I picked up a few of James Baldwin’s novels about a year ago, and after reading Go Tell It On The Mountain, decided now to pick up Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone, and last night, in going to bed and having a rare moment to really read, I became so mesmerized by the narration that I couldn’t put the book down even though my hands were turning to ice outside of the…
Last night, after we finished Paris, Texas which took about a week to watch given the holidays and Tin and our need to sleep, we flipped on the TV, something we rarely do, and started watching Piers Morgan interviewing Tony Bennett. Let me start with this, although I knew Tony Bennett from his songs, his voice, and history, I did not know Tony Bennett until the day I walked up to the Jazz Fest stage…
We will come rejoicing ringing in the new: December 26, 2011 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Get ready for one of your old friends to become a new cheerleader in your life! Whether they are back in your circle of friends or not, they are out there singing your praises and telling some very important people how talented you are. This could lead to a very promising lead with a career opportunity, or they could be working hard…
Yesterday, we had Christmas at the LaLa, not what we usually do, but since I did find a solution to the tree dilemma (two LED branches of cobalt blue lights placed in the two flower pots), and I did find a black Santa ornament, and Aunt Jerri took the form of old St. Nick – well, it was Christmas. The morning began with Tin running into the living room to discover the drum set that…
And so it was that after a coffee at Puccini, they walked around the old neighborhood and found themselves on the street where they had first lived together, in an apartment that now seems enormous in hindsight, but then housed a roommate that made it feel small. An opportunity came up to buy the ugly house on the alley in front of them, the one where the old man had shoveled Sam’s dog shit back…
“In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible Summer.” ~ Camus 2012 is looking slightly different than it was just a few days ago, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on my conscience and it told me, “You know what to do” and so done. The road ahead I claim as my own. My friend Matko in Zagreb said the same thing that Camus said, I need…
So I heard in a meeting the other day that it is okay to shoot a raccoon because they are unwanted. Poor raccoons. Then yesterday my neighbor shot a hog in the wild and brought it home to cut up on the driveway. I’m feeling pretty Jewish as I look on.
Paul Sanchez wrote: This little beauty sings the part of 8 year old Belinda in Nine Lives. She is New Orleans born and raised. Her mom is a teacher and her Uncle ‘Drew plays horn with Big Sam. She is wise beyond her years, fabulously talented and absolutely adorable.
Don’t underestimate the life changing force of a day or a moment. I call these forks in the road, where you blindly walk down a well traveled route, or decide to head blindly down an unknown trail that suddenly seems too quiet, where shadows portend mountain lions or rapists and color the senses, with your heart pounding in your chest, you have to try to locate yourself. There is a big draw to walk quickly…