Was it Emerson who said that the whole world exists in your own backyard? I can’t remember. I’ve been picking up Ebony magazine because twice there have been cover articles that caught my eye. One was on adoption, and the other was on Prince. What’s interesting is that the women appear to me to be of all shapes and sizes, unlike your typical InStyle where everyone is a waif. I’ve been thinking a lot about…
Tin has a thing for good looking gals. I thought it was just him but then I read that children show a definite preference for beautiful faces. Yesterday, when my niece walked in the room with us to wake him up from his nap, he instantly put his game face on – the serious one, when he is put in an unfamiliar situation. But then he started becoming the little charmer, the flirt, as soon…
My niece came over last night to pitch me on Cutco knives. I had to smile when she called to make the appointment since my two older brothers sold Cutco knives when I was a youngster. One of them even, if I remember correctly, managed a Cutco knife store. There were always Cutco knives in our drawers naturally. And the truth is they do last. I was still cutting tomatoes with mom’s Cutco knives when…
Saturday was its usual day – a day of errands and chores, and today is a holiday so I’m trying to get in the groove. I was able to read the New York Times cover to cover – which doesn’t mean that’s a good thing, because when it is chocked full of interesting stories and articles, it takes me a lot longer than a morning. But we were able to sit on the screen porch…
This morning I got up and coughed my way to City Park with the dogs in tow in the rain. It was one of those sun showers that we have been seeing a lot of these days. In Calabria, Italy when it rains with the sun, it means the foxes are getting married (foxes figure largely in Italian lore), in Hindi it is the jackal’s wedding, in the US we believe the devil is beating…
Yesterday I was in a fog as I tried to take care of the work items that remained and get back into the groove of being at home and spending time with family. The best moments are these – walking around the block with Tatjana, Loca, Heidi and Tin and seeing the bayou filling to the brim with people, animals, fowl, and fauna all enjoying their space on this planet. By the end of the…
T was working on her book with a colleague when I got home and so after the nanny left, Tin and I spent time just hanging out together. We walked into the living room and he picked up his battery-less half a cell phone and put it to his ear and began walking around in circles speaking Kid Chinese. What goes on? I’m wondering who he is imitating and I have a good idea who.
Bumpy ride in from Minneapolis but that’s okay, my ears were so swollen and plugged that I was yawning and chewing gum and blowing me nose and felt like my head would explode. Got to the truck and couldn’t find my parking ticket, but that’s okay, just as I was going to surrender myself to mercy of the kiosk cashier, I found it underfoot. Then my phone told me that I was about to go…
Since I was able to get over to the Walker yesterday, I decided to work in my room till I had to go to the airport, but after a while my wheezing and sneezing was getting the best of me in this hermeneutically sealed hotel so I went out for a quick walk to check out the Mississippi all the way up here in Minneapolis. I was headed with a purpose to see the Stone…
It’s a gorgeous day here in Minneapolis and as I have been trotting around with colleagues going to meetings, droves of people in Twins baseball shirts have been headed over for the noon game to watch the Twins play the Detroit Tigers (I think) in their brand new stadium. At one point, I stopped walking and felt the sunshine on my face – it did help with my summertime cold blues. When work was done…