Sadness

Bad news for a friend today. Wish I could help out, but...*sigh*...they just need time alone I guess. Still thinking good, positive thoughts though...

Sweetie Pie

My sweet puppy had a tooth pulled this morning. Just a baby tooth that hadn't grown up. She's fine, but wasn't particularly fond of the big wire tweezers in her mouth. She's better now. I believe it's time for more Bikram Yoga this evening...sometime after 8PM so I don't miss Gilmore Girls. Just stated a Dean Koontz book called "From the Corner of his eye" - quite good. I also received my selected poems by Tennyson hardcover in the mail this afternoon...he's my favorite.

Bikram

I went to a Bikram Yoga class last night (room dark and warm, humid and inviting at 105 degrees) I was drenched in sweat, loose and energized...it's not as fun as power yoga because it's less flow, but it's invigorating none-the-less. I will definitely go back. I'm a wee bit tight all over this morning but it feels good. Now I'm enjoying a chocolate chocolate chip muffin from Cuppa Java to celebrate. Must write down a few songs today.

Nothing

Running with Scissors is wacked. Snowing again. Made dinner. Yummy.

Music

What an amazing day for music...press, people, bookers and even the post office seem to be on board to help me out. How rare and sweet. I'm off to Happy Hour and a massage to celebrate this good day. I'm going to read "Running with Scissors" tonight. And Nina Simone has been keeping me company while in the car. Actually, I think "glorious" day fits better don't you?

books

I missed reading - so it's nice to come home to a book once again. Pearl's "Dante Club" is almost finished...it reminds me of Caleb Carr's "The Alienist"...dark, cerebral and clever. Luckily I have more paperbacks to devour. I'm especially looking forward to "Running with Scissors". Oh and I picked up Howie Day's latest CD, "She Says" is a great song...I don't mind at all that's it's been swimming through my brain all morning.

Dante Club

There is a great quote from Pearl's "The Dante Club" that I wanted to share for anyone who loves to read, who understands the joy of learning...and the power of the written word.

"Till America has learned to love literature not as an amusement, not as a mere doggerel to memorize in a college room, but for its humanizing and ennobling energy...she will not have succeeded in that high sense which alone makes a nation out of a people. That which raises it from a dead name to a living power."