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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Trio
Here's my TRIO of loved ones from Erika's birthday dinner at the Grand Lux Cafe taken on August 21st. This year was #20 and so hard to believe! As I write this, it is September 1st AND where did the past three months go much less the past 20 years and three months from now where will have time gone?
Summer began with Erika moving out and returning back home but for good this time as she decided to pursue her studies at the Community College, which makes better sense given finances. Just as I was getting used to her being gone and re-arranging her room into the guest room, came the request from my nephew asking if he could move in. So, he and his sister traded spaces and three months later he's moved in and still settling into his new surroundings but so far all is well. He comes and goes as much as Erika did and maybe even more, which is fine...just as long as he pays the agreed rent for the next year then we'll be in good terms! ;-)
BTW, is Martin next in line to move in? Only time will tell.
Summer began with Erika moving out and returning back home but for good this time as she decided to pursue her studies at the Community College, which makes better sense given finances. Just as I was getting used to her being gone and re-arranging her room into the guest room, came the request from my nephew asking if he could move in. So, he and his sister traded spaces and three months later he's moved in and still settling into his new surroundings but so far all is well. He comes and goes as much as Erika did and maybe even more, which is fine...just as long as he pays the agreed rent for the next year then we'll be in good terms! ;-)
BTW, is Martin next in line to move in? Only time will tell.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
A Toast
And now if you think
We've said it all
Let the final curtain
Fall on us at last
And just put it in the past
And say our last farewell...
words by Dan Fogelberg
Monday, August 17, 2009
Libra forecast
Be patient. Don't get upset if things don't progress as far as you wanted them to. Overview: Someone you work closely with most days needs help with something cosmetic. It might literally have to do with their appearance, or it may be related to the way they arrange the pieces of their life.
The past few days/week and a half has taught me that patience is a virtue and usually I'm pretty patient but as always August is one of those months where..."everything is f...... up!
The past few days/week and a half has taught me that patience is a virtue and usually I'm pretty patient but as always August is one of those months where..."everything is f...... up!
Friday, August 14, 2009
RIP
In honor of a true American hero/heroine... Eunice Kennedy Shriver. No matter the belief of your politics she was such a true role model and pioneer!
Years ago, I was a volunteer for the Special Olympics games and their motto was, "you can't finish the race until you start it". I remember the faces of the many competitors that day and their wonderful smiles because you were cheering them on. Thank you Eunice for your gift, for the olympic torch has brought you to your true home. May we never forget your eternal flame of light.
Monday, August 10, 2009
HOB Houston
Well the weekend is behind us and it sure went fast! Just got done putting together a set on Flickr of photos from the Ottmar Liebert concert here at House of Blues and will blog more later this week.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Guitar Hero
So nice to be off this Friday before the anticipated Ottmar Liebert (Guitar Hero) concert on Saturday at House of Blues. Lots of running around to do before heading to the airport this afternoon to pick up Linda from Santa Fe. Too bad Cheryl won't be joining us but maybe next time! As always the heat has been brutal this summer but rain chances have gone up a bit for the weekend. BRING IT ON!!
On my way to the bank & Whole Foods this morn and think I will stop and treat myself to special brew of java at WF.
On my way to the bank & Whole Foods this morn and think I will stop and treat myself to special brew of java at WF.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
God's Own Open Road
Somewhere "neath a darkened sky
A weary heart and a lonesome eye
Tracks along an empty highway
Lead to somewhere else
All my past and all my wishes
Tears reflect on muddy ditches
My own mind is searching for
An answer from the eyes that look right back
I want to know about the outer reaches
Everything that heartbreak teaches
questions of survival that in every soul exist
What about the endless sky
What about the child that wants to know just why
The world spins round and people die
And does it hurt, well baby so do I
Walking/(biking) on the streets I've known
along a place that I once called home
A stranger now...another time
That doesn't want me back
Poems(songs) in my native tongue
Whisper where I used to run
The river brushing by a shore
That knew it all along
Here I stood and there I dreamed
of future bright as magazines
Without the shades of sorrow in between
Where we've been and what we've seen
Are we taught or are we teaching
Reaching, seeking, needing, preaching,
Pleading, speeding, screeching to a halt
Cattle guards and power lines
Mark the distance of our times
Like wheels that roll and bells that toll
Of hours and aging wine
Love we gave and love we made
Gone astray and then forgave
Naked as a masquerade
for truth to figure out
Voices shout and voices sing
Words slip out and some stay in
in symphonies that live within the pockets of our soul
Colors of the open sea
Paint the edges of a dream
with crystal blues and deeper hues
Of wind and earth and God's own open road.
lyrics by Tish Hinojosa and one of my favorite songs.
A weary heart and a lonesome eye
Tracks along an empty highway
Lead to somewhere else
All my past and all my wishes
Tears reflect on muddy ditches
My own mind is searching for
An answer from the eyes that look right back
I want to know about the outer reaches
Everything that heartbreak teaches
questions of survival that in every soul exist
What about the endless sky
What about the child that wants to know just why
The world spins round and people die
And does it hurt, well baby so do I
Walking/(biking) on the streets I've known
along a place that I once called home
A stranger now...another time
That doesn't want me back
Poems(songs) in my native tongue
Whisper where I used to run
The river brushing by a shore
That knew it all along
Here I stood and there I dreamed
of future bright as magazines
Without the shades of sorrow in between
Where we've been and what we've seen
Are we taught or are we teaching
Reaching, seeking, needing, preaching,
Pleading, speeding, screeching to a halt
Cattle guards and power lines
Mark the distance of our times
Like wheels that roll and bells that toll
Of hours and aging wine
Love we gave and love we made
Gone astray and then forgave
Naked as a masquerade
for truth to figure out
Voices shout and voices sing
Words slip out and some stay in
in symphonies that live within the pockets of our soul
Colors of the open sea
Paint the edges of a dream
with crystal blues and deeper hues
Of wind and earth and God's own open road.
lyrics by Tish Hinojosa and one of my favorite songs.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
What Works!
Watched the NBC nightly news earlier tonight
and while most of it was depressing,
this news piece was wonderful to see and hear.
Support the monks and give back to charity at the same time!
A win-win situation.
I plan to buy some coffee in the very near future.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Indigo
Word of the day: Indigo (not sure if this is the right color...hard to tell on the scale and there are not titles)
Numbers of the day: 7/7
Sitting here listening to the wonderful titled song, Indigo by Stephen Duros from his cd Thira. A very appropiate song given my wonderful Reiki massage this afternoon. Thanks to the massage my chakras are aligned and in perfect harmony. Wikipedia states: "the color electric indigo is used to symbolically represent the sixth chakra (called Ajna), which is said to include the third eye. This chakra is believed to be related to intuition and gnosis (spiritual knowlege)."
Usually after my massage, Frances says, "now I see your aura glowing". Next time, I'll have to ask her what color(s). Also read in Wiki that people with Indigo auras are said to be in occupations such as computer analyst, animal caretaker, and counselor. Now, I know why indigo has always been one of my favorite colors.
Because of the lucky 7's given this day, I meant to go out and buy a lottery ticket but forgot to do so. :-( Numerologists love days like today and just came across this, which given the memorial for Michael Jackson is a bit eerie.
Numbers of the day: 7/7
Sitting here listening to the wonderful titled song, Indigo by Stephen Duros from his cd Thira. A very appropiate song given my wonderful Reiki massage this afternoon. Thanks to the massage my chakras are aligned and in perfect harmony. Wikipedia states: "the color electric indigo is used to symbolically represent the sixth chakra (called Ajna), which is said to include the third eye. This chakra is believed to be related to intuition and gnosis (spiritual knowlege)."
Usually after my massage, Frances says, "now I see your aura glowing". Next time, I'll have to ask her what color(s). Also read in Wiki that people with Indigo auras are said to be in occupations such as computer analyst, animal caretaker, and counselor. Now, I know why indigo has always been one of my favorite colors.
Because of the lucky 7's given this day, I meant to go out and buy a lottery ticket but forgot to do so. :-( Numerologists love days like today and just came across this, which given the memorial for Michael Jackson is a bit eerie.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Turtle Island
So it's been a month since my vacation in Turtle Island, aka Santa Fe. Still haven't uploaded all my photos but getting there...almost! The trip seems so long ago instead of just a month ago. Here we are in July and I'm on vacation again but no getaway's this time. Just chilling and hanging around the house as I'm still not done paying the a/c man for his services but I am sooo thankful to have a new a/c. Now, I can really go into hibernation mode with this heat wave we've been having.
The photo is one of my favorites of the many photos I took watching the sunset that night up on the hill at the Elks Lodge in Santa Fe. I think I spent a good hour outside after dinner capturing the beauty that was just breathtaking! I'm ready to go back!
The photo is one of my favorites of the many photos I took watching the sunset that night up on the hill at the Elks Lodge in Santa Fe. I think I spent a good hour outside after dinner capturing the beauty that was just breathtaking! I'm ready to go back!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Another blurry photo but shows rose that brightened up my day. It's been a long hot week as on Tuesday my air conditioner bit the dust. Yep, on our first day of triple digit temps. Still no a/c and now camping out at parents till a new one gets installed and the killer is that internet is only accesible via the old "dial up"! I miss my house already but with temps inside hovering around 90 it's just not livable right now. When I got home Tuesday, poor Chulo was at the door almost passed out from the heat. I was so scared as to what happened and then the heat hit me like a ton of bricks. BTW, 6 months from today is Christmas! Something to look forward too with cooler temps or so I hope. I cannot remember a summer so hot so early as we usually don't see temps like this till the end of July and into August. The other killer is lack of rain. Some rain drops here and there but no substantial rain and water rationiong has already started. Saw this earlier, which made me laugh.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Medina's Chimayó Art
While in Chimayó, I wanted to buy a cross from the gift shop at the Santaurio but I noticed that all the crosses that I was looking at were "made in Mexico". I already have a cross made in Mexico and was getting dismayed when finally the last cross I looked at (near the exit) had a card by the artist indicating "hand crafted and made in Chimayó and even more a card by the artist. Thus, I happily made the purchase. Later in the afternoon, we run into Joan Medina, a very lovely woman selling her creative artwork at the end of the highway near the cemetary and she told us about the friar climbing the hillside. Cheryl and I decided to climb the same hillside and afterwards we stopped back by Joan's stand and I made a purchase of a bracelet. She asked where we were from and wished a safe journey back home and hugged us goodbye. Sadly, after geting back to the car Cheryl and I mentioned that we should've gotten a photo with her but didn't. I knew I had her card and had made a mental note to email her when I got back to Houston. Thus, when we got back to Santa Fe, I was looking at my purchases and looking through the cards I had gotten and then I noticed the same phone number's for both. Cross by Arthur (Lowlow) Medina and bracelet by Joan Medina. Talk about six degrees of seperation, which in a small town like Chimayó may not be as hard but nonetheless, I sure felt the connection between these two individuals.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Off the Beaten Path
Beautiful cemetary that Cheryl and I walked over too off the beaten tourist path while in Chimayo. There was a woman taking care of some flowers at the cemetary and I asked her "about how old is the cemetary" and she replied about 100 years or more". I told her it was beautiful and she smiled and said, "some people don't like cemetaries because dead people scare them but dead people don't scare me...only the living people scare me"! We both chuckled and in a way, I couldn't agree with her more. The local folk were quite friendly and welcoming of tourists and eager to converse and ask where are you from. I would've loved to spend more time here but for sure I hope to come back and stay longer.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Yarrow
While in Santa Fe, Linda graciously offered her apt but warned me of the cats and all the cat hair I would come home with. Well, she was right. I did laundry last night and sure enough the cat hair was all over my clothes. I'm more of a dog person but after seeing her young kitten Yarrow, I could've easily become a new cat lover. He was a rambuctious kitten into everything and chasing his toys all over the place. Of course at night, while we were trying to sleep he wanted to play and he would be whining by the door. In the mornings, I'd wake up and there he was waiting with his paw peeping through the doorway. I fell in love with this kitten and teased Linda that I would sneak him in my suitcase. Sure enough, while I was packing to head home ...there he was trying to get into the suitcase. Believe me, if I could've I would've! ;-) Now that I'm back I miss playing with him. Oh yeah, Chulo wasn't too happy when I got back and he caught a scent of cat! Yes, Chulo you still come first!
Monday, June 08, 2009
Where it all began
Back from trip to Santa Fe to meet up with fellow fanmencas/flickr buds. Plane arrived late last night and by the time I got into bed it was close to 1:30 a.m. :-( More photos and blogs to come but bed is calling my name and will update later. Been smiling all day thinking of trip and the sights and sounds that were experienced. Thanks to Cheryl and Linda for their hospitality...and to Chef Joel! ;-)
Monday, June 01, 2009
Taking Time Out
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