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What does an August Summer hold for you?

August 2, 2009 by Rosa Say

If I put the Hawai‘i heat and humidity aside, August has always been one of my favorite months. My primary association with August has always been the last month of summer, and that suits me just fine, for what’s not to like about summer?

So on this Sunday in just-begun August, I have two summer sharings to offer you, and they are both over at our Ho‘ohana Community sister site, Joyful Jubilant Learning:

first day of summer by Rob Ireton on Flickr
first day of summer by Rob Ireton on Flickr

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” —James Dent

I’d wager that most of us will agree with Mr. Dent. So we will that lawn mower to be broken (or we joyfully pretend it is). And what will we do now?

You can get your ideas all month long at A JJLer’s August: Summer Learning.

I happen to be first up in contributing some thoughts, and I have written about one summer which had a particularly strong influence on me, one which remains with me today:
What Summer Taught Me: Boredom is not an Option.

It starts like this:

No matter where you grew up, I’ll bet we shared a summer experience when we were kids. For me, my brothers and sister, it usually happened about the third week into the beginning of the no-school summer calendar. We slept in, ate a late breakfast, either ignored each other blatantly or fought about some very trivial thing, and then announced to our grandmother, who stayed with us during those months our parents continued to work, “Grandma, I’m bored.”

If you are reading this via email or RSS, take one of these two links and join me there, won’t you?

  1. A JJLer’s August: Summer Learning.
  2. What Summer Taught Me: Boredom is not an Option.

Happening in our Alaka‘i August

August 3, 2008 by Rosa Say

We’ve arrived to the eighth month of the eighth year of the still-new 21st century: How’s that for a good omen full of Ka lā hiki ola promise?

Are you planning to make this month count for you? I am!

I’m just back from my mid-year break, this time traveling with family, one of the very best perks you can get when you’re self-employed. Started to share some pictures on Flickr; will add more soon. So, my energies have been replenished, and I am ready and eager to go.

Been catching up this weekend, and this is where my attentions have been: You are warmly welcomed to join me!

  • My value for the month of August is Alaka‘i, the Hawaiian value of leadership. I find myself craving it… It is time.

    Read more on Managing with Aloha Coaching:
    Day One Essay for August 2008: Alaka‘i, Chiefs and Indians

  • Day One of any month means a new theme for Joyful Jubilant Learning too. In August we are Learning from 8. (Remember that you can always be a guest author there too: Get published!)

    Today I have started our monthly posting parade with;

    Counting Fish, Taro, and Thinking

    Click over to discover what Makawalu means: Stretch yourself beyond Aloha, Mahalo, and the other Hawaiian words you know from talking story with me :)

Are you planning anything special for 08-08-08 on Friday?

If so, please comment and let us know: I love news of more ‘Imi ola celebrations (‘Imi ola is to seek your best possible life), and it will be a once-in-our-lifetimes kind of day. Even better to share in it with the rest of the Ho‘ohana Community.

Let’s talk story; we Ho‘ohana together, Kākou.

~ Rosa

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