My pal Melissa came over today after her class, and we enjoyed a lovely Friday afternoon in South Louisiana. We took advantage of the abundant sunshine and temp in the 70s (not bragging, really ::grin::) and walked to the Chinese Tea Garden for lunch. We walked lazy residential streets most of the way, avoiding the horrendously bumpy sidewalks and lack of curb-cuts. The CTG was the first Chinese restaurant I've ever entered that the proprietors didn't instantly freak about my dog. Amazing. Melissa and I gorged, making plans to make our own crab rangoons very soon, and then headed back. On the way to the restaurant, we had noticed a street that had a median separating opposing traffic (most of the streets in this part of the city are like that) with a sidewalk and curb-cuts. We decided to take that street back. Turned out this median is actually a bike route. I'd like to take this opportunity to say, "I LOVE BIKE ROUTES!!" Curb-cuts, smooth sidewalks -- it's a transplanted gimp's dream in NO!! I looked down at Reba and said we now had an expanded route for evening walks. I probably won't walk it alone until I learn the neighborhood, but Melissa seemed amenable to the occasional walkabout.
On another note, it's been four years ago today that Stacy moved on. I've been pretty good today, but I have been rather thoughtful as I usually am this time of year. I never know what my mood is going to be on any given January 21st. I've been totally bummed, I've been happy. My dreams lately have been about enjoying life -- go figure. If anyone knew how to enjoy life, it was my sister. The walk helped to reinforce that. Once we were on the bike path, I was able to examine and enjoy my surroundings without the fear of breaking my damn fool neck. The blue sky, the very first blooms of Spring (yes, Spring -- hard to believe) mixed with the berries of Fall, the parrots starting their nests in the palms along the median of Filmore Street -- it's all about the return of the Light and the abundance of Life. Life truly is an amazing thing, and I'm doing my best to enjoy all of it.
2 comments:
Thank you for your post. It's freezing here up North and it is suppose to snow. Please send warm weather this way!
My thoughts were with you today as they are every January 21st. Love ya!
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