Author: bijouokeefe1
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Mystery Tea
Lots of mysterious things lately. Now I am confronted with what tea I’m about to drink. It’s steeping. It is from a tin I’ve had so long, the handwriting has faded. It smells like red plums and vanilla. It’s good, light. I’ve been instructed not to eat anything after midnight tonight before tomorrow’s eye surgery.…
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Eye drops for the future
Yep. For Wednesday surgery. Not exciting, but I have to space the three small bottles out and remember. Four times a day. Almost forgot the last triple dose. So, I’ve been thinking about how having perfect vision will impact things. Hard to image. One thought is to take an online typing course. As is, I’m…
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Will Medicare care?
That is the question, as I face my second eye (yes, I have two) surgery this Wednesday. Between the last one in Nov. 2025 and now, my surgeon has stopped talking Brown & Toland. Which leaves Medicare/Medical. I sure hope he does, everything on my side is set. That includes rides and eye drops. I’m…
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Murder on the Wine Train Express
Years back, I performed with the actors that brought to life a cue to cue script that guests on the Napa Wine Train could participate in. It was your standard ‘Who Dunnit’. So, depending on casting availability, I played either the Ingenue or the Grand Duchess. Traveling in the car from San Francisco to Napa…
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Excellent Salon
I was priviledged to attend Brian Goggin’s salon event today. Featured were: Return pianist, Aaron Hammerman, who played 20’s and 30’s Barrelhouse Blues. Reached at IG:@deepbasementshakers. He plays regularly at the Rite Spot. Toe tapping, to be sure. After a break, N.D.Austin spoke about The Night Heron, which is a speakeasy located inside a Manhattan…
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The deep brown See
Actually, my eyes aren’t brown. Closer examination makes them muddy hazel. Or maybe by the time one develops cataracts, the pigment has less intensity. I’ll ask the opthalmologist on Wednesday. If he’s in a good mood. I’ve seen him twice before for the left eye. On the first visit, he must have been having a…
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Tell a Doc
I just got a flyer in the mail offering Teladoc Health for free through my health insurance. What it provides is a smart scale and coaching on nutrition, meal plans and weight loss. I don’t know. I’ve never had a scale. I judge by how my clothes fit and when I go to the doctor…
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Please pass the Password
Yes, that’s done. I’m thing about what to do for my next art project/performance. Beauty is Truth. The relationship between the two. And Truth is Beauty, the vise-versa. John Keats wrote that in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. C.G.Jung writes about it. And there is plenty scattered through Greek mythology. And any perception of the…
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Porte Bandera
June 14th is Flag Day. It was also the birthday of a fellow I used to work for, James Maxwell Baldwin. He was of British descent and sort of starchy. Which agrees with a sturdy flag. O’er the ramparts… imagine Betsy Ross making the first flag without a sewing machine. Durable in rain, sleet or…
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Reboot!
My buddy, this iPad, decided to go black. Nothing. Black screen. I tried various things without success. So, a trip to the Apple Store downtown SF. I was there for about four hours. It – the iPad – needed a reboot which took maybe forty minutes. In doing so, everything was erased, or so it…
Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe 