Friends gave me a CD of Natali Dizdar – a torch singer in Croatia – one of her songs is written by a Croatian musician named Arsen Dedic (there is an accent on the c, so pronounced ch) – he has quite a legacy there for writing killer lyrics. This is the translation of the song: I’ll Change You For The Worse One And although I love you Unlimitedly I’ll change you for the worse…
I have had two major dreams of floods – one while I was in Lastovo and one when I got back home – in the first, all of my furniture and animals were walking through water because everything was flooded, in the second a huge wave came over and washed away everything in a flood. This coincides with my first disaster dream upon arriving to Croatia – it was the burning tower dream and the…
There is a great article in the NYT this morning about ten things not to worry about on summer vacation – I wish I would have read this instead of the shark threat I read before leaving for the Croatian coast: 7. Deadly sharks. Throughout the world last year, there was a grand total of one fatal shark attack (in the South Pacific), according to the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida.
The other night when I had the girls over for Croatian pics and food, my neighbors’ kids came by with a large basket of art work to sell. I bought 8 sheets of Pollock-esque wrapping paper and she was thrilled to death her mother told me this morning. Short solicitors are the only ones I open my doors to.
We decided to have an impromptu Swirl Girl night tonight* (not on the designated girl night) and so it was fortuitous that my horoscope agrees with the idea: July 29, 2008 Taurus (4/20-5/20) You don’t need an excuse to have a major celebration! It’s a good day to indulge in an impromptu party with your nearest and dearest. Everyone’s feeling sunny and has some reason to raise a glass and cheer. And their schedules are…
I’m reading You Can’t Go Home Again by Thomas Wolf, which takes place during the depression. There is a undercurrent of uncertainty that comes with every word – banks collapsing, people losing everything that they were sure of, a world turned upside down. If this didn’t sound a little like what Katrina did to New Orleans, maybe it wouldn’t resonate with me. But for some reason, my dad’s notion of money under the mattress and…
A friend of mine whose girlfriend is in another city working on a project says that they speak daily but still “it doesn’t bridge the gap because there are so many little things that happen during the day that don’t get said or get lost in that hour phone conversation.” Friends were making fun of T and me because we speak a couple of times a day – but the truth is we are building…
While Loca and I were walking through City Park this morning, I was struck once again by how beautiful this park is and it is right by my house! The rains have helped the lagoon get back to level and this made it all the more beautiful to see the swans gliding across the top, ducks galore and the beautiful herons that inhabit the waterways here. The sidewalks are all repaved and everything was just…
A friend of mine accuses me of being a Pollyanna – and I might well be one but I got back to work on Wednesday after being gone from my desk for five weeks and I found my job interesting and challenging all in the same breath – sure I’d rather not work and cruise the Riviera in a yacht – but if I must work, I’m lucky to have a job that I enjoy.…