Gravity of time (day 124)

I saw my friend Yutai today.  He was visiting from San Francisco with his girlfriend.  Many of us met at a pub to see him.  Looking around the table it struck me how we are all aging.  That's what happens when you only see people every few years.  It's as if the context of the friendship stays frozen and the realization of change is a cosmic joke tinged with sadness. 

Sitting around the table looking at everyone and hearing the plans everyone has to say goodbye to the decade, I remembered how ten years ago saying goodbye to the decade had been a much more even mixture of hello and goodbye.   True it's hard to compete with a new millenium but this year has also had quite a lot of bad news on a global level.  Who could blame us for not being super positive about the year ahead and for not wanting to think in ten year terms.  Not one person asked about New Year's resolutions.

Yutai claims this year has been 42% less fun.  Surely that's reason for hope for next year and a reason to look for ways to brighten someone's day.

A nostalgic song for this post.

Today was (day 53)

Today I've made history.  Again.  Too bad it wasn't recorded.   Today I looked at the gorgeous gin bottle and thought wouldn't it be nice if it worked.  Today the idea of cucumber in gin made me grin.  Today I made okra and it was delicious.  Today lots of little quirky things happened.  Lots of little unplanned laughs with unlikely people.   Some leaps of logic that escaped me and then surprised me.  Some beyond the call of duty stuff that deserve a giant spotlight.   Some emails that were easy to answer.  Today I still ended up dead tired but perhaps a tinge more grateful for my life.  So may this post be a celebration of the little things that make a day productive and fun at the same time.

A song for this post.