Went to speak to parent teacher meeting today to discuss Tin and was happy to learn that he is a natural born leader and is taking the entire class on his fantasy of being a jazz performer. Apparently in outside play he holds court and performs his imaginary trombone while the children sit on the grass in a row and pass blades of grass as if it is popcorn and applaud him his efforts. One…
We went over to Super Sunday today to see the Mardi Gras Indians and Tin decided sans costume that he was an Indian and he would march regardless. And so we had fun, we ran into lots of friends and it was a beautiful day and everyone was in a lovely mood. A friend is about to give birth, another seemed to have separated from her husband, and others were just out enjoying the day.…
I was looking at going out to this birthday gathering and I really wasn’t quite up for it – proving yet again that either my energy has suffered a rather sharp decline from a) turning 50, b) having a toddler, c) the lack of whatever is causing my hair to fall out, or what? But I was playing around with the topic of opposites – such as I had lit two candles in blue slip…
I went to meet a group of women to toast one of their birthdays over champagne. They met in a nondescript house uptown that belied what was inside, butter yellow washed walls with paintings ranging from 3d to simple studies of landscape, cushioned chairs where the stuffing was all but gone suggesting years of use, a silver tray with antique flutes, soft lighting and every seat occupied by a beautiful woman – age ranging from…
The weather outside is delightful and we managed to not make any Irish parade anywhere today. Hard to believe when we finally were able to all find green to wear. But such are the days – events get away from you and you have to just go with the flow. Just because we didn’t drink any green beer or catch any cabbage heads doesn’t mean we didn’t have the spirit of the Irish in us.…
I was speaking to someone about my mom and how she used to beg me to wear lipstick. She told me when I moved out to California that it was a good place for me to live as the women there don’t wear makeup. The woman I was speaking to said her mother dressed with a lot of flash unlike her. I said I remember going to pick up my mom at the San Francisco…
I woke this morning with a rash on the side of my face and neck – a nice mottle of red welts. Who knows? Perhaps this is the beginning of the end. Hard to tell. Meanwhile, I ran into a guy who did work on my house when I was under House Arrest Distress working on the LaLa. He was so thin I almost didn’t recognize him as he was this big beefy guy who…
A little girl asked her grandmother yesterday, “Does Ms. Rachel know her son is black?” Grandmother responded, “I believe so.” Little girl, “How did that happen?” Grandmother, “I don’t know Ms. Rachel’s business, but I think he might have been adopted.”
You know we got started renting out the LaLa by necessity but it’s not as if I haven’t always wanted to be an innkeeper. What’s interesting is that (knock on wood) the guests we have hosted have all turned out to be wonderful, interesting and grateful to stay at the LaLa. Who knew that this was part of the journey? Even my new bald patches have made for insightful conversation with friends. One told me…
I have been in reasonably good health my whole life but I must say menopause and the aftermath – it ain’t for pussies (no pun intended). I won’t list the effects as you can find at least 34 of them listed here. Lately though, in reality, I have come up with some new symptoms to add to that roster. Loss of balance, lack of energy, etc. Today, I have added hair loss – my hair…