There has been something dead inside of me that I only became aware of after I buried it. In the Jewish religion, we bury our dead in 24 hours so that we can start the grieving process believed to be only possible after burial. I’ve found lately that sometimes these literal interpretations of religion don’t serve me. My mother was near dead for six months in the hospital, and I had to begin my grieving…
A while back someone sent me a card that said Real Women Don’t Have Hot Flashes They Have Power Surges and so begins Monday.
Okay so Sunday is Family Day too! Pancakes in the morning and pool in the afternoon. The great thing about this pool is that it cost very little to install! Requires no maintenance! And it fits a bunch of people and feels terrific on a hot, summer’s day.
Yesterday was a terrific summer’s day. I romped in the Couturie Forest with a friend who I have not been able to catch up with for a long time. I went to the Farmer’s Market and finally got my knives sharpened and got some delicious summer squash, Creole tomatoes, gulf shrimp and peaches! I came home and we all got in the larger than life family pool that I blew up with the air mattress…
So you know how they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder? And well, it is. This morning I went with a friend and our dogs to the Couturie Forest in City Park, which I’ve been hearing about for a while now. Yes, I was expecting a forest, but the sad fact is that most of the forest was denuded by the Federal Flood and the subsequent clean up that took away all…
When the Tennessee Williams Festival was happening, it felt so good to be reimmersed once again in literature – oh yeah, remember that old chestnut. A long time ago when I was figuring out my life I figured it would revolve around literature and art and whatnot, instead somewhere about 16 years ago, I started working in the financial industry where well read authors were those who wrote books called Blink, The 7 Habit of…
Lately, it seems that I am constantly weighing what to leave in and what to leave out. At the core of who I am these days is a mother, a partner, and a family: But I’m also a friend too and sometimes when you have become isolated from your friends because of work and your family, it’s nice to know they can pick up the ball and reach out and touch you. I woke yesterday…
The summer is heating up and the days of 80 degrees are long gone, hello 90’s, hello humidity, hello no rain. And hello Mr. Tin coming at you with the cool sounds of New Orleans, where we are all guardians of the groove.
I’ve always been a hat person – love them and love to wear them. But wait, there’s more, I love wigs too. I love to change my hair and often. So my neighbor stopped me yesterday and said, “I didn’t recognize you, you change your hair so often it shows that you are comfortable about who you are.” I said, really? Well do tell. I searched for the right hat for Tin, who keeps taking…
A friend stopped by yesterday and said that she is going into business – the business of having a more tempered lifestyle, one where work doesn’t overshadow every other facet of her life. Yeah, well me too, is all I could think. Only, it’s barely 10am and I’ve been out of breath since I bolted out of bed. No time for meditation, no time for contemplation, and certainly no time for relaxation. What goes on?