TUESDAY TUNES : I finally finished Season 6 of This Is Us. You know the show where every episode elicits leaky eyes from this viewer.
Maybe these lines are about any relationship...
" This is quite sad, isn't it? The end "
"Oh I don't know. The way I see it, if something makes you sad when it ends,
it must have been pretty wonderful when it was happening."
Well, this was the tune that won't stop haunting my brain this week. It is Billy Joel's AND SO IT GOES ... take a listen...
COVID took away the spontaneity of get-togethers So if this past couple of weeks is a reflection of makeup time, I am in full swing.
Sunday morning we headed to architect Fay Jones' Mildred Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista and what a bella vista it was-
We returned to Rogers for a wonderful family-style brunch at Mirabella's Table.
Satisfechas we drove back to the Little Rock with a garden center stop, of course.
Dinner was home smorgesborg buffet or was it the Bleu Monkey that night?
There's one stop that is a must for any of my household guests and the Happy Bookers were no exception. Actually it is thanks to President Bill Clinton who ensured Central High School become a National Historic site under the auspices of the U.S Park system. It is the only school to have this status.
A special treat is also having a former Central student now a U.S. Park Ranger give the initial introduction to Little Rock Cental High and its message of inequality of public education during Brown vs Brown Public Schools in 1954. Then Governor Faubus called in the National Guard to help de escalate a very volatile situation when nine brave black high students sought an equal education in their own neighborhood.
Note below the poster of the Central Nine who braved the injustice for an equal opportunity for education.
An 8 year old surrounded by friends and family, teachers, doctors and fellow patients with brain injuries share A Million Dreams on Britain's Got Talent... May our world always be fille with dreamers .
Lee Habeeb remembering Arnold Palmer with a couple stories and a song.
Dedicated also to GOLFERBOY, the first guy who stole my heart when I first started dating in 2001...
TBT:One of my favorite sibling birthday celebrations at the Chinese Buffet no less.
My parents always were special in their card and gift giving... we still laugh about this one . When one's Dad is in the sperm banking business we kids always wondered who our parents really were!
Forecasted clouds and rain must have chased away the 500K supposed eclipse out-of-town guests to Arkansas. Restaurants had geared up for all that business but with a no-show, they used social media to notify their patrons they had cooked for the masses to please come patronize their businesses.
Even Sunday the streets were eerily deserted. Would we really get a glimpse of an eclipse? The 80 degree day was intense heat but when that moon blocked thsun it was incredible how quickly the temp dropped.
WOW now an eclipse is a lot more impressive than one might imagine.
TUESDAY TUNES is an oldie but a goodie filled with one of my favorite things... SOUL CONTROL here we go... CHO- CO-LA-TE
My soul was reenergized after spending Friday and Saturday with people of all ages at a lovely bat mitzvah...
Do you ever pine for more time and energy? Due to all these projects, I missed an apparently great Soul Construction class yesterday but am fortunate a friend posted one of the handouts. I think we all can benefit from this outlook regarding age... I can, can you?
"What does it feel like to be old?
The other day, a young person asked me: - What did it feel like to be old?
I was very surprised by the question, since I did not consider myself old. When he saw my reaction, he was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question. And after reflection, I concluded that getting old is a gift.
Sometimes I am surprised at the person who lives in my mirror. But I don't worry about those things for long. I wouldn't trade everything I have for a few less gray hairs and a flat stomach. I don't scold myself for not making the bed, or for eating a few extra "little· things." I am within my rights to be a little messy, to be extravagant, and to spend hours staring at my flowers.
I have seen some dear friends leave this world, before they had enjoyed the freedom that comes with growing old.
Who cares if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 in the morning and then sleep until who knows what time?
I will dance with me to the rhythm of the 50's and 60's. And if later I want to cry for some lost love .. .l will!
I'll walk down the beach in a swimsuit that stretches over my plump body and dive into the waves letting myself go, despite the pitying looks of the bikini-wearers. They'll get old too, if they're lucky ...
It is true that through the years my heart has ached for the loss of a loved one, for the pain of a child, or for seeing a pet die. But it is suffering that gives us strength and makes us grow. An unbroken heart is sterile and will never know the happiness of being imperfect.
I am proud to have lived long enough for my hair to turn gray and to retain the smile of my youth, before the deep furrows appeared on my face. Now, to answer the question honestly, I can say: -1 like being old, because old age makes me wiser, freer!
I know I'm not going to live forever, but while I'm here, I'm going to live by my own laws, those of my heart.
I'm not going to regret what wasn't, nor worry about what will be.
The time that remains, I will simply love life as I did until today, the rest I leave to God. "
Lunyta - in Oldsmar, Florida
FOTO FRIDAY Since the watering issue of feeding off the house has been corrected and hooked up with the rest of the sprinkler system station soil and mulch were delivered a week ago. In went the azaleas in one bed and in this bed where only a dead camilia had been now there's a dogwood sapling from my family home and blue hydrangeas.
Neighborhood kids helped me gather stone from all the digging.
and here's how it looks today...
TBT: These were posts I posted on this day from 2016 AND you want to bring the guy back?
My latest drama series binging called Kaleidoscope inspired this Midweek Musing which truly demarcates the void of a partner to share talking about a show you are watching. You know sometimes a not so great movie/book gives you a lot more to talk about than if you both really liked it. I thought it was entertaining.
Kaleidoscope is a nonlinear heist story with a revenge plan that is eventually explained with 7 Billion dollars at stake which btw mirrors a real-life 70 billion Manhattan brokerage firm heist with a Stage 4 hurricane aiding the thieves' plans. 8 color-coded episodes are shown in a different order to different viewers. How do they do that?
I personally liked the cast with: Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, Jai Courtney, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall and Niousha Noor, even if some of the schemes were a bit hokey/ more super power'ish techie style with intricate burglar master plans. I enjoyed being challenged to follow the plot and subplots.
You know me and lines so one poignant touching moment with the adult daughter and father reenacting one of those parent-child affirmation lessons saying "show me where you are brave followed by pointing to their head and delivering the next line " show me where you are strong "and putting their hand on their heart. AW. Even if we don't take away anything else, that might be enough for me.
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Boy were you all anxious to hear about the perfect man yesterday! Just as there's no perfect woman this clip of an old Buddy Holly song came across my feed by Blackwater Draw. I think you'll like it too as sometimes we all have a little rain in our hearts.
LYRICS;
What a weekend playing in the dirt... besides the greenhouse and my own yardwork I binge-watched all the reality shows I have missed: the Golden Bachelor, The Bachelor (Joey), and The Farmer Wants a Wife. Not exactly Love at First Sight. Easy on the judgment as there are some definite winner lines.
My favorite line this weekend: "If I can love the wrong man this much, imagine how much I can love the right one." Ooh.
And then shortly thereafter he served me a wonderful chicken mole... I think I'm in love.
Watch my perfect man at work. He works at El Portón and loves Mexican music. Here's the video but remember girls I saw him first.
