solstice 2008

I got up before dawn (which is easy to do in winter) and drove to SF to watch the sun rise. As I drove across the bridge, I felt a smile emerge. It's good to be up early!

iTunes obliged with several songs around dawn/day/light/:

Beautiful Dawn by the Wailing Jennys (video)
Today by Talk Talk (video)
Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park (video)
Persistance of Memory by Afro Celt Soundsystem (video)
Half-Life by Duncan Sheik (video)
Ya Viene El Sol by Ozomatli (video)



I arrived in SF and pulled over on the Embarcadero at 722 am, exactly when the sunrise was supposed to occur. I walked out on the pier next to Red's Java House, and saw that the cloud bank to the south was obscuring the dawn. Would the sun emerge in time for me to see it?

I sat at the end of the pier and thought about those early Pagans who would await the sun on the solstice. I thought about the darkness in my life over the past couple years. I decided I was ready for the light to come back to me.

The sun rose, shining brighter than I ever remember. It made me happy. I turned, and headed back to my car to drive to work.

Its a new day. I am ready. And the light has returned.

so very thankful

What a lovely Thanksgiving Day I had today! My favorite guy and I took our time getting out of bed (he woke up, rolled over, and said "read, mama"). We went to get D and drove down to my folk's house. My mom and dad, uncle and grandfather, sister and her husband, my niece and nephew were all there. We had good food and good conversation. We lingered over seconds. We played Fuller Family Bingo with the kids. We sat around yakking until we were all ready for naps.

I took D home to Alameda, and the three of us ended up playing soccer together in the park near his house. Lots of running around, lots of laughter. At the end my little guy wanted to stay with his dad. They had a talk, and we walked back to my car. The two of us drove home, watched the Spiderwick Chronicles, then did our usual bed time routine. I managed to practice cello and put away a ton of laundry while he was in the bath.

It is just so lovely to spend time together as a family. I think the three of us are finally settling in to this new family arrangement. And that is such a relief!! :)

halloween costume?

I am going to see Morris Day and the Time on Halloween! Yippee! But I have to decide if I want to dress up or not. I have a vinyl nurses uniform that I haven't actually ever worn. With matching vinyl white shoes, no less. I dug it out and tried it on, and was pleasantly surprised: it didn't look half bad! However... I have to face the fact that white is just not a flattering color on me. In fact, I look downright pasty. AND the dress is SO SHORT I couldn't even make a slight bow at the waist without showing my ass. Sigh... so back to the drawing board.

No, I am not posting pictures. Ha!

I think I'm probably going to end up either:

1. recycling my ghost of a passenger on the Titanic (I didn't have a good venue for that one last year)

OR

2. trying to pull together some superhero costume before Skyler's birthday on Saturday (the superhero olympics! kids dressed up!)

what to do, what to do...