Michael Franti and Spearhead : Hello Bonjour

I spent my birthday at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California. Michael Franti was the headliner on Sunday. This is one of the great songs he sang, one of my favorites.

Kingdom Come with a Sprinkle of Miracles Please

Well it's been one helluva three weeks. I'm fairly exhausted and as soon as I'm done posting on this blog I've got get up and get going with my day. My sweetheart just left for work and we had some early morning fun together before he did. That was nice and I needed the connection. My eldest grand baby is out sleeping in my parlor. She's been with me since Saturday night which is when she and her mommy came over for my birthday party. Close to twenty women and three men came to play with me and what a lovely mixture they were. I really enjoyed myself and finally got to bed around 2:30. On Sunday morning six of us shared brunch and I made an exceptional quiche, my first. Later, my son and his girlfriend showed up for a little visit before we all headed off for a voice and piano recital and reception. Our friend's daughter just graduated high school and is heading off to NYU after a two week vacation in Mexico. She is a talented young woman and I'm looking forward to seeing her on Broadway. What a life we live!

Yesterday I ran around all day trying to take care of various things including finding an assisted care home for my mom--yes, after only one month I have to move her and please, don't get me started. You'll probably hear more on this later.

I also had an appointment with an attorney as I needed a little advice about how to proceed with the insurance companies regarding my car accident. I'll see what offers I get today and then decide whether it's in my best interest to turn my case over to him or not. For one thing, my car has been totaled and we now need to get on the ball and buy a new one. Not to mention the expenses of the rental car, chiropractor, massages, etc...as well as the hassle of it all...they call it pain and suffering and now I have to attach a monetary amount to that.

The motor home we bought is still at the mechanic. We were suppose to pick it up yesterday so we can head off on our maiden voyage but I didn't have one moment extra to deal with that. After I saw clients in the evening I realized all the chores I had neglected but I opted to take my granddaughter out for a gelato and then back home to watch Weeds at 10:00 and call it a day.

Tonight we have Dyad Communication at my house so I need to spend some time cleaning before running all over Kingdom Come again.

I have some intense emotional stuff going on right now and I'm praying for a couple/few miracles. Please God...

Jenny Block: Author of Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage

Sweetie

Sweetie died today. She's my best friend's grandma and she lived a long life. She was 97 years old! Ah, Sweetie, I'm glad you were here and I'm glad you found your time to move on. You lived a long life and gave it your best shot. I'm glad you had Ren in your life. And I'm glad she had you. Thanks for being her Sweetie.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

This video is so cute I just had to post it. My friend D. is a couch surfer. She turned me on to couch surfing and this video. D. is this incredible couch surfing host. I haven't really done anything with my knowledge of couch surfing yet except meet many of the lovely folks who end up sleeping on D.'s "couch". If you don't know what a couch surfer is, you can go here to find out. The guy Matt, in the video is a couch surfer. Watch it and smile.

In a nutshell, Couch Surfing is a community of individuals that open their homes and hearts to travelers from around the world. Couch Surfing is a network that connects strangers, who are really just friends that haven't met each other yet. The host couch surfer, invites the traveling couch surfer, into their home for whatever period of time is negotiated. This could be one night or one month. It seems that more often than not, my friend D. is hosting one or more interesting characters on her "couch", which is usually her extra bedroom. But believe me, I've been there when both extra bedrooms and her couch are full along with a tent someone has pitched in the backyard.

Here's a link to a New York Times article about couch surfing. The second picture is of my friend with the red couch he traveled around the world with.

Sometimes I like to call them couch potatoes as a tease.

Twinkling Coochie

I was with a friend the other day who was telling me about her 5 year old granddaughter's sexual precociousness. Her granddaughter and her best friend both really like the same boy. They have a picture of him which they ripped in half so they can both carry part of him around with them. With a big smile she grabbed herself between the legs and excitedly told her grandma, "When I see him it makes my coochie twinkle!"

Summer 69

No, not the summer of 69. Just summer 69. The summer solstice arrived on June 20 at 4:59 p.m. this year, officially ushering in summertime and the astrological sign of cancer. Yes, I am a crab. On Saturday in the early a.m. I gathered with 28 women in Butte Creek Canyon for Wheel Of The Year celebration. We chanted and visualized and did those things that women do at these types of celebrations. We were honoring Litha, The Summer Solstice as well as each other and ourselves. During the visualization we met with our male selves and received gifts from them. Mine gave me a gift which he placed in my womb. It was warm and fiery, the gift of passion and orgasm. Then we walked to the creek and sent wishes for the planet off in little boats we made, making their journey to the ocean. Each woman stated her personal gift to the world and then made her wish and released her boat.

My gift to the world is being an advocate and guide to help facilitate better communication, specifically truth-telling. Both the truth of the moment and the absolute truth.

My wish for the world is for everyone to separate from themselves that which separates them from others.

Below comes from this website here:

LITHA: SUMMER SOLSTICE - 21st JUNE

At the Summer Solstice the sun is at its highest and brightest and the day is at its longest.

The Summer Solstice is a time of fulfillment of love and sexual maturity.

Although the days begin to grow shorter after the Summer Solstice, the time of greatest abundance is still to come. The promises of the Goddess and God are still to be fulfilled.

This is a time of beauty, love, strength, energy, rejoicing in the warmth of the sun, and the promise of the fruitfulness to come. It seems a carefree time, yet in the knowledge of life, is the knowledge of death...At this time of year, our physical energy is generally at its peak, and we are active and strong.

Happy birthday sweet sister.

Stone Henge--Summer Solstice--2008