For all of my life my mother has been in a state of near panic over life itself. She’s not been able to enjoy even the fruits of her own labor. She’s been too anxious and worried and fearful. But yesterday she was watching this channel that the nurses put on for her with nature scenes and calming music. There was an image of a stream and woods with dappled sunlight through the leaves and…
My mom said that her dad visited her the other day. He died nearly two decades ago but it made me happy when she told me that because I would hope he and my grandmother would be somewhere around. I lay in bed the other night thinking about my loved ones who had died and that if I keep living there will be plenty more that will die. I had gone next door to my…
Monday came much sooner than I expected. One minute I was in dreamland and the next the clock said it’s late, get your lazy butt out of bed. And so hi ho, it’s off to work I go. I arrived at my desk to the usual firestorm and only just now took a breath. My mother in law sent me positive energy via a picture that speaks a 1000 words:
I don’t know why birds cause such serenity in humans – maybe their ability to fly is what enchants us. I saw two men (birders) with binoculars eyeing the cormorants today in the park. We all looked at the birds and the birds all looked elsewhere. [As for me, I used to be a bird] As for me, I used to be a bird with a gentle white womb, someone cut my throat just for…
So Thanksgiving is coming and so are many other feasting opportunities and the question of going vegetarian still hangs in the balance. I think we’re back to just trying to cut back on the amount of meat we eat – which isn’t necessarily a lot but we are certainly more reliant on it than we need to be or even want to be. With Thanksgiving approaching and a lot of turkeys already at the chopping…
While we were on our roadtrip a woman said to me, “Obama is a liar!” and when I asked her what he had lied about, she said everything – just this morning walking Loca, a woman stopped to admire her beauty and I said, “We call her Obama dog because she is so sleek and black and handsome.” The woman said, “Your dog might get more done.” I said, “Give him a chance” when we…
Even though yesterday was our decreed bed-in day, we ventured out to see Neko Case at the Republic. Listening to her sing, adjectives like ethereal, other worldly, rich, lush all vie as descriptors, let’s just say you should experience this singer/songwriter live because she is nothing short of fabulous. The musicians who accompanied her were equal to her talent. We were in thick with the crowd and my eyes started sweating since it was so…
We’re having a love fest at our house. Watch John and Yoko in this video – it makes me smile to see them in love but then makes me sad to remember how he was killed and all that talent died with him.
I scanned an old photo of my mom with a heifer that my uncle had given me years ago and taped it up in her hospital room. She loved it. She said the cow’s name is Libby.