Adoption, Stardate 111008. This morning we threw our names to the universe via domestic and international attorneys for a baby, whether that baby be black, yellow, or white, boy or girl, we made no distinction, we just said to the universe and anyone listening that here in our home and hearts, we have all a baby needs to thrive. Now, we wait for the wonder of what comes next.
When we got to mom’s apartment last night, the men from Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador were sitting around the parking lot with beer and cigarettes. We went up the stairs and found my mom sitting there with candles lit all around her, smoking a cigarette and drinking a bourbon. I wondered later as I was falling asleep if she takes comfort in the night air there, overhearing the man to man conversations in Spanish,…
I rode my bike to the Lakefront this morning. It was the first time I had been on the bike since the MS 150 ride. My playlist was God on Sunday, a tweaked version of a playlist I had made to visit friends years ago in Ponchatoula on Easter Sunday. It’s actually a great compilation – from Why Me Lord, by Kris Kristofferon, to God Makes No Mistakes by Loretta Lynn. The criteria is the…
It seems like the world is on Xanax or Atavan these days and a doctor friend was telling me that these are the WORST drugs because they are like cigarettes – one you have one, you need another one because you have withdrawals when it leaves your system and so you are always craving more. What I’m trying to figure out is why is everyone so depressed to begin with? A friend was telling me…
I find myself thoroughly intrigued by the house that used to stand on the corner of Moss and St. John Court. I was getting my teeth cleaned the other day and, again held captive by my garrulous dental hygienist, I learned that she used to live in this neighborhood, right behind me. She said she moved after Jack Bartlett died. She said, she lived in a house she loved with her husband and two children,…
I went to take Loca on a long walk this morning and was thinking the whole time about my socks that were slipping off my heel and making me nutty. Then I thought why not think about other things and I started focusing on the moss on the oak trees. It’s beautiful in the park. And a guy walked by and he said, “That dog’s hyper!” Loca was hopping which is what she usually does.…
I looked at my affirmation today and it really didn’t speak to me. My horoscope was about some eclectic party I was supposed to attend and have a great time. It’s getting dark early now. The pelicans are circling the park but haven’t settled on coming down a few more blocks to my end of the bayou. There is a slight chill in the air. I’ve gained weight – I feel it in the drag…
Ran into a friend whose mother has Alzheimer’s – she said she is going to paint her car so her mom doesn’t think it is hers anymore. She had taken to putting her mother’s purse by the door with nothing in it since her mother was in the habit of grabbing it and running out the door to wander the neighborhood. My mother told me tonight that she has sunk to the lowest low of…
By the New York Times no less: November 7, 2008 Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question By C. J. CHIVERS and ELLEN BARRY TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression. Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia’s inexperienced military attacked the isolated…
A friend sent an email this morning saying she is concerned about assassination attempts on Obama. Believe me, the thought has crossed my mind more than once, but I don’t want to give into worry because worry begets worry. If I start to worry about something happening to Obama it will lead me to worrying about the economy and about our country and about well, the list is endless. What is for certain is that…