money money money money money

 i have some, so i am lucky. why such disparity in this human world? can't look at that, no. and no, i'm not rich in money, not compared to some of james's friends or people i've known or certainly not compared to the wealthy of the world... but wealthy in other ways, yes yes yes, i get to be. ("that man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.")

today i got some real scratch (for me) bc today, finally sold the little trailer! yaaay! the guy who bought it, "cesar millan not the dog whisperer," was sweet, a character, a businessman, sincere-seeming... accompanied by a snowy-headed mexican pastor of noble visage named edgar perez.  before they pulled away, edgar asked if we all could pray, so we bowed our heads & he did so, & they drove off leaving me with a huge (for me) wad of bills & eyes filled with tears.

lately has brought many financial opportunities where i get to be a good person. i couldn't be luckier lately, really. it was a funny idea, to send a champagne cake to texas, so we enjoyed the challenge of preparing & mailing one to cousin tushi for her bd (it is her absolute favorite cake), then got to listen by phone as she opened it, gasped, & yelled "holy sh*t!!" - such a funny & wonderful moment! lllllllllllllllll 

the cat just jumped on the keyboard! i will leave it.

angie & i drove out to ventura for cousin loree's 50th bd & had a huge meal at limon & sal, a gorgeous restaurant housed in a grand old downtown ventura corner bank, owned by loree's gentlemanly, high-rolling  friend carlos. afterward,  thrift shopping w/angie & loree, many nice gifts. last night, a reservation for cousin bebe & her wife callie at the hollywood historic hotel, a grand place where james & i have stayed. they'll be visiting from texas so that young bebe can "show callie cali."

there's all this incubated niceness... then awareness of the inequality of the human world comes swelling up and swallows it all.

 i don't want to write any more, so i'll just post some pix.

i sold it for "obo"! whee!

our beautiful little town. today was fiesta days,  
a street fair this yr due to covid...

very fond memories here for so many. :) omg, pistachio
used to be pistachio cashew!!! where's the time machine?!?