the mindless menace of violence

Read the speech.

Bobby Kennedy died forty years ago.  I was a sophomore in high school, living in San Jose at the time (for one year - I had to go to a zillion different schools).

 It was a horrible, depressing event, and and of course changed the course of American and world history, along with the killings of other leaders in the 60s.

I feel like writing a whole rant about that, but I will not.  Maybe some other time.

(Actually I did write one here but deleted that portion.)

Gotta have some tea.

tea time

Hilarious rap about tea. And you can actually understand the words!

Link via stardances

can't wait

I like to go up to Mendocino at least once in August every year, because that's when EVERYTHING is blooming like crazy at the MCBG, and of course it's just nice to get away for a couple days anytime.

I just got this place for two days in August and it looks so nice! I know exactly where this house is in the village but we have never stayed in this unit before - I think it was only recently turned into a vacation rental.

So I am happy about our two days away in two months!

And I can't wait for our longer vacation in late September too. That's when we go back to Ashland for some plays at the OSF, and we get to stay in the High Street Cottage for a whole week.

And then we will still have time left after that to do other things.

Joe says he has about two months of vacation time accrued right now - wish we could take it all at one time, but it was hard to even get him to take this one day off during the summer - I had to insist he put it on his calendar NOW.

I want to go back to San Miguel, dammit!  That really needs to be a whole month at one time... and I keep saying "maybe next year we can do that again" but it's been four years already and I know it won't be this year.

So maybe next year we can do that again ???

And I want to go back to Amsterdam too, and to London and Paris and Italy.  I always say I hate to travel, and generally I really do not enjoy the process of getting my body to another location - but there still are a few places I actually want to go!

I know this all sounds so self-absorbed and extravagant, but you have no idea how many years we had no money for any vacations at all.   Or if we took one anyway and used borrowed money, we had to spend years paying off the debt.

And who knows what the future holds.   If there is somewhere you really want to go, and you are healthy and able and have the money to go there, and your boss will let you out of his sight for a while, do not wait. 

pictures later

I made a necklace, a bracelet and some earrings last night. Have not photographed them yet though (not my favorite thing to do) so they are not in my Etsy shop yet.

I think I will keep the necklace for myself actually - it's a big heavy one made from graduated turquoise rondelles that I bought last time we were up the coast, from Ruby's husband the sherpa, at their Fort Bragg shop.

It will be perfect to wear to the Frida exhibit!

Pictures later. :)