On my way to the gym I saw a truck called Jesus is the Lord Plumbing. Since I’m in that mode where I’m imagining new horizons, I wondered what I would call a new business of my own. Perhaps it would be For The Love of God and I would be a canine vigilante and go after the same people who threw a Maltese and in another event a German Shepherd into the road from…
Not only did Tin grow up so much on vacation this summer, but his hair grew like a weed. Luckily Darrin was a text message away and came over last night to take care of business.
Obama turns 50 today and of course, shares a birthday with Louis Armstrong – how great is that? I received a card in the mail, a birthday card to send Obama but I went ahead and made one of my own for him as well. I told him bluntly that my mother told me at 50 I would become a woman and that was true. At 50 I implored him to go inside of himself…
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in Back of Town, New Orleans – a poor neighborhood and his father abandoned the family when he was an infant. Then his mother left him to live with his grandmother and uncle. Later he moved back with his mother, a prostitute, and relatives and saw his father only in parades. He had a rough beginning and was taken in by a Jewish family, the Karnofskys, who had…
So here I am, days after completing our second family vacation, and after the initial shock of re-entry, I’m happy to report – two weeks away with loved ones will change your life – or at least buy you time. Time to figure out your life. I walked for a long time this morning with Heidi and Loca and ran into the same friend who is having job woes – we talked about it and…
Tin was potty trained before we left for Spain and Ruby taught him how to climb up on the seat by himself and hold on for dear life. But he was still sleeping with a diaper and only doing ca ca when he was in bed. Today he climbed on up to that potty and said he was going to do ca ca – this was facilitated by his having a bare bottom – there…
There are some weird things that are true no matter where you go. Take for example why is it that all of us have a handful if not more of pretty women friends who can’t find a boyfriend and yet know of no handsome men who want for companionship (no matter what their character)? Also, I came home to a good friend accosting me about his job woes and in a quandry over what to…
Since we moved our apartment down the beach closer to where we hang out, we both had access to the beach while the other one stayed with Tin who was sleeping late due to the time change. I walked. Tanja swam. One morning, on a particularly inspirational walk where I felt entirely present in the dawn, “I’m hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet” played over and over again in my head. Why?
A friend had recommended Ram Dass to me as she knew I was off center, and although I downloaded Dass for my trip, I left my iPod behind. But leaving the house I was sent a book from a friend who had just visited us – The Power of Now – a book that had I not been in the state of mind I was in, I might have dismissed because of its new age…