For every obstacle you face on the outside, there are larger ones you confront on the inside. To truly believe that every wall is a door, you have to take a deep breath and pull from that well inside of you that you know to be true. If we are all connected, if I do something that affects someone I love, and they do something that affects someone they love, it presents a different construct…
I woke up this morning and didn’t have an email waiting for me from T, nor did I make a phone call to Croatia, and I didn’t even have to drag my cellphone with me on my walk with Loca. I left the shutters closed to keep the house cool. I took a deep breath after running from spot to spot yesterday, and decided that today, I would do my work in a timely fashion,…
For one second, just stop what you are doing and listen to Tom Waits and look at him when he was so much younger – what a voice, what lyrics, what beauty:
There is a woman running for office and her signs around the neighborhood are a trip – her last name is Bizarro and anyway who runs for politics around these parts must be. There was an email posted on the community site saying two men tried to rob Sopranos – a store that this community never supported because they flaunt laws and attracted derelicts – the perps fled under a spray of gunfire – 10-20…
More often than you would think I return to my house to find a little gift. One time a jade elephant with a chipped tusk, one time a bottle of wine with a note that says can’t wait to drink it, and today a pearl necklace with a large oyster pendant that is hand painted with a beard. For some reason, I chose to believe this gift this morning is a peace offering. But then…
In 2009, I am turning 50 and along with me, a friend who is turning 50 tells me so is Barbie and Alaska. My friend wants to go on a cruise to Alaska to celebrate. I want to trade my bikini party idea in for a Barbie party – I’m going as Malibu Barbie (spray tan) or Sophisticated Lady Barbie. Now who would be (hmmm) Skipper. (Skipper always seemed a little suspicious). A young girl…
I can’t get to me sometimes – the clouds were forming overhead with thunder and a nice breeze and my neighbors said let’s go sit on the bayou for a spell. I did and then later when I was putting up groceries – friends stopped by with other friends who wanted to see the house and so it was house tour time – then when they left I shut all the blinds.
In my attempt in the last 24 hours to please everyone, I ended up spent and so now the rest of today is all about me – The Art of Selfishness – I have tons of reading for work and pleasure, grocery to make, and some serious lounging for the lord that must be accomplished before the nutty week that awaits me. The lagoon and bayou were so glassy this morning from the rain that…