Ah.....Sunday Evening

So, I am listening to A Cuban in London's pick for today, Besame Mucho - Performed by Cesaria Evora, one of my all time favorite songs. I always crack myself up when I realize that I am "singing" along despite the fact that I don't speak Spanish. I am also using the smooth tones and delicate bass and drums to drown out my darling daughters slamming their bedroom doors and yelling at each other. Some day, I will miss painfully those sounds, but for today, I am opting for Besame Mucho.

So, I am now reading 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin. Although I have had to slow down on my reading a bit so that I can crochet the hats for Oz, I am making good progress. I chose this book from the list of dangerous books because the author lived for most of her married life in New Orleans. I also checked out a piece of art by Maurice Utrillo when I checked the book out from the library. Utrillo is an artist that lived and painted during the Impressionistic time in France, and died in 1955. I love the painting but haven't been able to find anything out about it yet or a copy to post on my blog. It is a nice work labeled Montmarte and I really like it. I love checking out art work from the library, because I have such a hard time committing to a piece of art enough to actually purchase it I guess.

We now have a new President, and I watched the inauguration as much as I could while still working. It was fun to watch and the crowds were just indescribable. I am optimistic about President Obama and hope that he will have the intelligence and the support he needs to make some positive changes to this country.

Another big news story week before last was the Miracle on the Hudson. I was sitting in the Emergency Room waiting area a week ago Saturday, waiting on Joey to have his broken finger attended too (cow herding accident) and crocheting hats while listening to some broadcast on one of the cable "news" channels about this unbelievable occurrence. The reason for the crash, experts believe, is geese. Yes, Canadian geese flew into the engines causing them to both lose power. So, the commentator of this news program begins pontificating about how the solution to this problem is to kill all the geese. Kill all the geese? Really? Is that possible? If so, then can we kill all the cock roaches also. I know that they don't cause planes to crash. Or do they? How do we know that somewhere, sometime, there isn't a pilot like me, who sees (or even imagines) that a cock roach is within 20 feet of him/her, freaks out and does the freak out dance that I do, causing the plane to fly into a flock of geese that are flying along minding their own business and ....ok....

In the words of the late, great Gilda Radner: "Never mind."

Go listen to Besame Mucho.