September 17, 2009
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The Daily News
1 WOOT!
2 I have no idea why I said that, but it seems to be quite the thing to say these days, so just keeping up with the Joneses.
3 I goofed on this lady at the Lucky’s yesterday. She came in and looked like The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
4 With hair of pure white hay and a blotched complexion that screamed, “I LOVE BOOZE!!!!” she probably tipped the scales at a cool 350, inching me out by about a pound.
5 Now I looked pretty snazzy if I may say.
6 I looked like Tom Wolfe, a dandy at Lucky’s.
7 Actually Iooked more like Lucky Luciano, but that’s just me.
8 Twice with that in one week.
9 AnywayZ, as is my wont, I peeked into her basket to see if she was living a healthy lifestyle.
10 It looked as though they were having a fire sale on Hostess products. She also had sausages, pies, booze, and lots and lots of bacon and bread.
11 A woman after me own heart.
12 I checked her finger to see if she was married. Couldn’t see a ring, really, just an indentation.
13 I ALMOST asked her if she was going to deep fry the Twinkies in some corn oil, but decided that discretion was the better part of valor.
14 Instead, I asked, “Do you have any horrible diseases?”
15 I’m such a sweety.
16 Nah, none of that ever happened except this lady who didn’t look like she knew the meaning of health had a shopping cart that matched her features.
17 Moving on, Part One: That “Medium” episode about Van Gogh was on yesterday afternoon. It’s only September 17, and already coincidences are starting up everywhere.
18 That’s ANOTHER thing I’ll try to hold off writing about this grand year. I have SO many coincidences that I don’t write most of them down anymore, although the past week had LOTS.
19 For example, I’ve been writing songs all week, noodled out some minor chords coupled with Travis finger-pickin’ and started writing a song about birds flying, and thought of a “Don’t Fly Away” song like “Hummingbird” by Seals and Crofts. I didn’t want those lyrics, nor too much of anything resembling that old tune, but I was using those words until I could sketch in something else.
20 Yesterday at the selfsame Lucky’s, some song was playing with the words “…fly away” clearly discernable. I smiled, and instantly deep-sixed that as a theme. Still…
21 There were more, but I find that when these things happen in a meaningful fashion, I’m better off not trying to explain them to people.
22 It began on 9/9/09 of course. Nines always play into the equation, but as I said, I’ll just give a cursory mention. I’ve written extensively about coincidences and how they happen at a rat-a-tat pace at certain times through the year.
23 I expect three or four more to happen before this even goes to press. I started this particular DN at around 5 p.m. yesterday afternoon. The Van Gogh episode of “Medium” is playing as this is being written.
24 We’ll see.
25 Moving on, Part the Second: Anybody get up early yesterday and gaze up at the moon and Venus? Awesome. The moon was a luminous sliver with the rest of its shape dark, and Venus was HUGE.
26 I didn’t take the picture above, but it IS yesterday’s morning sky.
27 Loved it.
28 Well, we all made it through yet another crazuh week.
29 Hope all of y’all are still living life and loving life.
30 Each day is a treasure if you see the love that’s everywhere.
31 Give someone a hug today. Love everybody and everything.
32 Peace.
~H~
