| UV Index: |  | 0 Low |
| Wind: | | From SW at 9 mph |
| Humidity: | | 82% |
| Pressure: | | 29.90 in.  |
| Dew Point: | | 59°F |
| Visibility: | | 8.0 miles |
I love global warming (very tongue in cheek)!!! I remember living in Minnesota in December and it was so very cold.
As I walked the dog tonight, it was a fabulously balmy night with a slight, but warm breeze from the north. It made me think of a Joni Mitchell song - "the wind came in from Africa and last night I couldn't sleep." I walked thinking and imagining that I was feeling the wind coming in from Africa. That would be so amazingly awesome. I've never been to Africa so I don't know how it smells. But, I think the Joni Mitchell song was based on a bar she was at in Spain. In the book "The Alchemist" the young man discusses the levanter wind: "The levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force in his face. That wind had brought the Moors yes, but it had also brought the smell of the desert and of veiled women. It had brought with it the sweat and the dreams of men who had once left to search for the unknown..." I am called to Africa - I know it. It's in the wind when I walk at night in winter and it's in the new people I meet, in the conversations I have, in the business I want to do...The universe continues to move me that way.
My fabulously articulate intelligent hairdresser is reading Proust. I have never thought of reading Proust because I have the attention span of a 2 year old. When I was checking my emails the other day there was an email from Borders suggesting I look at Proust! So weird. I saw my hairdresser on Monday and told him of the coincidence - he thought it very strange as well. I'm not sure I'm ready for Proust. He thinks I'm centering and moving inwards. Interesting.
Went to a jewelry/textile Holiday show on Thursday. Met a man named Jake. His eyes were the eyes of a soul I know - who and where I don't know. He owns a business that is helping women to realize their economic potential by providing a business "incubator" for them. Irwin Street Market. Jake makes ice cream - phenomenal ice cream. Lynn and I told him of Mango Tree - he asked us what we needed. No one has ever asked us what we need - we were so astonished - we didn't have an answer. We need one! He also asked us a few questions, in general. Business plan? Commitment? And, then that question - of what do we need?!! He thinks he wants to do an ice cream flavor in honor of Mango Tree...a portion of the proceeds to Mango Tree! Amazing! Lynn had called me on her way from Canton and she called me asking if she should come. I said yes, absolutely, it will be fun. Look what happened.
Again the Universe is yelling at me. There's something I'm supposed to do. I hope I'm doing it.
The winter solstice is tomorrow - the shortest day of the year - I'm glad. From now on the days get longer and longer...I went to candlelight yoga last night with Suzanne. It was to celebrate the season. Ursula, our instructor, encouraged us to look for the purpose (I think she used a different word) for our celebrations whether they were Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the winter solstice. She mentioned that she was traveling with her 80 year old mother to visit her brother. The brother has cancer, the sister-in-law is evangelical christian and thinks that Ursula is the devil because of her yoga. She wasn't looking forward to going but felt she should because her Mom wanted to go and because she wanted to make sure she got to see her brother - in the event he's not around next year.
Tim and Joe are at hockey game, Andy went Christmas shopping with Alex and I'm home alone with the dog. These days I'm not alone too often. It's nice. I'm able to think and enjoy the quiet. Sometimes I wonder what my purpose at home is - seems like cooking and cleaning. It's hard to think, now, of myself in that way.
So...
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