What is a good day? A good day is when something or someone makes you smile at least once. A great day is when someone makes you belly laugh. Today I started off in a sour mood because a very dear person to me is leaving my surrounds – but through a series of email miscommunications on a completely different topic bouncing from here to China, I got the funniest email ever that started a…
I realize with Tin that if I can stop the world I am in for a few minutes and get into his world, we totally relate. So today when Heidi had to go in for her mega bucks oral surgery and I saw Loca hanging by the front door, pining for her sister, I realized that Loca doesn’t know what we know – that Heidi will be back soon in better shape than she left.…
I was watching this old version of Mahalia Jackson singing and it just put a smile on my face. I got Tin a Louis Armstrong DVD and we were watching it in his room today and he danced around while stacking blocks – he got his blocks stacked nine high and then put the miniature astronaut on the top, the whole time shaking his booty. Louie was making me smile with his satchel cheeks and…
I got some bad news today about a friend who didn’t need any more bad news and well, I just decided to quit with all the what if’s and anxiety and everything and just say to hell with it. I made French toast for Tin out of leftover Challah and made us some Moroccan style greens with chickpeas (yummy). Then Tin and I went for a walk around the bayou – it’s always around dinner…
A friend told me that a six week old black baby girl needed a home. “Are you interested?” Good grief, on the heels of all that is going on I said, “Yes, no, wait, yes, no, no.” I referred the baby girl to our friend who wants a baby “just like Tin,” and since the skin color was at least close, I said, “Here is your Tin.” Lord today, another baby. No, I’d have to…
I was able to get to yoga today when a call was cancelled and thank god I went because yesterday’s cardio class nearly killed me and my newfound late night anxiety is threatening to seal the deal. Michele’s assistant talked about how when we step outside after a yoga class we are aware and engaged with the world. In our practice we seek balance in our poses. He used yoga as a metaphor for the…
So here’s my horoscope – it seemed the writer was in a pensive mood: September 21, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) So, what’s been happening in your love life lately? A good place to start, when you answer that question, is with yourself. Whether you’re single or solidly committed, how are you feeling? Connected, disconnected? What are your expectations of a relationship? What are your expectations of a life? Do you think people are meant to be…
The other night Tin and I were visiting my neighbor and a football game was on and his eyes were riveted to the TV set. My neighbor said, “He might be on the field one day,” and I said, “I’d rather him sing When the Saints Come Marching In than be one.” So I was watching a video about Deacon John and he said his mother cut his fingernails under a fig tree because there is…
You could throw a rock and hit a musician in this town, and I guess that is what makes it great to play music in this city and not (it’s hard to get paid when there are so many of you). I’ve seen no other profession struggle to make a living more than a musician except if you compare them to a grade school teacher. Lofty work but low down pay. I was looking around…
Life has a funny way of being all inclusive like the fact that my dear friend is attending her nephew’s funeral tonight, he died suddenly of a heart attack last Thursday, and in the meantime, I’m thinking about my mother’s one year anniversary and ways to honor her spirit, and then the guy comes to look at the solid mahogany columns on the LaLa and says I should paint them white or else I’m just…