Driving to Lutcher has become code for – well you know what it is code for. Today, on my way to Lutcher, my horoscope says, only it’s his horoscope too – double whammy: Nov 20, 2014 Taurus Your renewed passion is making life a lot more interesting — so get to it! Today is perfect for jumping back into a project or relationship that you were iffy on until you woke up this morning.
I saw this drawing and it made me think of the money tree that mysteriously appeared in the LaLa nine years ago when it was under construction. I kept pinning money all over that tree – from Russia, Poland, China, Croatia, Budapest, and everywhere I went I added another bill to the tree. All of those bills weathered storms, heat, and neglect in the garden until they disintegrated. I’ve changed my mind about the fruits…
I was introduced to this Merton piece last week and it could not have come at a more appropriate time in my life: “The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything…
Hank Williams said, “I’m the only hell my mama ever raised.” I cannot say the same – my mom raised some hell.
Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, commonly known as Seun Kuti, is a Nigerian musician, and the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father’s former band Egypt 80. He said this when he was interviewed at Jazz Fest a few years ago: “Never think you are more successful than the next guy, because you don’t know where he or you are in the story.” I thought of this quote this morning because our…
This chapter started at Armstrong Lighting, where I met sexy Sty. When I hopped in the truck to head home, Anthony Hamilton was on the radio singing “Cool” – which is becoming the theme song to this part of the story. QUIT YOUR WORRYING BABY QUIT YOUR WORRYING GIRL YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH QUIT YOUR CRYING LADY GO AHEAD AND DRY YOUR EYES WE CAN CONQUER THE WORLD
My friend, Mudd Lavoie, reached out in the middle of the twilight to make sure I was alright. She’s a kindred spirit on this next level that I’ve reached on the wrung of life. So many were left on the lower wrungs that I sometimes carry the sadness like a ball and chain, but then I realize I moved up on this journey, the air grew thinner, the view expanded and became broader, the people…