Time is what is needed – time to gain clarity, time to think, time to heal, time to feel emotions in entirety, time to see, time to be, time to be apart, time to miss, time to let it all settle in. I have nothing but time to offer.
On my way to Pilates a big fat rainbow appeared end to end across the city – glorious – sprinkled around the parking lot and street were people with their cell phones taking pictures of it. Then another appeared directly underneath. A double rainbow – a lucky omen – if only to believe New Orleans will be spared we had a moment shall I say.
She wants to swim with dolphins, instead she swims through jello most days. She being me, of course. The one thing that I learned today is that there is always tomorrow – no need to put a shotgun in your mouth, because really there is hope. I have this secret thing going on right now where I just have a good feeling that it is all going to work out. That come 2008, I will be…
If most men live lives of quiet desperation – think how people here in New Orleans live two years after Hurricane Katrina ransacked our joie de vivre and turned our lives upside down. Yesterday, down a quiet street where my friends live, a man put a shotgun to his face and killed himself. My friend was brushing her teeth at the time – routine – when she heard the shot. And yet, she got herself…
I brought all my menorahs over to Swirl to light the candles for the eighth night – I decided to wear my platinum blonde wig as I’ve been in need of a disguise lately and one of my friends showed up in her red wig so we went as each other. We had merriment and joy and all of those things you are looking for on the eighth night.We came back to the LaLa and…
I’m in total crybaby mode right now due to some dearth of hormones I suspect. This morning a friend called whose dog has cancer and I burst into tears when she was telling me about his prognosis not being very good. She asked how I was doing about keeping my distance from the person who stole my heart and wont give it back and I said, eh, whatever, but then started crying. Cry me a…
J had a snowman walking a little snow dog sitting on her side table. Last night, Loca ate the little snow dog and roughed up the snowman.