...and the living is easy...
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| after james's dental surgery |
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| before james's dental surgery |
-thought there were no songs about summer i really like, but that one is a real keeper, tho its melancholy does NOT reflect my summer. because of my age, when thinking of summer songs what jumped to mind was "in the summertime," which was by a guy named mungo jerry (!), & of course eddie cochran's tune, with its infectious hammer but lyrics to which i do not relate.
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| thomas & i in texas |
-this summer mostly has been a staycation at casa di page, tho did take a trip to texas (so many, many pictures to upload!! my phone has been broken for months, i have a perfectly good one waiting to use, why don't i just upload the dang pix??? it's stumping me, the perverse procrastination bug that slugs my gourd, my life in pix stuck in a busted little phone for no good reason...) we got a swamp cooler, i built a backyard covered patio, so the house has been nothing
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| dad at his 1st book signing :) |
but comfy, & the mountain breezes, well, i often writes about them, they is so wonderful. makes it hard to do much, tho!!!
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| my shady patio oasis |
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henri herbert in austin at continental club.
henri looks just like dad when he was 25. |
-yes, it's an easy, lazy, overcast day up here. yesterday i chauffeured mom & dad to dad's first book signing at the museum of african-american art in south LA. the week before, i was in austin for my 24th sober bd at a convention, goofing around at thrift stores, nearly dying on lady bird trail running in the scorching heat, listening to music, eating lotsa good food, then visiting cousin tushi & family in granbury, sleeping, eating, running in a swampy drizzle... the week before that? who knows; don't remember. horror movies on tv, laying around, runs with the dog, reading, i tell ya, it's just been a lazy, lazy summer.
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where i almost died from the heat on
the lady bird trail in austin |
here are some pix i already had uploaded elsewhere & therefore easily can plop down here. i hope soon i'll resume chronicling more often because... my memory's not so good. i will just lose track of my life if i don't put it down here or on social media someplace.
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| me & my friend tjarko in austin |
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| mama & i at dad's book signing |
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| this book is at dollar tree! run out & get one! |
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| rae, eric, thomas, tushi, me at babe's |
-there's lots to do planning for school since i'm gonna have a combination class, but it's in a back cabinet of my mind for now waiting for the home stretch of summer when i'll be forced to devote all attention to it... hope i'll do a not just good, but great job this year at school & be a real asset to the kids and to el tejon... i want to do well for them & to help my dear friend corey: she's gonna be our principal!! we can affect some positive change all together with hard work, heart, dedication. :)
just adulted some, paid all the bills, so now's time to go outside & work in the giant yard some more, which is so much fun... this week's family vacation, so gotta get the pad tidy inside & out for pet sitter,
and that's about it for now.
all that could make it better right now is if i could post the short videos i took of james in the dining room dancing & singing to "sugar blues," then dancing with the dog!! oh well; these pix will do for now til i can figure out the video uploading. :)
