Just a few words of incouragement is all it takes ie:
Linda LeBo Ritchie Been enjoying your blog (can't resist roadtrips). I too love and believe in fairies!! If
you will be near N.H. on your trip, I know a fairie artist that I'm sure you would enjoy!
Deb Lapointe, Griffinhill miniatures, you can access it through my fb page.
I just wanted to discribe thursday night..
after setting up the booth in New Milford ct.
First off i didn't want to work here because on this weekend last year i had along discussion with one of moms drs and it concuded with it isn't promising.. that eve, on sat. i met a nurse, who's name escapes me right now, in any event...she couldn't decide on getting earrings or not and came back to the booth 3 times.. and finally did get a pair.. when we started to talk i told her about mom, and she told me her mom had died of pancreatic cancer also... It was an eye opener, as she discribe running around a hospital screaming "give her the medicine"! oh dear god , i thought in the moment... what was i to do.. how would i be able to go to l.a ? so this weekend i'm afraid would be a ruff one for me.. but alas, i had no choice, i need to work and this was my best op. so i am here, last night she came back to the booth, and if there was anyone i wanted to see, it was her. if that was my only reason to be here at all. she had lost one of the earrings, and as we spoke of last year, she was amazed at my vivid memory of our brief encounter, i wrapped up discretely the pair of earrings she had pointed out. and as what seemed to a closing conversation, i handed her the earrings, and said thank u to her.
the next thing u know she introduced me to her daughter, and her friend, and her friend liked a necklace i'd made, beautiful if i may say so myself, with briollet cut aqua, yellow saphire, and white pearls. it matched some aqua studs she was wearing, it looked lovely on her, but wasn't thinking she'd end up wearing it home, i was asking $495. when her husband came over to look he asked how much, i told him.. he said will i give u.. oh great her it comes, the I'll give u line, like they dictate my income or something, with out attitude i listened, as he offered $450. i looked at him.. reached down took out a gift box, and said, it's yous!!!and so the aqua necklace has at last found a happy home where it will be seen at dinner parties, lunchens and.. and the like!
well that certainly helped my bottom line!
ok back to thursday, we came back to the coach, and andres wanted to play with my friend, ed's dog, so we picked up some doggie treats at the store and went to visit.. andres had a good time throwing and fighting over a ball with sigma, the dog, an enormous german shepard, and as the sunset, and ed and i could no longer see the ball, then the dog, and then andres in the darkness past dusk, we continued to sit on a boulder, that was warm from the long day sun, warm under my ass as the air became cool, we looked over the all american baseball field used by the community, as the sunset and the stars magically appeared , above the tall oak at the edge of the field.. one of those nights where they were truly so bright u might reach up , for me on my tippy toes, and take one to light up the path back to my coach, a few yards away. I talked about mom.. big fucking surprise!!
we listened to music on his I phone, and some very approperiate song about lighting a bowl came up, knew mom was there!! too fucking funny.. just random, pandora song..
it's been like this since she departed..
oh btw, the nurse, she got a new job... guess what doing? she now is a hospice nurse, assisting families with their dieing loved ones. can u believe that one... You know, i had a few things happen this week, that were not so.. great.. but then this shit happens and i again know why i get up in the morning.. because whatever less pleasant event is just a speck in the big picture, and when one door closes another one opens, even when it seems so unfair in the moment.. and truly it has always opened to something so much better.. if we can keep our perspective.. which is hard to do while grieving.. of a loss, wiether large or small..
with that i do conclude.. i am not fixing the spelling ... i am late for work as i had to write first.. inspiration..
i have a story about the spelling.. and will tell in my next blog.. as i was advise to do so from cassie.. and so now i will leave a segway..to that story.. about when i was little girl..
love u all and thanks for reading.. as though if u didn't that stop me!
with all i am
andrea and crew
Saturday 31 July 2010
Tuesday 27 July 2010
a top a hill
I am sitting at sarah's house, outside at her little square glass top patio table with the umbrella, shading me from the sun peeking through a camouflage of oak tree leaves. only earlier, barely a speck of sun light could stream through, with small glints, beaming through, leaving spots on the moss covered ground, and large stones on the hill side.
early before she would go down to her shop, she knocked on my coach door, sitting atop of her steep drive, to join her over a cup of coffee, as she baked some bread, for the spaghetti i'm cooking today, at a real stove! and then some giant cookies with pecans, and swapped stories, we r all over the place in conversation, no where near on task, then pick up again, and some how in and hours plus time tell ten stories, in broken up pieces to, to conclude all.
like in any country farm house we all have chores and mine today is clean the kitchen, and cook up the meal, she and michael so look forward to, as she bakes but doesn't cook as much. i look forward to using the ample counter space, and a large sink. as i look around the dark room and fire place right out of a century ago, like being in a living museum, and living in the moment. somewhere back in time, and i am so there, the crew content, legos new to discover, and peace for my reader to read. and lap up the sounds of buzzing insects in the trees high above.
hand made wooden bird houses hang on the back side of the house where i sit and write, and one sits on a rock near the moss waiting for the fairies to move in, and if u do believe in fairies, as i do, believe in fairies, they must undoubtedly live here.
i am in heaven, peaceful, no stupid shit running around in my head, but confident all is fine, for the moment, even through our discussion, we all realize that money is tight and yet we r provided for, like a miracle each day, week and month, just praying we can hang on to what we have, wanting more maybe, but realizing that hanging in there needs to be enough. and at that a struggle, is anyone not struggling. leaves little time to soak in the beauty of the day, the sound of our loved ones voice on the phone, the sun on our shoulders, and a breeze up our skirt!!
well todays as good as any to remind ourselves, life is what we make of it, today citi bank can step up there calls and i will ignore them once again. i'm cooking.. with joy.. and making plans in my head for tomorrow.. god willing we are blessed with another day to rejoice.
smiling as i look up to this stone staircase aside the house that seems to go no where, if not to heaven itself.
i love u all thanks for reading, and hope u see what i see.. love
andrea and crew
early before she would go down to her shop, she knocked on my coach door, sitting atop of her steep drive, to join her over a cup of coffee, as she baked some bread, for the spaghetti i'm cooking today, at a real stove! and then some giant cookies with pecans, and swapped stories, we r all over the place in conversation, no where near on task, then pick up again, and some how in and hours plus time tell ten stories, in broken up pieces to, to conclude all.
like in any country farm house we all have chores and mine today is clean the kitchen, and cook up the meal, she and michael so look forward to, as she bakes but doesn't cook as much. i look forward to using the ample counter space, and a large sink. as i look around the dark room and fire place right out of a century ago, like being in a living museum, and living in the moment. somewhere back in time, and i am so there, the crew content, legos new to discover, and peace for my reader to read. and lap up the sounds of buzzing insects in the trees high above.
hand made wooden bird houses hang on the back side of the house where i sit and write, and one sits on a rock near the moss waiting for the fairies to move in, and if u do believe in fairies, as i do, believe in fairies, they must undoubtedly live here.
i am in heaven, peaceful, no stupid shit running around in my head, but confident all is fine, for the moment, even through our discussion, we all realize that money is tight and yet we r provided for, like a miracle each day, week and month, just praying we can hang on to what we have, wanting more maybe, but realizing that hanging in there needs to be enough. and at that a struggle, is anyone not struggling. leaves little time to soak in the beauty of the day, the sound of our loved ones voice on the phone, the sun on our shoulders, and a breeze up our skirt!!
well todays as good as any to remind ourselves, life is what we make of it, today citi bank can step up there calls and i will ignore them once again. i'm cooking.. with joy.. and making plans in my head for tomorrow.. god willing we are blessed with another day to rejoice.
smiling as i look up to this stone staircase aside the house that seems to go no where, if not to heaven itself.
i love u all thanks for reading, and hope u see what i see.. love
andrea and crew
Sunday 25 July 2010
oh by the way the night ends here at the show with fireworks out side my camper window.. i love fireworks..
and the crew does too.
as we watch freak our swing in the the night sky, holy mackril the most truly terrifying ride ever!!i madeline and i can barely watch it from a distance!!
i bid adoue,
again,
andrea and crew
and the crew does too.
as we watch freak our swing in the the night sky, holy mackril the most truly terrifying ride ever!!i madeline and i can barely watch it from a distance!!
i bid adoue,
again,
andrea and crew
Today was a beautiful day and i'm happy to report we had a good day, really pulled it out of the hat today, all of a sudden Up Your Ear was a hot commodity hooray, i was waiting on 5-6 people at a time and it stayed steady all day long. It was like the old days, had it not been so dreadfully muggy yesterday, we might have had one killer weekend, as it was, i'm far from disappointed.
tomorrow i drive, to ct. my dear friend Sara has invited us to stay in her driveway, and this is no ordinary driveway, it's straight up an incredibly steep hill, last year when i drove up it everything in the coach went all over the floor!! she has a lovely old home martha stewart would just love..Thinking of cooking there as i did last year, make some spaghetti sauce i can put in the freezer, for the weekends. and hopefully have some cheep lobster like we did last year.. oh that was so good! After scouring the grocery stores in L.A over thanksgiving and couldn't find my cherries that goes into my divine stuffing, i called sara and she sent them to me via her Sara's ship and gift store. managed to get it all together even with my mom's passing the day before.they arrived right on time for my cooking day, wed, always before thanksgiving, The stuffing stuff and all. save the bird for the day of..mom insisted i cook for thanksgiving even when i know she knew she wouldn't be dining.
so instead of back tracking to Lily dale again, we r moving east, to conn. look forward to getting some things done, like banking and mail. and friends, Adult conversation!! no one can imagine, how much i could use a night off, or out, or something.miss u all, but enjoying this adventure.. makes getting up in the morning so, so good. with lots of smiles, kisses my dears..
xoxox
andrea and crew
tomorrow i drive, to ct. my dear friend Sara has invited us to stay in her driveway, and this is no ordinary driveway, it's straight up an incredibly steep hill, last year when i drove up it everything in the coach went all over the floor!! she has a lovely old home martha stewart would just love..Thinking of cooking there as i did last year, make some spaghetti sauce i can put in the freezer, for the weekends. and hopefully have some cheep lobster like we did last year.. oh that was so good! After scouring the grocery stores in L.A over thanksgiving and couldn't find my cherries that goes into my divine stuffing, i called sara and she sent them to me via her Sara's ship and gift store. managed to get it all together even with my mom's passing the day before.they arrived right on time for my cooking day, wed, always before thanksgiving, The stuffing stuff and all. save the bird for the day of..mom insisted i cook for thanksgiving even when i know she knew she wouldn't be dining.
so instead of back tracking to Lily dale again, we r moving east, to conn. look forward to getting some things done, like banking and mail. and friends, Adult conversation!! no one can imagine, how much i could use a night off, or out, or something.miss u all, but enjoying this adventure.. makes getting up in the morning so, so good. with lots of smiles, kisses my dears..
xoxox
andrea and crew
From: Andrea <@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:42:14 -0400
To: Lesley Friend
Subject: RE: inquiring minds wanna know!!
Subject: Re: inquiring minds wanna know!!
To: upyourear
From: lesley
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:38:29 +0000
On the road for camping nr ojai. Can't wait. Will be looking at the moon later. XOSent via my BlackBerry
well heres the latest.. who keeping up.. ? i finally, after 4 days could put words together. funny like any art, sometimes u got it then it's like it takes a vacation. well was finally able to sum up a few days, much left out but who cares anyway.. not everything is worth writing about.. almost a full moon, where ever u r, know we are seeing that same moon, too bad we can't all lay on a grassy field and apprieciate it together in person, this will have to do for now ..
xoxoxoxo
andrea
my original e-mail about the newer posts.. con't responses
Re: inquiring minds wanna know!!
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| Sent: | Sat 7/24/10 4:54 AM |
| To: | Andrea (upyourear@hotmail.com) |
Nice! I like it Andrea.. and your energy... :-)
You are one of the good ones, and am lucky to have met. Yes, I too noticed the beautiful full moon tonight.. after my vampire show (quaint, eh!)... though was a little surprised at everyone else's lack of caring..
I guess tonight was one of those nights when folk revealed less than elegant traits of theirs.. so to me, the beauty of the moon, was the classiest sight tonight...
I hope u are keeping well,
Let's talk soon,
love jen xxx
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