For Solstice I was with friends from LA.  I don't know about long days, but the nights have been feeling pretty short. 

Penelope Trunk says you should live where you have family and friends.  I have friends in LA.  Family in San Francisco and New Jersey.

One thing new this past year for me is Stephen Elliot..  I barely go to theRumpus,net, but I read many of his emails.  Today's What is Art was especially good.  I finished one of his books and have started a second.  He knows Cheryl Strayed whose book I haven't read but her advice column was the one thing on the Rumpus I did read and how I found him.  In my world he and Bob would collaborate, each helping the other.

There is a job at the city that would be good for me, but they have tapped someone else.  I should still submit my application, but I might not.  Is there another seed  I can ripen?  Some old to dust off?  Something new to discover?

I stayed in on Flag Day and watched Mad Men even though I would have liked to see the Nutmeggers do bluegrass versions of rap songs. 

Right now I'm hearing Song of the Soul, one of my all time favorites.

B day

There is an internet meme that has one look up the number one pop song the week you were born and then post it.  I've been kind of embarrassed that mine is "It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To."  It is not uncommon for me to cry on by birthday though.  There is something about the celebrations that makes me sad.



I have plenty to be grateful for of course.  My kids keep veering back and forth between disaster and awesomeness--either way they are both pretty grown up and responsible for their own success or failure.  My parents are old now but managing fine.  Being someone's mother, wife, or daughter isn't really enough anymore.  I have to be my own someone.  I'm giving myself one more trip around the sun before I evaluate.  I don't have a strategic plan for how to use the next 12 months.  Maybe I'll do a tarot card for each.  Today was  Four of Stones   My interpretation book talks about thunder, about knowing and conquering fear and finding my source of strength.