I withdrew slowly but painfully from my delicious pu-ehr tea that was very expensive and only found in New York, of course, and backslid to decaf coffee. On a whim, I decided to get some Vanilla coffee to add to my decaf coffee to make it – you know – more exciting. And they only had Vanilla in caf, not decaf, and although I incorporated an eighth of a cup into a full bag of…
I went today to go look at a house for sale just down the street near Canal Street. It was cheap, so I wasn’t expecting much, and that is certainly what it was, not much. Mind you I love old New Orleans shotguns, but usually they are made out of cypress and pine and have characteristics that make them like fine antiques that you want to preserve and refinish and enjoy. This one seemed built…
I was marveling at how little things used to disrupt my day – at how bigger things would disrupt my life. And now I marvel at how far I have come in centering myself in the now and how I’ve come to be able to see the power in myself against external forces with a thread that connects me to all my experiences. I read this in my morning passage from The Power of Now:…
Fran Leibowitz once said the great outdoors was from her front door to a taxi cab, but she and I had nothing in common when it comes to nature. I love the great outdoors. Right at my doorstep is the bayou and City Park and I have not been on it, in it, in quite sometimes. Every time I am about to go for that walk, I get side tracked. So today, when a friend…
I slept the sleep of the dead and woke this morning to be productive. I was headed to yoga midday and got off track as I wound up at lunch with a friend. But it was serendipitous because the friend actually knows a lot about real estate and pointed out some options for me and one was an option I really like – so fingers crossed.
I walked into a house for sale the other day and someone had left a fortune cookie fortune on the refrigerator that said, “Follow your heart and you’ll be happy.” So that is what I’ve been doing. I’ve signed up for a seminar in Berkeley to train as a facilitator for workshops on race. I have a press pass for a conference here in New Orleans on race and education. And another community meeting on…
Two mornings in a row, either I or Tin have crawled in one another’s bed and had a giggle fest. This is possibly the best age I could ever tell you about with my son. He truly is self possessed and enjoying his world and I’m an intrigued guest there. Why not just spend four hours straight imagining what makes you laugh and then just belly laughing and going for the laughs whole hog. What…
After a fabulous Zumba class Saturday morning, I came home and cooked Asian noodles with shrimp and fish tacos with the fury that comes from being exercise hungry. And then I stopped in to see a house for sale that left me a little disgusted with the prospects of housing out there in the world. I decided to just stop the madness – seems I’m pushing to a conclusion that doesn’t exist for me yet.…
If anyone wants to know what is really going on in this country’s economy they should look very far away from the stock market and very close to their friends. A friend of mine hates her job but she soldiers on every day because she can’t find another one. Another friend lost her job unexpectedly and now doesn’t know what she and her family will do. They were getting by as a dual income and…
A friend of mine who made millions in Marin County on real estate said that he wanted his tomb stone to say only, “Had a nice day.” He was a real collector of smiley faces – an artifact that I actually loved then and now. And today, well dear readers, today, I had a great day. An awesome day. I’ve been HIGH AS A KITE all day. I started my day with a phone call…