At yoga on Saturday, the instructor read from the Dali Lama – along the way you will meet many people, don’t assume that those not on the same path as you are lost. I like that because it strikes at the very heart of diversity, about understanding that not everyone shares your p.o.v. – nor does everyone have to be like you. I woke this morning with a bad case of Eli’s coming – it…
Last night the girls came over to dance at the LaLa – it’s been a while but we all needed to go crazy. And when it’s time to dance around here, there is one and only one song that gets it started – Valerie. I had a song that did it for me for years – Mr. Big Stuff – but Valerie has supplanted it as my all time favorite dance song. Although I saw…
Yesterday in yoga, as we sat crosslegged with our palms open to the sky, the instructor chanted to Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom, art and music and said we are all stars with rivers that run through us. Saraswati is an interesting god – she has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness and ego. Our instructor sang in a beautiful voice – she had the lung capacity of…
I was chatting away with my neighbors who just realized that T is my girlfriend and they were so delighted they wanted to know all the details and of course, I was trying to get home to start my work day but then another woman drove up and they were introducing me to her because she lives down the way and at first said, this is Rachel, then said, no call her Lianna – then…
Last night, I stopped in at my neighbor’s house and was given red beans and rice and a glass of wine – and all I was doing was saying hi! Can’t beat that. We got to talking about remodels because she is about to embark on one (and I’m the prophesy of doom when it comes to anyone about to do a remodel) and I told her the story about M and the painters and…
NY passed is amending its law to recognize same-sex marriages even though the state itself does not allow same-sex married because the Republicans shot down a bill under Spitzer.
Another day fades to black – too much to do in too little time. I had a massage and realized that I had been in a tight wad of a ball for way too long. L set me free – she has magical hands. I highly recommend you get a massage and break out of the cluster blob you’ve become into something that resembles human, and movement, and glory.
Got up this morning in a flurry of what needs to be done before I leave for sabbatical – not to mention getting ready for T’s arrival, and then my departure to NY, and then both of us leaving for the summer to explore Croatia together. As I’m speeding up the days awaiting her arrival, and then our departure, I’m also focused on slowing down the days of summer so that each day becomes its…
I was talking to a friend of mine today about another friend’s aloof-ness over my being with a woman. My friend said, well he’s just trying to reconcile it with what he believes is the right way. I said, but come on, if you love me, than you’d love that I’m happy and that would be enough. He said, you don’t have to preach to me Rachel, I have two sisters who are in long-term…
I’ve got to admit to working my ass off lately – only I’m not losing my ass, matter of fact, I’m gaining around my middle by hunching over my desk and allowing everything but work to fall apart. My lower back is so arthritic, I’ve been getting up from the desk chair like I’m 80. I’ve got a twitch in my right eye. Now I pulled a muscle in my neck just coming upstairs. To…