28.4.09

10,000 sheeps

Even the Queen of Just Say No has trouble sleeping. OTC is for the birds, most Rx is too much wake-up. This Goldilocks finds Restoril just right: Pure sleep, no kick. Not every night, but sometimes.

27.4.09

Joy, part 2

Happiness is so easy to come by -- why is it so easy to forget that?

26.4.09

Joy, baby

It's not new, 
but it makes me feel fantastic.

25.4.09

He knows he can

I think I can, I think I can rings a little hollow after 40. No longer inspired by such simple wisdom, I think I can is replaced by who gives a k-rap?

And then there's Maru, a hero for the modern middle age. Unselfconscious about his weight and undeterred by the occasional misstep, he gets the job done with an elan and vivre expressed by few others.

24.4.09

Saddlin' up

Astride at 10, thrown at 12, clinging to Old Paint in the Mendocino sea. Horses can be a dicey prop, no question. But when your feet haven't touched the earth in ages and you can't quite get your head from out your arse, a horsey will zen you right back to present. You've got no choice but to connect.

23.4.09

Sisterhood

My Rwandan sister writes, We thank God for you, sister. Every night my children say your name. You are too old to live alone. My Congolese sister writes, Good news, sister! I bought a goat!

I write, Much love sisters! I had a mani/pedi and loathed my job just a little bit

Level setting, you feel me?

Get yourself a sistah

16.4.09

Chemistry.

You know it when you feel it

even when it's borrowed.

Relish, revel, embrace

because it's true even when

it's nothing else.

15.4.09

A private tour

Always wanted to know that swell guy with great art who'd let you hang at his place in Bel Air?





Portrait by Arnold Mesches


14.4.09

At first sight


Shoe? Who? Choo? You

Why the hell not?


13.4.09

Men in the midst of a table d'hote

Now and forever. Iconic, toe-tapping, enchanting. I know you've dreamt of running around Salzburg in nothing but some old drapes.  Cynical, burnt, done to a crisp? Slip this one in and you'll remember to re-start at the very beginning. (There's a reason the sing-a-long sells out, people!)

12.4.09

Hippity hoppity arf arf arf


Oh why not?  Cute is cute!

A new beginning

Few among us have not wished for a do-over. Usually it's because we want to change them or how they feel about us. Today, make it about you forgiving you. Accept the atonement for yourself. Change the way you feel about what you did or who you were. If there's nothing more to Easter than that, let it be your do-over day.

11.4.09

Love enough for two

Oh my! Because she's beautiful, because they're all beautiful, because they love us so so so much. You haven't lived until you've been loved by a dog. (It's true.) Own one? Give her a hug. Can't own one? Sponsor one through your local shelter or rescue group. Want to know more? bestfriends.org

10.4.09

Good Friday

You don't have to believe it or any part of it. You can think symbolically or scientifically or independently. Or you can think like me: Someone, somewhere, sometime did something I would never do. Son of God or son of man, the act itself has meaning.

9.4.09

Ommmmmmm

Sometimes the things you love just get away from you. Your friends, your art, your body, yourself. It's OK. Eyes up, young person. There's more. Wait for it.

8.4.09

Stainless and cast iron and copper, oh my

For some people, it's Staples. For others, Home Depot.  For me -- it's Surfas.  Pots, pans, spices, cheese, porcini, chocolate, sugar, and sea salt caramels.  On foot in Culver City.  Online, too.

7.4.09

In the moment...always

OMG, LOL I can't believe this is happening!  I want to remember this 4ever. 

Flip a Flip and you can.  15 minutes from you-do to YouTube.  Live it, love it, capture it.  

6.4.09

Spiritual quickies

Sometimes you just want a little support without adopting a lifestyle.  Get to the heart without getting the robes: Point-click-read-ahhhhh.

5.4.09

Tiptoeing through


Spring-a-ding-ding, babies! Everything's coming up straw hats and bowlers!  Or is that just in New York?

4.4.09

Love yourself


Luscious beyond luscious beyond. Your face will feel like it did before you even knew you had a face. All organic, indescribable.

3.4.09

The promise of gorgeous


Not ours, but out there.  Not him, but the promise of him.  If we don't got gorgeous, we got the promise of gorgeous.