Main category.
As the reality of selling the LaLa became more pronounced, I began a wide search around the city to buy a house or a lot to build a house on leaving myself open for all neighborhoods. A friend called who had just bought an investment property near the St. Roch area in back of the Fish Market and St. Claude. It was in the 2000 block of Urquhart. I got in the car and drove…
sang-froid PRONUNCIATION: (san*-FRWA) [* the first syllable is nasal] MEANING: noun: Calmness, especially under stress. ETYMOLOGY: From French sang-froid (cold blood). Earliest documented use: 1750.
Decades ago a therapist developed an Imago path to help couples overcome their inability to hear each other and grow together. My therapist had recommended this to me a few years ago as a way to be heard in the relationship. This image of “the person who can make me whole again” is what is called the Imago. I tucked that information away in my mental file even thought I tried it in many forms.…
January 12, 2013 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Getting in touch with your emotions is not always as easy as it sounds. Especially when there are many distractions in your life (like right now), it could be difficult to get to the heart of what is really bugging you. To ease the confusion, find some alone time. Your increased impatience could be a clue that you are out of synch with the people around you — all the…
I reached a saturation point last week between people, work, and commitments that made me look at all the goings on in the city and say, blech. With no desire to engage, I disengaged. Today, while Tatjana moved out of the LaLa, Tin and I went to Music for All Ages and then walked into the Quarter for Italian at our favorite restaurant – the Italian Barrel. I told him that we are going through…
My Yemaya candle burned out and so I went to the Botanica on Broad to get another. I ran into an acquaintance there and she was getting the same candle. She said that during the Federal Flood her daughter, older than Tin, was born and her partner split and she came back to a house she bought for $55,000 and had just completed the renovation. So this was her moving in candle – a candle…
I went to look at an apartment and the woman said a lot of folks had come through and it was going to be hard to decide who to give it to. I said, “Go with your gut.” And she said that in the past her gut had been wrong. And I heard her, having just gone with my gut for the offer on the house and it having been wrong. So where do you…
I am forcing myself to keep in mind that while I slog through the bogeys of my own life, others are not as fortunate as me. Some have woken up this morning to tragedy. Some to war. Some to rape. Some to hunger. Some are in prison too long. Some have no hands. Some no feet. Some are blind. Some cannot hear. And I, in the midst of the whirling blades looked down at the…
Yesterday was a grey day, not just because of the fog outside but the murkiness inside as well. Early in the day a conversation turned into a flash point and new hurt stacked on top of old and new anger was kindling to old anger. And so the day unfolded. Once the layering began it was hard to get back to ground zero. A full load of work was on top of me. I had…
The LaLa had a record Open House on Sunday and record Agent’s Open today and everyone is charmed by her. The powerhouses of real estate were through today and one old salt said, “This is the most unique house I’ve ever been in.” The others were all complimentary as well. It’s nice to know that what I see in this house is seen by others. But today was a struggle – trying to reach sources,…