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08AUG26

to the destination

the Kingdom come
the bell tolls
into or from
your own soul

avoids all traps
the big & hairy
sacred is the map
private the itinerary

the oil seeps
from a giant ship
in our sleep
the truth slips

bigfoot is a clue
wrapped in fascination
pointing to a new
map & destination

Enjoy your Saturday. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

I recently visited one of my elementary school teachers. We had a conversation about the USS Arizona. We discussed the oil that leaks out of the ship. I later googled it and found out that about 2 – 9 quarts leak out per day. They call it “black tears.” I lived in a high rise in Aiea years ago overlooking Pearl Harbor and the monument was always there every time I looked out from my lanai (porch in Hawaii). Like the heroes on it, it is buried deep in my subconscious. I am sure it will surface again in the blog.

NOTE: The blog has a menu with more video content. On a computer it is at the top of the screen. On a tablet or mobile device it is the 3 stacked slashes to the right of the word ASTRA. Enjoy the blog.

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07DEC25 PEARL HARBOR DAY

avoiding being known

is bigfoot a myth
can it be true
what to do with
all of the clues

you are the blacksmith
bigfoot is the horseshoe
wide is the gate width
that we walk through

be careful how you shape
the shoe to be thrown
might not be an ape
avoiding being known

a mystery pure
explored and discussed
I am pretty sure 
he knows more about us

turn the page
tell the story again
we're in the cage
and he's looking in

Today is Pearl Harbor Day. If you are curious about how that area looks today there is a short video in the Drop Down Menu. It is in the Hawaii section. It is titled Sumida Farm.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Hawaii

bigfoot Hawaii

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like a shark

move like a shark
take a big bite
find the dark
fill it with light

fill your head
angel wing flutter
will be our bread
and our butter

be able to shake
and to move
not afraid to break
if it will improve

live with less
and be free
probably impress
him behind the tree

Today we take a break. We are flying to Hawaii. But it will not cost you 16 hours and $5K. In the mid 80’s I was stationed in the 25th Infantry Division that is called Tropic Lightning at Schofield Barracks in Wahiawa. Wahiawa is located kind of in the center of the island of Oahu. I actually lived in a town called Aiea in a high-rise building overlooking Pearl Harbor. The name of the building was the Lele Pono. The building was across the street from the Kam Drive In Theatre and the Pearlridge Mall. The Pearlridge Mall is divided into 2 sections. At that time they were called Phase 1 & Phase 2. Phase 1 catered more to adults and had nicer stores. Phase 2 seemed to be more oriented toward younger people with movie theaters, arcades and trendier stores. There was and still is a monorail that you can ride between the two buildings. As you ride it plays the same type of Hawaiian music that the airlines do as you fly into Honolulu.

For many years one of my favorite sentences in the English language has been.

“We have now begun our final descent into Honolulu.”

Kind of in between these 2 buildings or phases of the mall was a giant green field that was obviously flooded with water. It was and still is kind of the oddest thing. I would stand on my lanai(porch) and look down at the workers on this farm right smack dab in the middle of a bustling urban scene next to Pearl Harbor. The fact that I grew up on a farm probably made it even more fascinating to me. It was and still is kind of like time staked out a piece of ground and stood still.

In the video below you can see the Lele Pono in the 1st 5 seconds and then seconds 40 thru 43. The name of the farm is Sumida Farms. Enjoy the video.

Here is the link.

From the woods you hear a yell. It sounds a lot like…

aloha

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