Chance = Change

.....because it feels like Christmas in The Islands! Once, when I was down in Florida visiting my Aunt Evalyn and Uncle Ed at their retirement condo community, I went to a series of flea markets with them, and at one of the markets, I found and bought (for my then lover Chris, the British scientist) an LP entitled A Reggae Christmas, and it had all sorts of fabulous artists on it, like the Marleys,etc...and on the front was a cartoonish drawing of island folk singing and dancing under palm trees decorated with Christmas tinsel! No one had a coat or shoes on and it looked, as it was meant to, silly and incongruous....the music on the LP, by the way, was fabulously good! We not only got a kick out of it, we enjoyed listening to it.

That being said: it is nearly 60 degrees outside and humid, because it looks like rain will pour from a grey glowering sky at any moment....shouldn't it be threatening snow instead of warmish rain? And shouldn't I have to bundle up to go to the Abrams Office (to re-sign contracts) instead of sweating under the thin coat I feel I have to wear as a nod to the Season? Is global warming finally catching up with us?

In any event, Paul, Steve, Peter and I had a nice couple of days Upstate this past weekend, and since Sally and Cyrano were with us they got a good running workout in the side meadow! Peter and I adore to see these little pups run like the wind over the acres, with their little ears flying behind them and their feet barely touching the ground! They look like they're flying! And there is such joy in their faces....Peter and i got to do some much-needed Christmas shopping and even Paul and I had some time together shopping for materials for the Jewel Tree we're making for our living room....instead of a Christmas tree, Peter suggested we try a Jewel Tree of Tibet, with photos of our various mentors floating around it and sitting in its branches...I have had a good time finding various forms of "jewels" to decorate it with, and i love the idea of giving the tree meaning, along with making it a bright and glittery thing to enjoy. I will keep you updated as to its progress...right now I have to run to Abrams and re-sign my commercial contracts! More soon in this blog...now that school is out, I have time to really write!

Oh: HAPPY CHANUKAH!!!!!

Labels: Holidays and Slings and Arrows