Last night, I took Jake home after we had spent a lovely evening together. For his birthday, I got him a raincoat with flames on it and rainboots and an umbrella and even sunglasses with flames. Then for his holiday gift I got him a race car. She shoots, she scores was the theme of my gifts with him this year. We lit the menorahs – the 7th night – with friends from the hood…
The balmy weather makes me feel so Gulf South I can hardly stand it. My mind has been roughed up a little lately because of my heart walking back out to the precipice of desire and leaping into a cauldron of boiling issues. Drama. The good thing is that I have faith it is all going to work out. I know somewhere deep inside of me that it will all be revealed very soon and…
F and J both put their ska-noes in the water and lashed them to each other. We picked up people along the way and wound our way down through Park Island to F’s gazebo where we set up brunch of croissants, turkey bacon, eggs, melon, satsumas, pastries, and spinach pie along with our mimosas. We toasted to the absolute wonder in our lives and marvelled at how blessed we all are individually and together. Then…
Sunday morning I rode my bike out to the lakefront wearing a tee shirt and shorts – it’s that crazy time of year weatherwise here in New Orleans where one day is balmy, the next is dry and crisp, and the next is cold. You don’t know what to wear at any given time. But being back on my bike for the first time since my peel was wonderful – my solo Sunday mornings –…
Instead, for 20 minutes, I thought about my mother and how frail she sometimes seems as I watched her walk haltingly from the truck to the restaurant. For 5 minutes, I wondered why I hadn’t gone to the gym today and if I could sneak in a bike ride before the champagne brunch regatta tomorrow. Then for about 10 minutes I thought about who I need to buy holiday presents for and rearranged who would…
Right now we have a good group going on – the members of the inner group are forging deep connections based on mutual belief that we have grown past certain people in our lives and are ready for loving kindness and how we can participate in it. These are the people I spend my time with and they fill me with such joy. Of course, tonight, I’m avoiding them like the plague because I need…
We went over to the Mid City Studio open house and looked around for holiday gifts. There was a woman there who made freaky chicken head hammers and charged $900 for them. There were artists I knew. Even my therapist was wandering the halls. There were ceramic kois that I think I am going to get for the wall of my bathroom from Mark Derby who did my LALA plaques. When I wasn’t expecting it –…
Got up this morning and walked over to P’s to buy some pottery for holiday gifts. Then mom came and she, J and I went to Chateau Cafe for breakfast. Mom was dressed in a slinky black dress with suede black boots and a green sweater – it was 10AM and 87 degrees outside. The waitress had cobalt blue contacts on that were wild looking and they said they didn’t have grits – which is…
Last night, I dressed to go out to DesCours in all black with my high platform Luchovy black boots, but I never quite made it out of the neighborhood. Friends came over to light the menorah and I ended up going with them to Swirl and hanging out with friends and dancing. Again, I found myself tempted by the fruit of another despite repeated warnings to not head down this road. So I decided the…
I’m starting to believe the best company is one’s own. I love my peeps, but there is nothing better than righting yourself and feeling comfortable in your own skin. Have a great weekend – I know I plan to.