Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

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  • Movies and horses

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    Saturday night I binged. 3 movies in a row. “Time to dance” was about an East Indian couple, not at first but came together, for a major Ballroom Dance competition (guess who won). Next was “Green Book” featuring an accomplished, refined Black pianist on tour to several Southern cities in 1962 with a white working…

  • Some days it’s better to put off the to-dos

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    Today was such a day. I checked with the credit card people before I headed out.They gave me the green light. And then nothing was approved. This made me mad, the waste of time and inconvenience and the taxi trips. I was sweating to see if the card went through for the taxis. Friday I…

  • Primary Election ‘26

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    My intent here is not to sway or endorse anyone/thing. Just thoughts about the process. Coming out of Safeway two days consecutively, I was naturally approached by petition workers. On the second day, I told the person with pen and petition clipboard that I’d already signed. She said there was a new one just today.…

  • Humming in Hindi

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    People interest me. What’s not to get to know, meanness aside. Today I was in a cab driven by a man who did not appear to be Iowa corn fed. I wanted to know where he was from, but didn’t want to insult. I asked if he lived in SF? No. He wasn’t wearing a…

  • I do (not know)

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    I have mixed feelings about marriage. I was married once. That lasted ten years and each year we celebrated it, we were both amazed we stuck with it. Until we didn’t No gruesome details, please. Oh, nothing horrible. Just that it lost the fun and pleasure we started out with. AS usual, there are two…

  • Saving Eliza

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    In 1967, I was a sophomore at a large suburban high school, North Syracuse. We had an annual musical production. This year it was ‘The King and I’ starring senior student, Richard Gere (true). I was cast as Angel George. It was my task to fly in and save Eliza from Wicked Simon of LaGree.…

  • Thinking of Guadalupe

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    Had a sharp physical pain today that got me thinking what do I do here? My hip replacement is years old at this point. I haven’t done anything out of the ordinary. But walking, sitting, and standing back up suddenly required stability of furniture, not to hang onto, but touch for orientation. Hard to explain.…

  • Tea weather

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    Drizzle. Thunder and lightening predicted. I have the best tea. I blend Constant Comment with Cardamon Cinnamon tea and a generous teaspoon of honey. Divine. Plenty of crafty things to do. Mostly I have to be ready for the rental assistance person tomorrow morning. Yes I am broke. These scam people do an excellent job.…

  • Music is Beautiful

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    Especially today at another of Brian Goggin’s monthly Art Salon. There was a duo by the name of ‘The Dying Eyes’. There was a female member, Monica Corbin sang an accapello solo in a pure, clear voice that knocked my socks off, so to speak. And then fellow neighbor, Jonah Roll, gave an ‘Art Talk’.…

  • Cooking

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    I made an emmense amount of Onion soup. I shed tears cutting up the onions. Sautéed them and added broth. So far so good. What happened is that altogether they were over cooked. Sigh. Maybe an addition to a future more successful repartee.