summertime

...and the living is easy...

after james's dental surgery

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.

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

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!!!

my shady patio oasis

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.

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.

me & my friend tjarko in austin 

mama & i at dad's book signing

this book is at dollar tree! run out & get one!

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.