It is snow

It snowed last night and as I walked to work this morning the whole world sparkled in the street lamp's. It was perfectly still the world hadn't started moving, the only sound I heard was my booted foot crunching the snow cold on the ground. I began to think about winter, I hear many people complain about it every day. This is met with a reminder of all the bugs and the bacteria and allergens that are being killed thanks to the cold. I have to admit I do not enjoy every season. I am not terribly fond of summer.
But this morning while I was walking I decided to make a mental note, always find the beauty in each day, in each season, in all weathers.






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It is a new year

Here it comes. Are you ready? Here come the resolutions to be a better person to make next year better than last. And well was this year better than the one before? For me I'll say yes I had a better year than before, not that the one before was bad. This year 2009 I grew a lot. I had several hills to climb and I seem to have made it over each one without breaking anything beyond repair. And I have a better idea of who I am.
I hope you have made an effort to better yourself and the world this past year and I hope this next year is the best to date.
B


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What a great Christmas. It was exactly what a holiday should be. My kid sister and I headed over to parents early on Christmas eve due to the snow storm blowing in. We cooked French food and drank wine and watched Bing Crosby. Christmas morning we were up and opening presents and then ate some serriously good but serriously bad for you food. Than played games lots lots of games. A friend came over that evening to share in a serriously delicious roast and we played games and drank martinis and listened to jazz. At some point i thought this is what it is supposed to be like. Nobody was screaming or arguing noboy cared we all just were low-key. No worries. Flexible. And what happened because of that was magic. No one was thinking about themselves no one had a rush schedule to keep. We just were. And it was wonderful. And the food was great. :-)
Merry Christmas!!


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it is a meeting

Yesterday at the Hard Bean several of my customers who have gone off to college ran into each other while home for Christmas. It was fun to hear them catch up and share stories from the "old days". A customer of mine from great island of England was here hopping from blues club to blues club writing reviews of the great blues artists that come through KC. The returning college-ites all happened to be jazz musicians. A conversation was struck between them, from across our country and across the pond. Have you heard this guy play guitar, what abut this guy on sax, oh you have got to hear this band, I remember when I got to meet so and so and on and on the conversation went for about a hour. It reminded me of a book, or well a series of books, I have read. Amelia Peabody and her intrepid husband embark on several Egyptian expeditions, and seeing as they are the worlds leading Egyptian archeologists so they should. Each adventure always begins at Shepherds Hotel in their cafe where they meet the most interesting people. I take great pride in having a spot where connections can be made, and people can be met, and conversations with a complete stranger can be intelligent and stimulating and on the whole good.

It is Christmas

I love Christmas! It is so wonderful! I wish we had snow out here in KC. The forecast as of yesterday said snow christmas eve so I will keep hoping. Customers have asked me often lately why I love Christmas so much. And what is there to say? I love St Nick and sleigh rides and sleigh bells and snow and blazing hearths and little birds with all their feathers puffed out and all the surprises and all the food and all the children such a great anticipation. And the joy and the merriment. And the wine, and the parties and the overall charity that even Scrooge cannot ignore. And eggnog and eggnog latte. And the smiles and the laughter and the love that is suddenly spread around our little community. And the Christmas trees and the twinkle lights on all the houses, I especially love those. And I love picking out the perfect gift, when their face says "oh my word you thought of that for me, how did you know!"
Well anyways all that is to say, I love Christmas I hope you do too and I hope you take the time to find the joy, make the memories and spread love this holiday season.
B

It it a thought

I am asked surprisingly often why I am single. Almost like it is a crime that I am. Some people have even come to the conclusion I must be a lesibian. This was a shock to me the first time I was asked :-). I have several married friends and several single friends. I have single friends who are happy to wait and I have single friends that are obsessed with finding their mate (male and female I should add). I was watching "that 70's show" the other day (great quality TV I know) the episode where Hyde comes back married to stripper Samantha and like magic they are perfect for eachother their relationship just works. I have single friends who chase after any available man in hopes they will click and spend the rest of their lives together. I knew a guy who "interviewed" potential wives. I have a friend who wants to "wake-up" the guy that she currently likes so that they can enter into matrimonial bliss. I know of girls who are so anxious to wed yet feel they should hear a sign from God that they make up words of God in their head to justify whatever thoughts or actions they are presently entertaining. I've also heard of married couples who only got married because God told them to not nesiscarily because they loved each other at the time. Then of course you have arranged marriges and mail order brides. Does it seem to anyone else that we are maybe too obcessed with this idea of marriage? Maybe that is why we have such a high divorce rate. Maybe we are so caught up in the whole deal that we jump down the ailse with the wrong person. Well I guess it's not the only reason why we can't, as Americans, seem to hold marriages together. But sometimes I think if we were just pateint and waited for the right time the right person who shares the same passions and desires and goals and morals as you then maybe we wouldn't be so disfunctional 20 years later. Still we are often told seek and ye shall find.


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