i'm worried about the blossoms on the apricot tree. when i drove daniel home from the airport, there were trees there (not apricots) whose blossoms were all over the ground and the cars.
"I Am My Own Wife," playing at the San Jose Stage Company through Sunday, was wonderful. Very good to see it again, in a much more intimate setting (5 rows deep) than i had in San Francisco with Linda. the story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived in Germany, collecting furniture, artifacts, an entire bar was in her basement, despite being born Lothar and living as a transvestite. a one man (one woman) show with the actor doing the voices of every character. amazing. powerful. everyone in San Jose who can, should go see it. good company at the leisurely early dinner that followed at Il Fornaio. polenta. beet and arugula salad. yum. i remember one high holy days, when the synagogue paid for staff to stay overnight at the hotel, Linda had food delivered waiting for me to get back from services. it included the beet salad. my favorite.
lots of laundry done over the weekend. not a lot else. sometimes it still feels like a fog.
we got two (possibly 3) new people in monday group. nice. they both lost their spouses much more recently but i don't think we scared them off. we are good people. they need us.
it was dark outside when i looked. i can't tell if it is raining. yesterday christine and i took advantage of a brief break in the drops to go walking. it always feels so good to be out there. we really have picked up the pace. we are both accustomed to walking with people whose legs are much longer than ours!
as we were preparing to walk yesterday, adam called from dc. he was walking to yoga and it was 22 degrees and snowing. so we in california should just be quiet with our weather mewling. doncha think?
i need to leave treats for the cat today. i have a night meeting starting at 7:30 pm and it's not worth it to come home to feed him so i'll be back closer to 9:30 pm. maybe i can sneak home during the day? or do i need to remember that he is "just a cat" even tho he is so much more, and if i leave food and water available, he will be fine til i get home. really.
yesterday morning ketzl woke me up when he brought a twist-tie on to the bed. that is one of his favorite toys. he drops it, catches it in his mouth. tosses it with a paw. leaps after it. drops it on the floor. retrieves it. brings it back up. quite a sight. i only wish it has been a bit later. last night he was out and got a bit rained on. so i brought him in, toweled him off and then used the hairdryer. it is a very old loud one, but he's deaf so he doesn't run from it like many cats do. for him, it's all about the warmth. good cat.
in addition to the lavender oil i'm using on the burn on my arm (which is almost healed a week later), now i'm using tea tree oil. with one dose (!) it cleared up a canker sore in my mouth, as promised. now i'm trying it on the itchy patches on the other arm. we'll see. the strength of homeopathy. i'm willing to see if it makes a difference.
if it is raining and we're not going to walk, i'm up early enough that i could actually vacuum this morning. that had been on the agenda for the weekend. it is still a struggle sometimes to get things completely done.
