There is an article in the NYT today that says Cheerios is the first food for toddlers – hello! Cheerios is not food. It is processed sugar and white flour – this is not food for anyone wanting to know. When Tin was a baby I saw a lot of mothers giving Cheerios so I went to buy some and read the ingredients with my mouth agape! Then I went to Whole Foods to buy…
The week has been a mondo build up to many different things – I’ve been remiss in really being able to think about blogging, think about life, think about anything other than the cards that were being dealt to me and oh what a hand I had – good lord! Well first, I had this big Kid’s Event that was designed to be an awareness building event for the Re-Bridge project and also to teach…
I said a year ago that within five years we would see same-sex marriage allowed in most states of the United States and with New York’s victory yesterday, I have to say we might be closer than I thought. The absurdity of not letting two people no matter what their make up get married is losing the veneer of rightness pretty quickly and I say to that, amen. It’s not like I’m rushing to get…
State Senator Stephen M. Saland, who had been publicly undecided, said Friday he would vote for gay marriage, giving the bill the support of 32 state senators, enough for passage. Say hello to equality United States – the Big Apple just got bitten! We are living in historic times – god bless you New York City and the Senate!
I got up last week and made a phone call that has changed my life and my direction. David Ogilvy, the media master, said, “Big ideas are usually simple ideas.” I had another phone call today that assured me I was not in a fantasy world. The world is about to change. Yes, indeed. June 24, 2011 Taurus (4/20-5/20) It’s time for you to get back to thinking about the things that really matter in…
I drove by the Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School today or rather what is left of it. Obviously no amount of petitions could save it from being demolished in this city’s fervor to tear down the old and erect the new. You are not going to find many elevated steel truss buildings around New Orleans and certainly you are not going to build one today. So sad.
Maybe I dreamed last night of a rainbow because it is Gay Pride weekend and not because I am Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz? Hard to say, but I can tell you that this weekend is another jam packed weekend – the Re-Bridge kids’ event tomorrow morning. Our friends Angela and Gingerbread performing outside the Bourbon Pub from 3 pm to 4pm in the Quarter. A friend whose gallery is hosting a costume party…
I am not going to say thank god it’s Friday because honestly this week has sped by and I still have piles of work that didn’t get done, meditation that I didn’t do, and so many other things that I would like to include in my day, week, life. No, instead it is Friday, and whoosh – my how time flies when you’re having fun. Tomorrow is the big kid’s event to raise awareness for…
The day was a dry run of reality – slam bam thank you mam. I was able to do yoga, get work done, get the Re-Bridge event ready to roll, and on top of all of that Tin and I were able to go to Fortier Park and get our drumming on. Base Base Open. Next week the Times Picayune is going to be in the park to do a story on the drumming circle.…
Today at 6, come to Fortier Park for some drumming and once you get your mojo going, head to the Magnolia Bridge at 7 for a head washing from our high vodou priestess Sallie Anne Glassman and some good vodou ju ju to welcome the summer and bless the coming crops who will need it given the drought conditions here in New Orleans. It’s time to embrace the bounty of our city – dry or…