Last night we went to the opera to see Verdi’s Requiem and we both took a long sigh when the beginning started with may they find eternal peace. Big sigh, big long sigh. We left the opera, I was feeling a little forlorn, not much in the mood to go anywhere. We almost went by Meaux Bar but I had just been there the night before with a friend, and then we ended up just…
I found that after Tatjana and I moved into together, I gained about 6 to 8 pounds which seemed to stick, latched on for dear life. Then my mom got sick and I noticed that I would go through the house and graze on whatever was around because I couldn’t seem to satisfy this hunger that was almost unnatural as I would eat and feel hungry minutes later. That was about 10 pounds worth of…
I’d give to you a day just like today. We began on the porch with Tin’s bottle, rocking and waving to neighbors who all called, “Good morning Tin!!!” The sun was shining, the birds were flying, the fish were jumping out of the bayou. My 8 year old neighbor came by and asked if she could play with Tin. I asked her why she wasn’t in school, she said she was not feeling well this…
I’ve got a problem that I readily admit, I am like a wind up toy, you wind me up and I just do do do do do till I fall over like the Energizer bunny. Meanwhile, I watch people around me relaxing, enjoying, and generally not getting all whipped up about everything like I do and I wonder how they do it. Well age is helping, I’m mellower because I don’t have the physical capacity…
Yesterday I went with friends and Tin to the Zoo. We’re blessed here in New Orleans to have one of the most premier zoos in the world. There was a while there where I couldn’t fathom zoos – the animals in cages sort of broke my heart. But yesterday with Tin seeing an elephant and a giraffe and monkeys and a zebra and sea lions all for the first time, not to mention the peacock…
About twenty years ago someone asked me what I wanted and I said I wanted to move home to New Orleans, have a child and be a parent with someone I love, and live in a beautiful home. Check. Of course, nowhere did it say just how difficult all that would be to attain but, hey here’s my victory lap. That same someone said I didn’t dare to dream big enough. So now the dream…
#53 The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. When rich speculators prosper while farmers lose their land; when the government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn– all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.
I woke early this morning and was up at my desk having finally gotten much needed rest. Last night, I was unable to go to the gym because Hollywood had blocked my egress and ingress on the bayou. I was frustrated yesterday having had no sleep both listening to Tin coughing and having underwater anxiety over how life was going to really work – school, mortgage, career, etc. This morning my dear friend sent me…
The balmy breeze that blew the bayou gently towards the lake this morning was unforgettable.
There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ~John Mortimer