Getting out of bed early is a great thing except for that one annoying factor – the alarm. I’ve been getting up without an alarm for so long now that having re-entered the world of school and schedule is something I must say I could do without. But the truth the beginning of the day is always the best part of the day for me because you have the whole day ahead of you. Well…
We’ve come to the end of Season 4 of Big Love and Netflix doesn’t have Season 5 available yet on DVD. Deep breath. I guess it is fitting that this drama was written by gay writers and perhaps, Will Scheffer and Mark Olsen, had their tongue in their cheek many a time during the character and plot development. A polygamist family and all of the problems that come up as a result of a plural…
Typical of a Monday there was a long list of things to do but the entire morning got derailed before it started. The good news is I was able to get the dogs out early and take a nice walk through City Park, something that always at least sets a good tone for the rest of the day. I ran into a woman who last year was in such distress over her job she lost…
Yom Kippur is the 24 hour period where you atone for your sins. You are supposed to enter this time by forgiving all of those who have trespassed against you and asking forgiveness from all of those you have trespassed against. It’s a tall order and I can assure you few people are able to come clean on both sides. I woke up and went upstairs before Tin was up, so that I could fast…
In Chinese there is a saying: With the blink of an eye, another month passes by. We bought Tin his holiday present early – a bike with no pedals. They’re all the rage for toddlers and enable them to skip training wheels and learn to balance on their own. Our neighbors were all out on the bayou yesterday, celebrating the end of the day, the end of the week, and the end of the working part…
In just a little bit Jews all over the world will take their last bite before starting a 24 hour fasting period. During this period god will open the book of life and so it will be written. Atone now, the street corner guy says with a megaphone. Or they blow a ram’s horn to signal the beginning of the high Holy Days. Here at the LaLa, the common Jew will start her fasting when…
The discord that is in the air, on the air, being aired is growing wearisome, wouldn’t you say? It seems to be that no one is taking joy in the ordinary anymore and now everything is burdensome. Oh and Steve Jobs had to go and die – the only designer of gadgets who could save us from our endless ennui. There are a lot of people standing on the streets of Wall Street calling for…
Today’s Tatjana’s birthday and on a whim I scheduled a gondola ride in City Park for lunch. Well, you could not have picked a more beautiful day to be in City Park and on this gorgeous, elegant gondola that was hand made in Venice, and especially when the pelicans, egrets, ducks, geese, swans, turtles all asked for you. We skimmed through the lagoons and under the bridge into the Sculpture Garden and ate sushi and…
Okay, I get to Mommy blog now and again, and this is Tin’s first unofficial report card home: Ms. Karla: I would also like to commend you on Tin’s manners. He is such a great kid! He talks about you all the time and at the end of the day when it is time to put their shoes on he gets really excited. He is such a joy! Reminds me of Miracle Baby’s report card when she…
I remember growing up and standing on the stoop outside my aunt’s house in Brooklyn when the first astronaut landed on the moon. I remember being in our house on Louisiana Avenue when JFK was shot. When MLK was shot. I remember when Bobby Kennedy was shot. I remember living through all of these mile marker events and I also remember sitting in the grass driveway forcing crepe myrtle blooms to decorate my mudpie. Yesterday…