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The fourth person I know just walked into my house and told me they were laid off this week. It is starting to look a lot like the Great Depression around here when Ms. Marie who lives across the bayou recalls five people in her family getting laid off the same week. And yet, I was walking someone through the house today – the previous owner – that’s right, his aunt owned the house and…
NOMA is having their big 31 straight hour of celebration of their centennial – be there or be square. Check it out http://noma.org/events/detail/63/NOMAs-31-Hour-Free-Centennial-Celebration To commemorate 100 years, NOMA will be open for 31 continuous hours with music, family art making activities, exhibition walk-throughs and more. Friday, December 16th: 5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making Activities 5 pm to 7 pm: Piano by Wayne Daigrepont 6 pm: Comedic Improv Tour by The New Movement 7…
I was listening to Garrison Keillor yesterday on NPR and he said it was the something something anniversary of Gone with the Wind and that the premiere in Atlanta was a huge event where all the actors attended the screening. Well all but the black ones. They were barred from sitting with their white colleagues. Good grief. It’s not that racism has evolved so much since then but thankfully we do have laws that protect…
A while back I downloaded a song by Marvin Sapp called He Saw The Best In Me – it is a gospel song speaking to how some draw their inspiration when everything else around them is turning dark. Right now we are entering the dark turn of the globe where the days are short, the sun is seldom seen, and everywhere people are gawking at light. I watched a TED video today about a woman…
We had decided to quit bringing the cats in for the numerous senior wellness exams, and countless bloodwork this and thats, and also for the boarding shots since they are never boarded. Annual savings about $600. Our house became a haven for wayward pets but I had to have a come to Jesus with all of the animals around here. I had a one on one conversation with each of them: 1) Bam Bam –…
Someone corrected my last post and said it should state “I’d rather live by my wits than be led by a nitwit” – I had another retirement lunch today with someone leaving their company, she said, “It’s like they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” Live and learn.
Carly Fiorina’s grand statement that stuck with me is that we have to learn to save the best and discard the rest. I feel that I have tried to do that in the five decades I have been alive. Here are some of the things I have accomplished: 1) My father had gypsy blood even if his actual identity was a Sephardic so for years that I spent trying to rebel against my dad –…
I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. Steve Jobs Amen Steve, you are spot on. I was listening to an interview with Marc Benioff…
I went to the doctor this morning as my upper respiratory sinus thing was waxing all over again and sure enough I have sinusitis and a Zpak and got a nice big steroid shot in my rump. Please go away sinusitis – I am walking on thin ice as it is. This morning I picked up one cat in one hand and placed it out the back door. Picked up the other cat and placed…
What would you do if you had a day given to you? Well I worked on my new client’s project, did 1/3 of the thank you notes from the Re-Bridge Gala and hand delivered them while walking the dogs, and paid some bills, dealt with the heater repair guy, vacuumed, cleaned the windows, put away clothes. And you know what – I have one hour left before Tin comes home (a friend picked him up…