a beautiful night..

I am still high from what could have been one of the greatest nights of my adult life. Last night was my dear friend Bunnys birthday and there was a nice little party for him at a friends house packed full of all my beautiful friends and talented musicians.  Naima and I spent the day writing bunny a birthday song and got to play it for him twice....a friend fortunatly took a video of the first private showing outside...... It just feels so beautiful to make someone so happy that they cry on their birthday....it truly was so beautiful, and I am so blessed to have such a great family of friends around me. 

a beautiful movie....

My dear Cassy reminded me lately of my two favorite movies that i havn't watched in awhile. Before Sunrise and Before sunset. I am lucky to own both and have taken some of my free time lately to fall in love with those two beautiful movies once again.  However recently I have discovered such a beautiful new(well new to me) movie called Once.  It is a low budget Irish film with such a beautiful simplistic story to it. I encourage everyone to watch it, and if you have already seen it....watch it again. I swear it feels better to me the more i watch it. It's such an increadible tale of  friendship really... but love, and obvious attraction. Also the two main characters in it actually did write all the beautiful music in it and truly sang each and every song together. I know have the soundtrack CD and listen to it religiously. It's so beautiful.

i love you project

I found a beautiful little box packed with 4o different post cards that say I love you in 40 different beautifully creative ways. It's essentially my good dead of the day or the week if you will. I sat and made a list of 39 people in my life that i felt needed or deserved a I love you reminder from me. Times are tuff these days, economy is whack, its the end of the winter and people are longing for that sun and clarity and peace again.....and I don't know about you but if i randomly got a postcard in the mail saying i love you......you would be sure to see a big smile on my face for awhile. My first card went to my sweet beautiful friend JJ. i wrote my second one today and am walking it out to the mailbox now....

I'm so excited to bring more love to 40 wonderful people.

my little treehouse of plants and love.

I have officially come to terms that I have a plant shopping/redecorating problem. Today was sunny....I woke this morning and made myself my favorite little egg scramble with tempeh, peppers,garlic,tamari, siracha hot sauce and Avocado, poured a delightful glass of my own little fresh squeezed OJ and nestled into my new little "room" in the corner of my bedroom that I spent last night creating by sectioning off a corner of my room with plants. Yes plants. I found a way to make a room divider essentially with a combination of hanging plants from the ceiling coming down into a wall of tall floor plants.....i covered my new little area with amazing colorful floor pillows and its lovely. I sit there this morning with my scramble and OJ....and I decide my good of the day today was to go save a plant from a store somewhere that wasn't treating it the way it should, instead of heading to my usual Greys plant store where my sweet little gay plant specialist Jeff treats a huge greenhouse full of house plants like his own children. Not today . I went to Home Depot where I found a whole world full of sweet innocent plants on steroids. I'm talking plants that are huge and beautiful.....and hundreds of them. I picked up the first one my eyes ran towards. My most favorite trusty house plant,a chiflera. I looked at the price expecting no less than a $60 price tag on it based on the size of this thing. Instead I read $7.50. Long story short i bought a few....maybe a few to many. A couple of all different kinds. I'm getting a bit off track here but I have to just take a moment to tell you about the nightmare i saw when I went to re pot these poor little guys at home. these things are so root bound its unbelievable...the only way these plants can possibly still be living is from so many plant steroids its unreal. It's terrible. It made me want to go back and save them all. i It will be a major challenge for me to keep these guys alive while slowly weening them off plant stimulator's and steroids.

Okay, back to my point. My new little plant walled cozy corner of my room in incredible with the addition of my new sweet friends. However at the end of this all i went through and counted my house plants in this little tree house of mine.....and much to my surprise the final tally was 47. I have a problem. I've got to get this under control. But at the end of the day here I am nestled into my lovely little corner again with all my sweet plants.always,

the love of JOIE

Oh yah, well I need these......

*you're my thrill huarache wedge. I may not be aable to afford them at this moment....but there is one thing i do know.....and that is these will be mine. By JOIE....(who i have been enjoying a lot lately)

always,

the music that gets me through...

a beautiful song i cant let go of right now....

ot just puts my life and thoughts into words far to beautifully and perfectly

Missy Higgins- where i stood

I dont know what I've done

or if i like what I've begun

but something told me to run

and honey you know me it's all or none

there were sounds in my head

little voices whispering

that i should go and this should end

oh and i found myself listening

cause i don't know who i am, who i am without you

all i know is that i should

and i don't know if i could stand another hand upon you

all i know is i should

cause she will love you more than i could

she who dares to stand where i stood

see i thought love was black and white

or it was wrong or it was right

but you ain't leaving without a fight

and i think i am just as torn inside

cause i don't know who i am who i am without you

all i know is that i should

and i don't know if i could stand another hand upon you

all i know is that i should

cause she will love you more than i could

she who dares to stand where i stood

and i won't ever be far from where you are if you should ever call

you meant more to me that anyone i ever loved at all

but you taught me how to trust myself and so i say to you

this is what i have to do

my heart hurts a bit today......

always,

change

*if you live in the river, always make friends with the crocidille*

I'm away in lake tahoe on a very interesting....and future changing vacation. home is where my heart is.

always,