The end of the earth
On the remote island of Lastovo, where we drank Lasko from tap, and stared into sea, sky, and stars, we were removed from all our orientations except each other. I miss Lastovo. I miss my sweetheart.
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Month: July 2008
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A walk through Maksimir
The park that is nearby friends’ house in Zagreb is lined with Lipa trees – or in English, Linden trees – or as my oil calls them, lime trees (or lime wood). The smell of this tree’s flower is heaven on earth and the leaves are heart shape and the trees grow tall tall tall. Once in Slovenia, at a spa, they poured a dash of lipa oil on the steaming rocks and whipped a…
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Dreaming of Zagreb
Right here on this square is where you can buy Kras chocolates (big yum), and sit at a city cafe that is one of the most beautiful coffee shops in the world, you can wait by the horse for your family or friends, and you can take this as a starting point to a hundred destinations.
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Geriatric dog and mom
Arlene has started pacing the house back and forth, which I read is a pattern in geriatric dogs that displays Alzheimers. My mother paces around her kitchen. Arlene is disoriented and walks into corners and cannot get out. My mother drives her car right into other cars. My neighbors suggested taking away her key – her key? I said, might as well say her life. Arlene misses the steps and leaps off the bottom or…
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Swirl on Friday Nights
I went to Swirl last night – you have to love those girls (Beth, Kerry and Bridget) for creating this wonderful gathering place in our neighborhood – it’s always old friends, dogs, and new faces and it is an environment that is a great starting point for the evening. Delicious wines, beer, champagne and cheese and always a touch of drama. Last night’s discussion was about fish in Turkey that eat the dead skin off…
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A good reason to go out to eat in New Orleans
Meaux Bar on Rampart Street – Jim and Matthew, the owners, have created a lovely bistro that is friendly, relaxed yet elegant, with delicious food and it is all served by Debbie – a honey of a blonde with a great smile. Last night, eight of us went and ate a range from burgers to mussels and yum yum yum – we passed a good time.
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I’m a blessing in my own mind
I was getting my hair done today and Maria was asking me about my mother and I said she’s laid up in bed having cracked a rib and as a matter of fact, she had just called me on my way there to ask me to bring her some boxed wine. Maria said, “tu eres una benedicion para tu mama” – I said I don’t want to drive out to Metairie in 5:00 traffic to…
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Weird coincidences
I ran into J at yoga – she is the consummate dog whisperer – now most wouldn’t want to be entered into the book of records as having been Loca’s dog trainer, but J was really terrific with her – they had a thing between them. I remember one day J was working with Loca and my mom was sitting on the sofa and Loca jumped up on my mom and J jerked Loca back…
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Claiming it
There is this new agey thing going around or that has been around that I am just hearing about. I have this ache in my back and a doctor in California told me after my bone density test that I have slight arthritis in my lower back, which she said is common for women of my age – I told this to my masseuse here in New Orleans when my back was getting into a…
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TGIF!!!!!!
There is still work to be done but right now, I’m looking outside into the hot, humid day of summer here in the Crescent City and my thoughts are on TGIF! – Wow, it’s great to be back – and wow, I had a great time – but bow wow as Loca would say – I am so HAPPY it’s Friday, I could spit!