I was speaking to a dear friend and ex colleague the other day and he said, “Rachel, come on you have to admit that you have the personality that makes people either love you or hate you. Most of us love you.” I laughed, because that was what was appropriate at the moment but then you think ok what would it be about me that would make someone hate me. And then you think, who…
My mom had a radar that was often times frustrating as hell because she would make snap assessments of people even though she was wide open and loving towards most, there were some people she just didn’t like one bit at all. Not one bit. Then again, there were some people she worshipped and one of those happens to be coming here for Thanksgiving. Yee ha. I stole this off her Facebook site this morning…
Should we go out? Since we’ve been sick and all. Maybe we shouldn’t. I don’t know. Let’s see how we feel. Right, we have a babysitter lined up. What do you think, go out, stay in? Go out; are they going to go? Yes, they said so. Wait, no they can’t. Wait, yes they can. Ok. Let’s go. I didn’t want to just drop right in on where we are standing in the middle of…
Okay, someone pinch me because today has opened up a panorama landscape of wonderland. I told my neighbor that honestly, I was so scared of what was on the other side of Door #3 that I sat quaking in my boots and now, I’m like HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH! That’s true. I wanted to share my glee but bit my tongue today because it’s impolite to be immodest. But I spoke to three business prospects and…
I dreamed last night of a little ship in a bottle floating in a sea of purple, perhaps spurred on by too much Dr. Seuss of late, but what was interesting is how the ship was a bit catawampus even while the purple gelatinous substance was shimmering and staid. What was it that Warren Buffet said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that,…
I harvested the tarragon, oregano, sage, parsley, basil and rosemary and baked four loaves of herb bread today. Yum! A dear friend told me that you should ask yourself before you do anything if you are doing it for pleasure. I have been wanting to make this bread for weeks, had the flour out on the counter, but have felt overwhelmed, sick, or tired and today, hey, it was bread day for pleasure!
I might be turning the corner on this weeks long illness but I have to say I’m turning a major life corner on perspective – I was on the phone with an old friend going over leaving my company, starting my own, renting our house, La La La La and he said, “You are doing what every person I know is talking about it but doesn’t have the balls to do.” And I have to…
Today’s word of the day was a good one – addlepated, which means confused, flustered. Now take this morning’s Times Picayune, which reported that the New Orleans RTA has decided to not put the streetcar line to Poland Avenue along St. Claude. It was in January that the Times Picayune hailed the coming of the much needed streetcar line that would be key to revitalizing an underfunded and needy part of the city. The word…
Apparently New Orleans is sick – like most of the city. There is a flu going around, an upper respiratory infection, a cold and god knows we just finished the hand, foot and mouth disease. I kept thinking it was owing to our little germ bus but now I understand this is far more widespread than kiddies getting sick and sharing germs. Today I saw a pelican cruise by the bayou with a fish in…