct 

yourself in life 

as at a feast.

      Epictetus

Life is a banquet

and most poor suckers

are starving to death!

 Rosalind Russell

in AUNTIE MAME (1958)

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Jaipur Garden Affair

Friend 0f All Times

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I'm making friends

with all times of day

 Morning noon night.

That's all okay. 

Spicy bright morning

 anxiety in the afternoon.

Will soon change to sunset

 I'll eat it up with a spoon...

...When I was young

everything was clear 

except the mystery

of myself.

Cocktail of confidence

with a slug of self-doubt 

I hazarded attempts 

And figured most of it out...

...Senior years have their fears 

But graced with graces too 

I am friendly with every

time of the day.

So little left with

which to play. 

          Cloudia Charters 

Leucospermum catherine

Catherine-wheel pincushion,

wheel flower in English

and waterluisie in Afrikaans

The great person, 

in the midst of the crowd,

keeps with perfect sweetness

the independence of solitude.

            Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the truth 

comes around, all 

the lies have to 

run and hide.

          Ice Cube

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Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

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Feline Friday

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Friday Smiles

This Is The Light

A L O H A From Honolulu!

 I'm right here right now

and I want now to

be the Golden Age.

If only each generation would

realize that the time for greatness

is right now when they're alive. . .

. . . the time to flower is now.

  Patti Smith

Kamehameha The Great

Unified the Hawaiian Islands in 1810

One of the most striking figures in Hawaiian history, a leader who united and ruled the islands during a time of great cultural change.

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There is a light that shines

beyond all things on earth,

beyond the highest,

the very highest heavens.

This is the light that

shines in your heart.

        Upanishads

Lei queen smiles

in regal style!

Happiness lingers

around for a while.

Tiara and flowers

But strangely no lei

Laughed to myself

As I walked away.

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A cat may look at a queen
only one she's ever seen!

Unity is that
we come together
despite our differences.
Chris Singleton

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Direction of the Wind

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Kindness has a beautiful way of reaching down into a weary heart and making it shine like the rising sun. Unknown

A small son can charm himself

into, and out of, most things.

   Jenny De Vries

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. William Cullen Bryant

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Chanakya

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