tUESDAY tUNES today has special significance as we all need to exercise our right to vote, turning out in unforeseen numbers. We need to show the future generation that complacency is not in anybody's interest.
With today being an important day to cast your vote if you haven't! listen to the advice of this14-year-old ,
MONDAY MUSINGS: My daughter-in-law gave me a very lovely gift during my visit this past weekend as she let me help harvest the fruits of her labor and she has quite a green thumb.
It has been no easy feat fending off critters from destroying her efforts. Whether it's insects/ bigger vermin... California squirrels are very bold. I think the presence of a hawk has helped curtail their palate a bit.
Tomatoes in abundance-
Early Girls that were late girls...
sweeeeeet... sunny gold
Chili peppers are still flowering,
and the persimmons which weigh down their branches ...
Aren't they all so beautiful?
My Buddy Sue, z"l and didn't have to wait for a holiday to be mischievous ...
October 29, 2016 La Crosse, WI Sue joined me and our Pumpkin friend at Java Vino this morning for Customer Appreciation Day.
We sure laughed a lot... but also took our politics very seriously. I sure miss this comrade in arms...
MIDWEEK MUSINGS are about being in a boisterous, full auditorium where I only knew 2 people. One was a Master Gardener friend who was ushering, and my friend Mary Ann, who invited me as her guest to attend Carisa Hendrix's Lucy Darling Show. All I knew going to this performance was that we would be seeing magic. Mary Ann has seen Ms Hendrix perform at a couple of her magic conventions, and Mary Ann ran into members of her Little Rock Magicians' Club.
1987 Canadian-born Carisa Hendrix, with a following of over 4 million, is a sharp-tongued comedian, magician, and fire eater, selling out everywhere. (Everywhere, except Little Rock. I recently saw free ticket offers with purchases.) But, it was a full theater, and the beer lines were ginormous. The crowd's dress ranged from jeans and sweats to all outlandish types of outfits, not just cuz it's Halloween week either with more skin showing than I even see at water aerobics.
Hendrix's best known as ' Lucy,' a 1940's socialite donning glittery evening gowns and wielding a martini, using vaudeville, crowdwork and magic with this adoring fan base.
Hendrix identifies as gay, non-binary, and a drag queen and attributes her Lucy character to Eartha Kitt, Mae West, and Dorothy Parker.
I might have been a fish outta water, but I joined in on the sing-alongs and laughter. There were definitely innuendoes that went over my head, but it was an enjoyable evening of schtick. The crowd loved her even if her magic has taken more of a back seat. We were bewitched by her impressive sleight of hand.
For tour dates, check: carisahendrix.com
tUESDAY tUNES Hold On by the Sounds of Blackness encompasses what Natureman would constantly say, "Everything is Political. " VOTE. Help get out the vote. You don't have to wait until the 3rd of November, vote early.
Here's the entire song:
I made my own self-portrait:
