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~ velvet elvis (one of our kitties)
reading, playing, shopping, watching it rain, baking, stopping, eating, looking for inspiration, watching it rain, dreaming, wishing, envying those that are going on summer vacation, watching and waiting for the sun. ANYTHING to get out of working on the house!
never in a million years did i expect that when i dropped my daughter off for her first "official" job as a grown-up (designing costumes for a summer theatre camp) that it would open the floodgates for me! the year...1976. my first "real" job that didn't include babysitting! working at riley's family owned dude ranch in meredith, colorado. i remember i had to take the bus - by myself all the way from albuquerque, new mexico to colorado. the ride felt endless. for three months, i was maid, kitchen help, gopher. but the ranch was in the mountains, 12 miles from aspen, and far, far, far away from my parents! however, i got so homesick that i remember calling them one night sobbing, begging, pleading with them to come get me and let me come home. i was met with a resounding NO. i grew up that summer. i hated my roommate. her name was dawn. but i loved the horseback riding, bonfires, and rock climbing. kisses on the bridge under full moons; talks till wee hours of the morning with an "older" man were bonuses. i always wonder what became of him. seeing robert redford with his two kids in aspen for the very first time and making a total fool of myself - hiding behind postcard racks...stalking him. never brave enough to even ask for his autograph. to this day, i just remember how HOT he was. and still is. i have already received the most hilarious email from my daughter documenting her roommate drama (she inherits that from me), but she's happy, excited, scared...all the things i was way back when. i wouldn't change a thing!! and NO she can't come home!
i am: braver at night; listening to aida; wanting to start a collection of sea glass from the beach; wishing we had a ping pong table; fresh picked wildflowers from the garden with the most intoxicating smell; reading the poetry of anne sexton (ignoring all the angst) and telling the stars my questions; reveling in my daughter's hilarious email (she needs to be writing this blog) and SO excited her first two shows are "into the woods" and "west side story." she is in sondheim heaven.
*happy weekend wishes!
"i’ve stayed in the front yard all my life. i want a peek at the back. where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed grows. a girl gets sick of a rose." ~ gwendolyn brooks
that's where you'll find me - in the back where my june is: movies (up, star trek, terminator salvation, the hangover) and buttered popcorn, homemade rootbeer floats, late night walks, red wine, a messy house, reading, creating a wish board (am tired of the universe flipping me off), manicures and pedicures, lady gaga songs stuck in my head, summer tv (weeds, nurse jackie, true blood, burn notice, the closer), trying out new magazines (uppercase), attempting to say YES more often!
what does your june look like?
