right now it's the Barbra Streisand retrospective on the Kennedy Center Honors...very nicely done.
today my car is registered for the coming year, late. another piece that got lost. new motto: bill comes in, pay it now. on the way home i drove next to a subaru wrx, electric blue with the ridiculous tall spoiler on the back. nice color. i'd love to have that. barring blue, maybe 2009 is the year that my silver forester gets flames, purple and black.
this is the car that Linda helped choose for me. it fits me perfectly. i had been driving a tan chevy blazer in 1999. it was too big, got lousy mileage and was getting older. so i sat in a subaru. one thing i still like about it are the windows all around, like an old-time station wagon. it feels safer, being able to see without a blind spot. not sure i could transition to a sedan. i still don't have many miles because all of our long-distance trips were in Linda's Hyundai...more comfy and a joy to drive. it handles so well on the freeway. so wherever i go, driving, i'm surrounded by Linda.
tonight more demonstrations in SF. it's always so difficult and yet so clear: if Hamas stops firing rockets, Israel will have no cause to retaliate. two people i know are on their way to Israel, i think. we'll keep them in our thoughts.
moving forward regarding garden revitalization. it will be a long process but worth it. met a new horticulturist this morning. good impression. i think it's going to work out well.
so tomorrow is the last day of 2008. it has been a difficult year for many of us who had Linda in our lives. we have made it through a lot of "firsts" already, and there are more to come between now and April. i bought myself an early birthday present, a print of a purple butterfly from Heron Dance. i know there are no walls on which to put it, but i'll find a place, probably in the bedroom.
tomorrow night will be the traditional party with nursery school parents, and then over to Jeff and Razmik's for their bash, complete with the upside-down Christmas tree full of fabulous ornaments, and delicious desserts.
so, with high hopes for the coming year. it's got to get better. wonder where i can watch Obama's inauguration. planning for the future. one foot in front of the other. that's the journey.
