TIME'S A TICKIN'

ACE OF BASE IN A BETTER PLACE

My good buddy Ace the stray cat was put down on Monday. He lost a lot of weight and I planned to take him to the vet on Monday, but his other friend down the street had the same instincts and took him in Monday morning. They indicated cancer was getting the best of him and advised that he be put down. Before I got word of this yesterday, I had a dream in which he visited me looking all healthy and happy. It was nice of him to let me know that he was in a better place. Ahhh... I miss that scruffy guy!

MRS. MEYERS CLEANED UP

We (my mom and sister-in-law) went down to Aneheim to support my sister Sarah do product research at the huge natural products expo (expowest). It was interesting and lots of fun... with even a celebrity sighting or two. The big splash was Daryl Hannah running by me to greet her friend and then another actress that I recognized from the soaps, but I can't remember her name. The best part, though, was hearing Michael Pollan's talk and meeting Mrs. Meyers. She's fantastic: from the midwest, her cleaning products smell wonderful, her marketing is lighthearted and her booth was the best. They served snacks, gave a way totes and poured a mean lime-aid/vodka/basil cocktail.

INTERSECTING MY VIEW

The tree between here and the convenient store that supplies my hot coco fix had a huge swarm of bees hanging of one of its branches. It was dripping bees. Deciding to keep my head up, I noticed the next tree had a small stuffed lion toy stuck in the crux of its branches. A few steps later there was a photo shoot happening in the alley behind the gallery. The subject being some non-Chinese strong dude in a torn T-shirt. Next, the little family of girls who live upstairs playing out front with their three-wheelers and kick ball. A sweet scene that we are able to witness regularly. This morning I stopped by Homegirl Cafe (motto being Jobs Not Jail, gives job training to at risk youth and former gang members) and the conversational man at the next table happen to share a very similar upbringing as my own: growing up on a farm in Iowa. It's all about the intersections.

GOODBYE PIGGY

Did I mention I love working in Chinatown? Here's another reason. Some may wince horribly at this sight, but I am so affected by the fact that you can turn the corner and see the unexpected at any given time. This actually goes for all of LA and what keeps me diggin' our digs... and pigs. Goodbye Year Of The Pig!

DEALING TO DILLON

Matt Dillon stopped by our booth at the ArtLA fair in Santa Monica. He was interested in artist David Rathman. Rock on.

YES WE CAN COME BACK

Hello again. I'm back. Will continue with a new theme of thoughts, memories... and an occassional celebrity. Here's my Super Tuesday post!!!!!! It's a little too cute for my taste (what is up with Johansson?!), but it's an appropriate goodie for today.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.
YES, WE CAN.

CELEB #13: TURTLE CIRCLES MCGRAW

I have started to get distracted on this blog. I do that. I get bored and get scattered until the next thing peeks my interest. So, it is actually fitting that as I am intending to draw this to a close, or morph it into a different sort of journal, I see it as a close to a cirle. An earlier turning point in my life involved a turtle. Yes, a turtle. On my wedding day, we were decorating the hall in rural Iowa and my mom excitededly pulls me away and says, "You have to come see what is blessing your wedding. I was waiting to see what it would be, and it has arrived." And, outside the front door of the hall was a huge snapping turtle in the grass. Hanging out, it was. We were married on mother's day and, in some Native American traditions, turtle's "medicine" is mother earth, among other things. My mom was so pleased, and incorporated its blessing into her reading during the ceremony.

Now, my latest celebrity sighting (and last celeb post?) happened at San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico during the annual winter solstice Turtle Dance ceremony on December 26. Ally McGraw was visitor, like me, to the ceremony. She is best known for her role Love Story with Ryan O'Neall, but here she is on YouTube. The Turtle Dance is very cool, but I won't say much about it because I love the fact that you can't find a ton of information about these traditional ceremonies and I won't pretend to be an authority on the subject. Simply though, the ceremony defines the end of one year and the beginning of another. I highly recommend the experience. I appreciated that there was nothing commercial about it: nothing was sold, no vendors in sight, no billboards, no plastic banners. Ahhhhh.

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that list of jobs of mine just got me all wigged out

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1927-2007

Charles Francis Spain

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