Vacillating about what to do. Just published Split Rock/Cracked Cave. Should I begin a new project immediately? No, I decided, after many days of feeling guilty about lying on the couch flicking channels on the television. Rest, I said to myself. Your muse will tell you when you're ready.
Listening to (eavesdropping on) my 4-year old great granddaughter, Khier, as she prayed to her Elegba -- "I need patience," she said, "because if I don't get my way, I don't like that." And I thought, what would happen to the world if everyone prayed so honestly?
Walking to the post office and passed a lilac tree in full bloom. The aroma was so pretty, I near 'bout swooned.
Moving into a new place is like solving a puzzle. You put furniture into rooms, maybe because of prearranged suggestions (dining room, living room, small room off to the side, etc.). But you are not yet familiar with how the house sits, how the rooms work. Like beginning a new job. You can't really know that job until you've worked it for a year. Well, lately I've been feeling some kind of way, and couldn't solve it. But this morning I'm thinking, "what if?" and instinctively began rearranging rooms, moving energy into its proper place, because the house has to work for me, not the other way round. After two days of chaos and gentle settling, I glance at a pile of paper uncovered during the rearrangement, and find my new project. I'm invigorated.
Thinking about my mother, Christine Shefton Richardson. One time she said to me, "Cathy, you are in love with love."
Singing along with Chaka Khan -- it fits, but you can't make it work. . .
Praying like Khier -- I need patience.
Patience:
- the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay.
- quiet, steady perseverance, even-tempered care, diligence: to work with patience.
African American Proverb:
Take it easy greasy, you gotta long way to slide.
Yoruba Divination Poetry:
You should be like a person licking honey; slow down.
Watching the Military Channel: "People helped the outlaws in many ways -- food, shelter. . keeping their mouth shut." From Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist
Walking in my new Frankenstein shoes. Sexy has a new definition -- comfort, and patience!
Saturday, sunshine. Cooking for Egun, appeasing them, loving them, standing strong on their shoulders. Menu: Cinnamon yeast rolls with lots of melted butter; Beef shank/bone-in with roasted carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, onions and green pepper; greens; black coffee with lots of sugar; rum, red and white wine, cigars.
Watching the Pirates on TV reminds me of how me and my dad cheered for Roberto Clemente. Good memory. My dad, "Come on, Clemente, we need a homerun!" We ate boiled red smashed potatoes with melted Oleo, watched the game on the big TV with the HiFi on the side.
Working on another essay titled Intermittent Yelling of Tires, based on the novel, The Beans of Egypt Maine. Another uncovered gem because of the rearrangement.
Coming back from the post office and passed honeysuckle in full bloom. I near 'bout swooned.
Saturday, sunshine. Cooking for Egun, appeasing them, loving them, standing strong on their shoulders. Menu: Cinnamon yeast rolls with lots of melted butter; Beef shank/bone-in with roasted carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, onions and green pepper; greens; black coffee with lots of sugar; rum, red and white wine, cigars.
Watching the Pirates on TV reminds me of how me and my dad cheered for Roberto Clemente. Good memory. My dad, "Come on, Clemente, we need a homerun!" We ate boiled red smashed potatoes with melted Oleo, watched the game on the big TV with the HiFi on the side.
Working on another essay titled Intermittent Yelling of Tires, based on the novel, The Beans of Egypt Maine. Another uncovered gem because of the rearrangement.
Coming back from the post office and passed honeysuckle in full bloom. I near 'bout swooned.
