I've been thinking about Christmas the last few weeks, and I'm not sure how I will celebrate it this year. Part of me feels at turns silly and hypocritical for celebrating Christmas when I am an atheist. Part of me doesn't want to accept gifts. I think that I have so many times saved my generosity for the holiday season instead of spreading it year round. Also, for several years I have charged hundreds of dollars on my credit cards to buy gifts for people. I don't want to ruin Christmas for myself, so I need to think long and hard about how I will celebrate, if I will accept gifts or not, and what gifts I will give.
In my little mind, I envision a quilt-making party. I will get the basics of the quilts taken care of, invite family and friends to a central location, provide food and beverage and music, and we will finish the quilts together. Then we could give these quilts to The Linus Connection, an amazing organization. What love! What community, generosity, sisterhood and brotherhood. I am 100% serious. I can't think of a better way to celebrate the winter holidays. And what a wonderful way to remember my Grandmother.
(My Granny Pat with my dad as Santa at the P'ville HEB, late 80s/early 90s)
More details on the quilt party to come later!
Goodbye for now, Christmas!
9.26.2007
Christmas
9.06.2007
oh, Pavarotti
I miss him already! Seriously, I love opera. Opera is one of the reasons why I love music. The first thing I knew about opera was the name Pavarotti. Who can hear his voice and not think it's pretty incredible? In my first CD purchase was a best of Pavarotti arias CD (along with Counting Crows August and Everything After - agh!). I'm sad he's gone. But he was 71, he had cancer, these things happen. I am sad.
So, Thank You Pavarotti for sending my ears in the direction of opera. I'm going to see Madame Butterfly in New York at the Met partly because of you!
I love this pic:
9.04.2007
Dark chocolate dreams
It's my Nutella substitute. Made with peanut butter and dark chocolate, it's not as creamy, but I don't get the itchy dairy throat after having four or five spoonfuls.
Yeah, I said it. Four or FIVE.