My neighbor left a zen dropping on my door – it is an affirmation that asks if you would marry yourself? If you answer yes to this question, then you have something to offer. But if you think, god I wouldn’t want to be married to me, then why would you want to foist yourself onto someone? The affirmation wasn’t intended for me per se – it was part of an extended conversation that had…
I’m suddenly meeting a lot of women who are 58 – some sort of magical number – swear to you they look 48, act 38, and I’m wondering now if 58 is the new 48 which is remarkably similar to what 38 used to be.
My friend turns 40 next Tuesday, she’s got a 3.5 year old, a 1 year old, and is due next Thursday and her house is being remodelled and she runs her own company. Wow, is all i can ever say to her. I took her to lunch and got her a hand and foot massage and it didn’t seem like enough to do for her. She can’t really enjoy her 40th like she’d like to…
Life is so weird. You can be surrounded by a lot of people and pow, one stands out who you are attracted to. Sometimes, it doesn’t make any sense, because a) perhaps he’s wrong for you, b) you’re wrong for him, c) he’s not attracted, or d) bad timing. I don’t know what it is, but attraction is powerful – perspective gives up some ground because this magnetic draw is not rational or reasonable. Why…
Eli’s back again – I felt it last night when I climbed in bed at 8:30 PM and couldn’t get to sleep. Took an Ambien at 9 PM and still couldn’t get to sleep. Eli these days is a week off from work to “work” on my book and I only did one half of what I wanted to accomplish and meantime had no extra time to do some administrative work stuff and anyway, Thursday…
After NO Magazine shot the house for the October issue – the writer asked if I knew any “men who garden” and I do. So I shot her a few names with some pics and lo and behold, she selected my neighbor. He works for Wildlife and Fisheries basically trying to rebuild all that man has destroyed. Meanwhile, they came to photograph him and his garden today and he said he felt a little odd.…
Just doesn’t cut it – I thought taking a week of getting stuff done and being sort of available for work would be a good idea, but I find myself more stressed trying to do it all because I scaled back work and escalated the personal “to do” list and now even some of that isn’t getting done and that’s stressing me out. It’s just like Lena Horne said, it’s not the burden that wears…
Last night at Del Forno – Fatma paired delicious small bites with Italian wines, which Antonio had selected, most from Sardegna – Beth had arranged the tables in a U-shape and I thankfully was sitting at the lively end of the group. The theme of the night was fun, food and friends, and that is exactly what it was. A lovely time was passed by all.
A friend of mine who works with cancer patients likes to remind me of all the reasons you should seek out and enjoy happiness. Don’t know if it is a Jewish thing or what, but sometimes when I am feeling overwhelmingly blessed, I grow concerned that I might not deserve this exponential happiness that is coming at me. Or else I feel the need to share the love. Today is case in point – I…
I was walking with K towards the party and we both kept stopping to speak to neighbors and it took about 45 minutes to go two blocks. We were laughing because a friend from New York had been here and commented on how friendly he is when he is in New Orleans and we’re like dude – it’s not about being friendly – it’s about engaging. That’s how we do it. We stop, we chat,…