So we went to see Femi Kuti at the House of Blues this evening and he was INSANE. The eldest son of Feli Kuti, the entire band was moving so fast through the music that we, the audience, couldn’t catch our breath. At one point, I thought surely this man cannot continue to go at this speed, but he did. My friend turned to me and said this is me walking down the street and…
This morning I was trying to get Tin out of the crib so that he could Skype with Tatjana and Tete and he was fussing as he is want to do when he doesn’t want to get out of the crib and he doesn’t want to be doing what you want him to, and I was huffing and puffing and so he threw up his hands and said JESUS! JESUS! I almost fell over from…
Tin and his nanny were into water colors yesterday and made several wonderful drawings – here is one of them: Last night, Tin received three piano books that were the same books my friend had when he was a little boy and he now is grown up and plays the piano beautifully. When I was watching Tom McDermott play the keyboard at CWW last night, and Meschiya Lake belting out Bessie Smith’s Black Water Blues…
I had a Thai massage the day after my birthday as a treat to myself and I was telling the woman about the person who regularly massages me and she said wait, is that Doody? and I said yes, and she said someone described her massage as fantastical – which reminded me of Dr. John. This evening a colleague arrived and we went to see Tom Mcdermott and Meschiya Lake at Chickie Wah Wah and…
I have been using Laughing Squid to host my website since 2005 and when I went to back up my blog I got a notice that it exceed the available free storage and that I’d have to pay. So I reconfigured my backup. Then recently my emails started not being delivered. When I inquired what was wrong they said that the standard hosting site is no longer capable of handling my traffic so I have…
So far this is going to be a year to remember – the latest Mardi Gras has been in 150 years and gorgeous weather, the first weekend of Jazz Fest in the 80s and sunny and this weekend looks to be a winner. Record crowds coming to this city. Maybe it took 5 years to really believe that we would come back from such utter devastation but you better believe it now.
Yesterday was the day of rest but Tin needed more rest – a four hour nap yesterday, a ten hour sleep and he was tired all day today – proving that you can’t make up sleep and it’s not as if he lost sleep except for one day’s nap but he just did too much. Now that the finger is coming off the pause button, and the remainder of Jazz Fest is in front of…
I was speaking to a wise new friend yesterday who said that she has begun every endeavor with the question to herself, “Why am I doing this?” So before she begins her work she asks herself why, before she eats her meal she asks herself why, before she engages in a conversation she asks herself why. This puts her there in the moment with intention. I, on the other, hand put myself there with intention…
Today is Tuesday and my one and only day to recover from what has been nonstop activity. Someone suggested I celebrate my birthday for 52 days, the age I am, and my response ARE YOU KIDDING? I’ve been celebrating for four days and I’m toast. In the meantime, Tin has been taking the longest nap in history – he went down without a fuss after singing the most incredible song that he made up that…
Sunday we did the hokey pokey at the wedding and last night, when I got home, and after putting Tin to bed, we set up a table for the boiled crawfish on the porch and sat outside on a beautiful evening to celebrate the remains of what was a very pleasant birthday. Good wine flowed, conversation was easy, and the crawfish were exceptionally tasty and zingy with spices. Afterwards we had cupcakes from Cake Bakery…