I began the morning by deciding not to get out of bed and so then when I turned over and saw it was already 7:40, I knew I was doomed. Doomed to not have any time to read my paper, drink my tea in peace, or for that matter have a moment to gather myself before the energy level of a fast moving freight train steamrolled into me. That would be a 2.5 year old…
Tin and I walked over to a neighbor’s retirement party and aside from the pimento cheese finger sandwiches that remind me emphatically of New Orleans, the best thing was the playlist – all the I am leaving this fucking stupid job and you idiot boss songs that you can imagine. They were hilarious but of course the reprise was YOU CAN TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT and so I will use that as the…
Tin and I and a friend went to go see the Music for All Ages brass band at Perserverance Hall in Louis Armstrong Park this morning and while I must admit it is always a treat to hear Sunpie Barnes sing or the many different brass bands play, this morning was like striking gold! The Africa Brass band was playing and Tin and his friend Lukas, and other kids got to sit in and listen…
My true love gave to me the ability to shape shift into a different state of being.
I put olive oil in the soap dispenser today instead of dishwashing soap – there was a time I worried about my sanity but now when I read the Times Picayune and realize people shoot their friends for a domino game gone wrong and presidential candidates have so little to offer that the only thing left to discuss is their lack and the president is threatening his opponents as if they were children I just…
We walked over to City Park today and saw the lights – the celebration of lights – but we did it on the cheap meaning we didn’t do what everyone else was doing and that is standing in line and paying – we just did walk by sighting of turtle doves illuminated in white glazed oak trees and sort of oo’d and awe’d at the stars, diamonds, and squiggles that hung from the dark trees…
I’m now of the opinion that an opinion is something to lose, or at least be flexible with, because at 52 years old I must say that I have seen people illuminated in new light, I’ve seen people change and evolve who I didn’t think would, I’ve seen something that I first saw in my grandmother, that as she aged, her world enlarged. We have a tendency to think about life as shutting down, of…
We went to Tin’s friend’s birthday party last night and Tin was about to burst he was so happy to be going to a party, going to eat birthday cake, he wanted to bring his clarinet and serenade her. Instead he ended up breaking part of her present off because he was so excited! Oh well. She made him a lovely menorah – which is just perfect – as frugality was stopping us from adding…
I was reading an article written by a Waldorf teacher that talked about how adults don’t enjoy festivals and birthdays like kids do – obviously this was not a teacher in New Orleans because lord knows we know how to enjoy. However, I don’t think any of us enjoy exercise nearly as much as these munchkins – Tin now walks out of nursery and shouts PARK! as if it were a command. Tin’s first bromance…
I was walking the dogs through City Park this morning and looked up to find the bare tree filled with seasonal ornaments – cormorants! These two are buddying around the lagoon and the black one has a pretty white feather in its tail and I haven’t seen but would love if the white one had a black feather. It felt so good to be back in the park, it is a winter wonderland there right…