Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

Tag: books

  • 27 Nights – anti agist film

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    I had a day today that made me question if not my sanity, then why are public institutions so cumbersome? So, I was ready to relax with a dandy salad, a cup of tea and this film on Netflix, “27 Nights”. Set in Argentina, an 83 year old wealthy woman is incarcerated in a mental…

  • Cezanne et moi

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    I’ll make a deal with my iPad. I’ll figure out how to use accents over vowels if the iPad stops messing with my spelling. For example, I just wrote peut (French for first person ‘could’) and my computer turned it into Pete. So, Cezanne doesn’t have an accent over the first ‘e’. You know who…

  • The deep brown See

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    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…

  • Dick

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    Dick Vivian is my dance partner from the KOFY TV20 days (clip on YouTube) That would be late ‘80s. Trying to import a photo here. It’s a long and happy story with many anecdotes. It began when Dick, who was working at the Alta Plaza restaurant, came into my salon and requested a haircut. While…