So last time I was in New York it was the skinny head bands worn low on the forehead and the enamel bracelets – this time it is FitFlops – everybody is wearing them and they are reported to help you lose weight and stay fit. Good grief! Flip Flops are the worst shoes any woman or man could wear – they have no arch support and they give you hammer toes.
Sometime this afternoon, I had had enough of everything and so I changed into some comfortable shoes and went out to explore New York on this fine spring day. I stumbled across a Clark’s shoe store and went in and bought Tin some new sandals as he is already outgrowing the ones he just started wearing only two months ago. Then I stumbled across a theater that had Please Bring playing and so I turned…
With the cluster fuck going on in the Gulf over BP’s irresponsible handling of an oil leak gush of proportions that most of us might never know the repercussions in sum, I bring you several thoughts on the subject: A) Thoughts by Rachel – very unfortunate accident and then reaction by BP in a crisis. They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going, but BP has proven to be a poor communicator,…
I love Wonder Woman – first of all I like her outfit and so when I was doing my behavior modification treatment to overcome anxiety and panic disorder, the coach told me to think of someone I’d like to be and embody for a moment how that person would react to the same issue. So when I felt like I couldn’t drive on a freeway, or a bridge, or other areas that I had become…
Since T injured her knee and I’m on the road, she’s been taking the dogs to the new dog park in City Park. And they LOVE it. Loca gets over there and digs to China and once she has dug sufficiently, she then lies herself down in the cool earth. Heidi chases the ball like there is no tomorrow. Both dogs come home tired, spent, and happy as clams. What a great idea to have…
The other day I dreamed that Tin was talking and sure enough when T and I were reading his nighttime story, we turned to the page with the sheep and he said very clearly and distinctly, Baa Baa. Why farm animal sounds tickle us, I don’t know, but I definitely see a huge progression in his understanding. It seems like weeks ago he was struggling to understand just what we were telling him and now…
Sitting in the airport waiting to fly to New York and I’m wondering why New Orleans is one of the very few airports that offer wireless for free? We’re a poor state – how come we can do it but y’all can’t? But that’s part of another discussion. I just pulled out of my driveway to the sounds of Bayou Boogaloo, a free concert filled with three stages and loads of local food, local crafts,…
I arrived home on Friday, late in the afternoon, exhausted from our annual conference in Miami – my stamina for combining fun and work is dwindling and I was the one who was asleep by 11 pm every night! The Bayou Boogaloo was in full swing and I was listening to WWOZ on the way home from the airport as Hot Club was opening the festival. When I arrived Tin was napping, but when he…
After spending time with people I sometimes don’t see but once a year, I’m convinced now that life is a beach. You know how a day at the beach feels? It feels vast and timeless and special; voices are muted against a backdrop of a natural wave machine that is constantly erasing footprints and making space for more; you go in the water and get refreshed, you get out and you are hot, there is…
Friends recently went to therapy and were told they are too much in their head. I’ve had similar comments come across my table most of my life – you think too much. As if there was a natural and safe amount of thoughts you should be having at any particular time. They found out today that matter trumps antimatter – I’m saying I learned this at Trump the high rise beach hotel – but when…