Author: doodledweller
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Bird of Paradise
Tourism is big business in Hawai’i. Between the balmy air, gorgeous sunsets, huge surfs, and all things American convenience, the stream of tourists flows non-stop year round. It’s pleasant enough to laze on the shore, admiring the view of pretty boys and girls running at them waves, licking up a cone of shaved ice, while…
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Maui
“Nor all a lie, Nor all true, Nor all fable, Nor all known, So much have story-tellers told And fablers fabled to embellish their tales That they have made all seem fable.” – Wace In the state of Hawai’i there is the island of Maui – popular for its breathtaking sceneries, romantic for honeymoons destinations,…
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A Christmas Tale
Perhaps everyone has a favorite Christmas tale. As a child, I knew of Christmas through the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen’s stories are beautifully written, magical, and enchanting, with an inkling of poignancy only realized with age. Among the Christmas stories he wrote, a favorite is The Fir-Tree. The fir-tree lived far out in…
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A Wreath
A wreathed garland of deserved praise,Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,I give to thee, who knowest all my wayes,My crooked winding wayes, wherein I live,Wherein I die, not live: for life is straight,Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee,To thee, who art more farre above deceit,Then deceit seems above simplicitie.Give me simplicitie,…
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Man’s Best Friend
While the French Bulldog has reigned as America’s favorite canine for the last 2 years, our most beloved dog breed rotates between the Labrador Retriever, the Golden Retriever, and the German Shepherd dog. It’s no dispute that the dog is America’s favorite pet. The sheer number of movies with a dog as the star of…
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Schrödinger’s Cat
Schrödinger’s cat sits in a sealed box with a flask of poison and a radioactive source. The flask shatters upon radioactivity, releasing the poison, which should kill the cat. Who can tell the cat’s fortune? Quantum physics dictate that until the box is opened, there is no way to tell whether the cat is dead…
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Snoopy
The world knows him as Snoopy, the beloved beagle from Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. In the aviation community, he is better recognized as Snoopy the World War I Flying Ace, one of his most popular alter egos. Sitting atop his doghouse in a flying helmet, goggles, and colorful scarf blowing in the breeze,…
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Summer Days
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from a single thing that I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe An icon of American modern art, Georgia O’Keeffe is best known for painting surrealism into the desolate American Southwest landscape. These paintings, such as Summer Days, have…
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Diamond Rain
In 1666, Isaac Newton proved that white light is composed of the rainbow spectrum. He used a prism to refract a white light beam into a spectrum of colors, and then another prism to put it back into white light again. Color, however, is perceived inversely. An object soaks up a part of the light…
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Funny Face
“I’d swim the ocean wide just to have you by my side. Though you’re no Queen of Sheba, for worlds I’d not replace your sunny, funny face.” Debuted in 1957, the film Funny Face, starring Audrey Hepburn, was a parable for her ascending style and stardom. In the film, Jo Stockton, a downtown bohemian bookworm,…
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