Last night, I was reminded once again of why I stay in this city. It was the beginning of Mardi Gras for real with Krewe de Vieux rolling in the Marigny and Quarter, but here we were at the Spirit House, entertaining a friend I met on Facebook. There were micro greens on the table from my friend’s farm in the Treme, there was kale from my garden, and there was a bottle of wine…
Stella turns one year old today and just to make sure I don’t love her too much she ran out in the street crowded with the traffic of parents dropping off kids at the school next door. She peed on the dining room floor – something she hasn’t done in a while. And she wouldn’t come when I called her – several times today. BAD DOG. Actually, they say there are no bad dogs, just…
When a woman is in the midst of a Love TKO, she forgets how well she has been loved in life. The love she has had in her life has shaped her heart and is the REALity of who she has become – a woman with the capacity for profound love. This never leaves you, even when love seems to be passing you by – it is not really – because love is you and…
My friend, who is a Yoruba priestess, called from California to tell me this one important fact: The universe will close a door that you don’t have the power to close yourself. When this happens, be grateful. For these doors that have closed, I am grateful for: Discovering a lover was cheating because it allowed me to walk away. An email from an ex that proved for the last time that he is truly an…
My friend text me last night and said: “Woman, I’m going to kill you.” What did I do? “You knew that man was trouble from day one, so why are you surprised that he lies and cheats?” The willing suspension of disbelief. “Girl. Uh uh. You know you’re strong, yeah.” Here is a photo of me being strong by Gus Bennett – this is my Tai Chi bow – a fist for strength covered by…
From Rodger Kamenetz’s Stalking Elijah: “People think of violent crime as physical violence,” he said. “But I perpetrated emotional violence because as a con man I got people’s trust and abused it. In some cases that prevented people from trusting others again.” #thereitis
The New York Times published an article about the best way to get over a breakup saying that writing and journaling is a healthy, productive tool. Obviously, writing has been my tool, but in the public sphere of writing it is hard to really call out the one you are breaking up with on their behavior. You have to be sensitive to a public viewing. On the other hand, you also have your own portrayal…
While Tin was at Sunday school yesterday, I attended a pop-up university lecture at the synagogue on superstition and the Torah. Gathered with mostly elderly Jewish couples, I listened to the academic yoking together of superstition, religiosity, and Judaism and had to chuckle as most in the audience talked about how Judaism, religion, worshipping, and putting on teffilin are all strangely superstitious and irrational, so what’s the point?
The warning signs were everywhere and yet, and yet … He played nick nack on my brain with a nick nack paddy whack give the dog a bone, this boy keeps calling home. And what? Do you feel me … is my message getting through??? How about the truth, sugah, that’s all mama wants. Dang. I’m gonna take a nice hot bath and dream of Cuba. FACTS: birdbrain. #IDFWU.