More so than Mardi Gras, there are political as well as social agendas injected into the festivities here in San Juan. No on 99, yes on 69 is the issue du jour – 99 is a measure to ban legal partnerships – another afront to citizens rights and another example of government interference.
L and I got to Old San Juan at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and didn’t leave till midnight – the festival was a great primer for Mardi Gras which awaits me back home. We got caught in several rainstorms but by evening the rain had cleared and it was a perfect night to be in the streets. Having a beer in a restaurant, L marveled at how beautiful the Puerto Ricans are – men…
I got an email from T and from S saying my canoe is sinking. So I sent an email to Roy and Jerri asking them to help bail it out while I’m in PR. Both of them are out of town too so I get a call from Roy this morning after having gotten to my room at 4:30AM and Roy says remember God punishes those who don’t punish themselves – very funny – ha…
Do you really want to know – the incongruence is what makes me tick – it’s what turns me on – the beauty in the absurd.
On the question of choice – that we choose the people in our life – what is your point? – we choose those we are attracted to no matter if that attraction is based on some huge development flaw in us, in them – it is what it is, we are where we are, this is it, there is no other play – we cannot pull out what we don’t like about our foundation without…
For those who don’t believe that another life awaits you – I say spread your wings and fly……..
We sat outside on the patio – and mi amiga y yo philosophized about la vida, mi amiga dice que this is it, there is no other place to go; that childhood is un arrollo to get through; if you have a hero, think again because you might diminish yourself – una de las cosas que esos dice es one of the truths is this is a random universe where we bring meaning to chaos…
I was in Puerto Rico at a friend’s house and she was telling me a tale of love – of being so attracted to a certain someone where you find patience – where you don’t want the person unless they have clarity – you realize this person is in your life and it could be now or a real long time from now or never – but suffice to say the long and short of…
Amazing how traveling back to Puerto Rico after not having been here for 35 years has spurred memories of place and who I was at that time as if it were yesterday. I had spent my younger years in Managua and San Salvador as well as New York and New Orleans but it’s Puerto Rico that feels like my coming of age story. This is where I started my period – where my body developed…