Been awhile....

Thought I might share this email update... It was great talking to you the other day.  Since  then, my part time, to help out, caterer boss, wrecked two cars, got a whopping citation, and upon picking him up around 4 am and driving him home I then totaled my Expedition.  (I guess I dozed off 1 block from the house and ran smack into the only 1972 RV parked on the street that hasn't moved in 10 years).  No injuries here, but no car either.  Insurance will decide the outcome this week.  In the meanitme, I worked 9 unexpected hours at a County Farm Tour serving up 200 4 oz. cups of gazpacho and agua fresca under a canopy in the hot sun  Whew!  It was held at a local nursery so the humitidy was higher than anywhere else.   And we're not humid! Finally got home today after taking the boss home, unloading and driving those awful 24 miles down the hill to Jamestown - only to pass that poor RV with the broken sewage container which I pushed 5 feet forward. Xanax was defnitely in order along with a sort of wet double Stoli martini.  It's 11 now and I'm finallly calm....however. Stoli, my border collie is shedding and the entire house has her fur everywhere  Ugh! And Dad did my laundry, again, without askng so now I have a pile of clothes to put away too..  It's a good thing I'm disabled.  really.

S*hit happens

Yep, it sure does. For over a week now I've been dealing with what the Doctor's call "Cellulitis". Although, as far as I can tell, doesn't resemble it at all. My left ankleis swolllen and red and a bit painful. I really hate taking all the harse antibiotics. They must be killing me. I mean,already we have resistance to antibiotics in MRSA. That has been going on for years. But in the meantime, I'll stumbe along.

The Phone Rings both Ways

Have you ever had a situation where you really didn't want to deal with someone, so you just don't call and then they call you and say, I haven't heard from you.

Well I have.

All I can say is that the phone rings both ways!

Quote of the Day

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved" -- Georges Sand

A Return from Paradise

Why is it that everytime I return from a weekend in San Francisco I feel so empty. Well, I guess that's a pretty rethorical question, now that I think about it. But really! I drive down there, I see a number of old friends, which I did do this time and I come back to Tuolumne County feeling completely empty.

I know my time up here is “God’s Country” is limited. I also know I’m a time bomb waiting to explode, which is not good. And, I also know that it is very difficult to get me motivated to do things. Yes, it’s true. I would rather lay on my bed, nappping than cleaning out Dad’s closet. Although, I guess anyone would rather do that. I guess it’s just that I know a number of things I could do now to make later, or whenever easier. It’s just that I don’t.

I suppose I should make a list of everything that needs to be done and just work down it. Period. End of story, but that seems so easy. I think I would much rather procrastinate and put it off until the very last minute. My nature?

Yeah, I guess it my nature, but it might be human nature too. I can only hope so and thereby redeem myself of being quite so odd.

I don’t know. I need to figure this one out though.

Do you believe?

Well, it seems that today is Easter Sunday.

What seems fascinating to me is that children actually believe in the Easter Bunny and Christians actually believe Christ arose from the dead...that may be a bold statement for many people believe in many fantasies.

Now I feel, and have always felt for the most part, that without organized religion our world, or country, would be chaos. Religion has it's part in creating a right and wrong, what is good and what is bad or a black and white and even a gray or grey. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Many people in this world need some sort of "belief" or "guidelines" in their lives. But aren't we overdoing it just a little? Or is it by some galactic positioning that this year's Easter Sunday is a "super duper holy day!"

I say that in the trail of USA Today's article, "How Easter and Christianity undermine Atheism". USA Today went on to say, "Because aside from all the logical arguments for God's existence and all the miracles and all the truths contained in Scripture, one simple fact remains: 2,000 years ago, on that first quiet Easter Sunday morning, Christ did rise". Now mind you this article was an opinion piece, yet not labeled as such. So I would take this as actual reporting of the news. This writer has made two assumptions; that Scripture is the Holy word of God and that there was a resurrection of Christ. I suppose being an American, we are all to believe this to be fact.

In another article, the writer spoke of the Second Coming of Christ being seen on Twitter and other forms of social networking. I personally think this is a wee bit far fetched but the "Holy Bible" says, "...every eye shall see him" and I guess, if an eye is reading their tweets, then it will be interrupted with coverage of the 2nd Coming. How terrific that is. We probably won't even have to wait until the middle of the night to see it, like we will next week for the Royal Wedding. I bet it will be simultaneously broadcast in whatever time zone one lives in.

Call me cynical but I do believe we all have a higher power - it just may be called something different but I also believe tolerance is more needed in this world today, even on my part, than Easter Bunnies or re-enactments of the crucifixion being headlines as Prime Time events.

Just a thought from someone who thinks as eternity is the time between now and bedtime.

So I did something different today

Yes, it's true. I actually took some pictures of the yard and made a little video. All with my iPhone 3 and iPhoto editor. Amazing thoses Apple products are, Yes sir.