I went to sleep last night wondering about the lot – is it meant to be, was I doing all I could to get it? On the way to Zumba, I dropped a letter at the owner of another lot saying I was interested, hedging my bet. When I left Zumba, feeling refreshed and my insides nicely shaken up, I ran into the guy that I want to buy to buy the lot from, the…
Yesterday, was a move forward and a setback in thinking. My therapist said to embrace my friends right now because I will need them, but I’ve found it difficult to do just that because as one told me, the more ears you seek, the more mouths you’ll find. Change rattles people and change is what’s happening. May 2013 would be the 8th year in the LaLa and February 2013 would be five years with Tatjana…
The day started with a blessing, not your usual kind of eyes closing and palms together, but more of nuts rattling in an African marriage blood bowl, cigar smoke sheathing your outer layers, and concoctions of honey, rosemary, holy and sea water, rose petals and “other” things. Whose calling you? Your mama – she wants a candle and her flowers changed. Your corner is blocked. A spirit kicked me in your office. Why are they…
During New Year’s Day lunch Tatjana got the dime. Her year for transformation. I think I’ve done enough, thank you very much. It’s raining outside and cold, a sort of typical New Orleans winter when there is no typical New Orleans winter. Our friends visiting from Spain got to experience 365 days in only four – from humid and hot to cold and rainy. Yesterday, before we left to take our friends to the airport,…
At the start of 2012, we sat down on the screen porch in the LaLa to have our New Year’s day traditional meal of black eyed peas, potatoes with a dime hid inside, cabbage, sweets and spirits. I remember seeing the dime and making sure that I gave it to Aleida, my house cleaner who was eating with us as we had just hosted guests on our VRBO site for New Year’s eve weekend. Instead,…