I strolled through the park this morning with the dogs and was listening to a Bill Moyers’ podcast where he was interviewing Michael Pollan. First, this is a biased statement I LOVE MICHAEL POLLAN. Okay, now that I’ve informed you of my bias, I’ll point you to the open letter to the President that Pollan took out when Obama was elected. Perhaps one of the best pieces of writing the New York Times has ever…
Tin has been really digging his bike lately as he is getting more balanced on it and fast too. He and his friend Jerrod took off zipping around Big Lake on Monday and we had to run to keep up. They only paused when they saw a bunch of kids playing on the Wayne Amedee sculpture and wanted to join them.
They say the early bird gets the worm, but today that was not true. It was day two of Tin waking up with nightmares and my lack of sleep. Everything was thrown back an hour or more. I ended up walking to City Park after 8 and I grumbled the whole way because that meant my swimming would be pushed out as well and then something happened to change my frown to a smile. I…
We remained in birthday celebration mode and went over to celebrate Ben’s 49th with some pickin’ and grinnin’ happening on their screen porch. Pots of red beans were simmering on the stove, kids were running in and around, a fat frosted carrot cake was on the table and the musicians lined up to sing and pick and play some good old tunes such as – She’ll be coming around the mountain, Jambalaya, Bridge over Troubled…
Apparently this period is the busiest time for birthdays and as a matter of fact Oct 5th claims to have the most people born on that date – simply because nine months prior was New Year’s Eve. And so it seems that we have been on a birthday roll, kiddies, adults, or one of our own – it is like a Libra explosion around here. And while everyone is busy celebrating their birth, I am…
Today is Tatjana’s 46th birthday. She was conceived on New Year’s Day in 1966. The fact her birthdate has three sixes in it should not come as a surprise. In honor of her birthday, we will drink gin tonics.
I read an article about aging that was interesting because it pointed to the fact that aging actually charges the mind towards innovation and creativity. And many points stood out for me: Older people have a greater capacity for empathy because empathy is learned and refined as we age. An aging brain can better tease out patterns and see the big picture. Maybe it’s because you realize that the future is briefer, so you tend…
A friend of mine has finally discovered that her horrendous migraines are a result of her gluten intolerance, but on looking up gluten intolerance you see that emotions play a large role in it. Similarly, I was reading what Dr. Weill has to say about Hashimoto’s and he suggests an inflammation free diet, which means no lactose, but again Hashimoto’s and emotions are delicately balanced as well. A lot of the natural health articles I…
It seems as if every conversation I am having with a friend goes something like this: I feel that I want to do something in my life that has meaning, but I’m not sure what it is, and I’m not even sure I can get excited about anything right now. It’s called, MALAISE (thank you, Jimmy Carter – although he never said the word malaise, his speech became known as the Malaise Speech) – we…
Overheard by teacher: Cadence: Babies come from vaginas. Tin: [pause] My mommy packed me grapes in my lunch. Cadence: My mommy is going to have a baby this weekend. Tin: My mommy has a big dinning room. Want to play marching band? Cadence: Okay! Overheard by Cadence mom: Tin: Jared is my boyfriend. Cadence: I know. Mine too. Tin: I am your boyfriend too. Cadence: Yeah you are.