Food, Glorious food…
I absolutely adore food. Food does not adore me. Actually nutritious food does adore me, junk food…well… I have problems with portion control. Food has no problems with control. I gravitate towards...
View ArticleCounting…
My days at work are numbered? My days at work are numbered. That statement no longer is the question I often turned it into when the thought of leaving this place first surfaced. Fueled by the unknown...
View ArticleBeen a long time…
It’s been a long time since my words made their way onto a page. Transitions continue to subtly move within mi alma and guide me towards the shifts needed to move from a mind-numbing rut into a forward...
View ArticleIt’s been a long time…Part 2
It’s been a long time… Since I swam endless laps in a deep-water pool. Feeling the cool water massage my muscles as I swim backstroke, breaststroke and struggled through a front crawl. Gliding,...
View ArticleTaking a leave of absence…
The church I attend is going through a transition of the most unnerving kind. Transition= looking for a new priest to take over the helm. Our Rector of 25+ years retired. The process involves the...
View ArticleMy Cousin is hurting…
Sacramento-driving home to NYC My cousin is hurting and I feel so helpless He needs a kidney because the two he has are bad, bad and bad There are no kidneys available for him He is on dialysis 4-6...
View ArticleComo aqua para chocolate…mom, yes my mom, and her cooking
Como Aqua Para Chocolate was on cable recently and I watched the entire movie for like the 50th time. This movie is rich with symbolisms that extend beyond Mexican history but its central focus lies...
View ArticleMi primo is no longer hurting…
My cousin Zarak Mohandas Delattibodier has kidney disease and received dialysis two to three times a week. He needs a kidney. A donor was identified and during the beginning stages of gathering donor...
View ArticleGus…
Yesterday, I saved a dog on a Saturday morning in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He was running across a busy street known as Prospect Park West, adjacent to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I was on my...
View ArticleMi Tia Peggy or Nicknames and the Mulberry Tree
I miss my cousin. Echar de menos mí primo. I miss my aunt who is his mother. Echar de menos mí Tía Peggy la madre de mí primo. A tattoo drawing is now ready to be inked into my skin. Yes, another, and...
View Article2016 or Starting in a New Direction…Come what may
“Po: Maybe I should just quit and go back to making noodles.” Thought this New Year would be like any other New Year’s spent in the past: bed by 10pm New Year’s Eve and waking up to the same old same...
View ArticleMuchness
More words… Soon to come. For a bit of a spell, I lost my muchness. But… IT’S BACK!!!!
View ArticleThere but for the grace of God…
On a Wednesday in March, mi perro, my mini schnauzer, my mulberry doggy ware model, my Pi Patel, my fur baby underwent an ultra sound due to blood work which revealed high liver enzymes and...
View ArticleIf I Could Start Over Again…
If I could start over again… I’d go to Honduras and never come back I’d go to Jamaica and never come back I’d go to Cuba and never come back I’d go to Canada and never come back I’d go to England and...
View ArticleHomegoing or saying Goodbye to a neighbour…
Recently, I wrote on my FB page about the passing of a neighbour : “Another neighbour passed on…three deaths this month on the block, in ‘MY ‘HOOD’ . She arrived on this block in 1958 , way before it...
View ArticleMean Girls pt2…
I returned to General Practice Veterinary Medicine after four months of working 12-14 overnight shifts in Veterinary Emergency care. Time spent in ER was incredible in terms of experience gained and...
View ArticleToo Blessed…To Be Stressed…
Walking the fur babies this morning led to a wonderful quote from a woman I greeted with, “How are you?” “Too blessed to be stressed”, she replied and smiled a smile that competed with the brilliance...
View Article100% me…or Nothing better to do on a day off.
60% Me: No hair straightener No botox, silicone, tucks or lifts Cutting MY own hair Natural feet and hands- no polish Natural tan No umbrella needed-rain caresses my skin No stress once the body hits...
View Article“I want a golden goose and I want it NOW!”
Wrote this in 2012 but hey…Still want a golden goose!! Anelemc's Blog I want a one-bedroom apartment with a fireplace, indoor parking garage, a pool and a backyard. I want to live in a neighbourhood...
View ArticleCurses and Blessings or Running around in Purgatory since Training is one...
Wowza, what a can opener of a title! But… Titles ain’t nothing but a bunch of words struggling to rise to importance above the mediocre of other titles with a bunch of words struggling… Okay. I stop....
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