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A Terrific Tuesday!

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I guess that will be me today, gang.

It is going to be such an incredibly beautiful day. And Peitor is unavailable today because he has meetings in LA. And I have my final day off of THREE days off in a row! And I don’t feel like spending it cleaning the house…

So I’m driving out to the shooting range to find out if I remember anything that I learned two weeks ago.

I’ll probably also wash my car today. Maybe take a walk later. But, for the most part, I’m going to try to just take it easy.

(Driving to the shooting range music??)

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Well, one of my cats seems to be bleeding. I’m not sure which one — I just saw the blood stains. I’m guessing there was a cat fight during the wee small hours of the night that I was blissfully unaware of.

Ever since Big Blackie was killed by that car, Little Blackie has wanted to be inside my house.

She is not my cat, but here she now is, inside — I’m guessing, eternally. And she seems to have upset a couple of the foster cats.

Kon Tiki is still officially the only cat who won’t come inside (and stay inside, I mean). I always open the door to let her in, but nowadays, she takes one look at the 722 cats in the kitchen, then she looks at me and says, “Are you out of your fucking mind? I’m outta here!” And then she heads right back outside. And then she sits and stares contentedly at the sky.

Well, some happy news!!

I officially booked the hotel room for Kara and me, for when we go see Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds on May 2nd. And — NO! — I didn’t book another no frills hotel. I booked a stupidly expensive one, but only because it is right next to the theater and has valet parking, so once we get to town, we won’t have to do anything but simply BE there. Yay!

Here it is — the Hotel LeVeque! And way down at the ground floor, to the right, you can see the tiny red vertical marquis for the Palace Theater — that’s how close it is:

And here’s the brasserie where we will likely have dinner before the show (knowing Kara, she will probably say, “Let me pick up the tab for this,” and this time, I might actually just say “okey-doke!” because I’ve seen the menu already — and the prices!!! Well. We’ll see, gang!!):

And I texted the guy down the road who looks after my cats when I’m away and he is all set to stop by here on May 2nd.

So I guess it’s really going to happen!

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ North American Tour officially begins April 15th in Boston. (Buy tickets here.)

And in similar news —

If you live in Europe, on April 7th at 8PM CET, you can watch the premiere broadcast of their Wild God concert in France, from last November. At Arte.tv and on YouTube. But it won’t be available in the US until after their North American tour is over. (Probably something to do with not wanting to cannibalize ticket sales or something weird like that…)

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Before I forget —

Here’s part 2 of James Tabor’s lecture on the Didache.

Part 2: The Didache: A Lost and Rediscovered Text of the Teaching of Jesus (43 mins):

Okay. That’s kind of it.

I want to get this beautiful day off underway!

Have a terrific Tuesday — guns or no guns — wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys.

See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music!!!! Yay!!!!!

Such a great song!! And a great song to start a beautiful day off. I sang along loudly for the cats and they seemed to really appreciate it. Why not try it at your house and see how it goes?

Sam Cooke’s legendary “Twistin’ the Night Away”. 1961. Enjoy, gang!!!!

Me!! Today!!

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Well, after I get some editing done first.

Then I will begin the unbelievably daunting task of spring-cleaning this filthy house!! But I am going to be SO HAPPY once it’s all done.

It’s going to start feeling like my home again. And I really, really need that feeling, gang. I’ll probably even hang up the Easter wreaths on the front door and the kitchen door.

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Regarding the suicide in my family that I mentioned yesterday — I won’t go into the details, but I did find out this morning what had happened and it is unbelievably heartbreaking.

But thankfully, the sun is shining like crazy today and the weather is starting to warm up, and that helps my psyche immensely.

I’ll be able to start taking my regular walks again starting today, and that helps a lot, too.

So, onward.

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And here’s this!!

I know, I’ve posted this before, but just in case you thought there was a shortage of men I love who wear my name on their chests!!!!

(Yes, I know, it’s referencing Marilyn MONROE — but in case you didn’t know, I was in fact named after her by my adoptive dad, so it sort of counts….)

Keith wears Marilyn

(A delightful 1 minute and 45 seconds.)

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And on that note, I guess I better get started. I’ve already lost one hour to Daylight Saving’s Time.

Enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world!!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music!!

Sam Cooke’s Greatest Hits! “Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha,” 1959. Enjoy, gang!!

A Bittersweet Day

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Another one of those mornings where I awoke from having some amazingly cool dreams. I was in a really great space. Serene. Hopeful. Very interested in life and in living it.

And at 5AM — a text on my phone that a really kind and caring person in my extended family had committed suicide.

And from there, you know, you have to get out of bed and start your day. Knowing that the family of a 94-year-old Japanese man, who lives alone in the early stages of dementia, is counting on you to go take care of him and not burden him with any of your own grief.

Life, these days, gang.

But after today, I have 3 days off. Some of which will be spent on editing the final documents for the TV series pitch bible. And the other days will be devoted to finally cleaning my house!! And maybe a quick trip to the shooting range.

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Here’s this.

Another photo from the Isle of Wight concert in 1969:

Keith Richards

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And oddly enough, here’s this! I found these photos online yesterday, when my 94-year-old Japanese client and I were talking about places where we used to live. He likes me to try to find photos of everything on my phone.

This is most of the floor plan of the apartment that I lived in when I was married to Chong Foun Kee, my first husband. The apartment was/is in the Camelot Building in NYC, on the corner of W.45th Street and 8th Avenue. (What’s missing in the photo — the bedroom and bathroom are to the far right. That doorway on the left goes into the kitchen.)

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Okay. I gotta scoot.

Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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From last night!!

Just beautiful. I looped it and listened to it by candlelight about 10 times.

I loved this song when I was a young girl. By then, it was already an “oldie” by the Everly Brothers. One thing is for certain, I always seem to have the same tastes in music as Keith has had. My whole life long.

Keith Richards solo with piano, an outtake from 1981. “All I Have To Do Is Dream”. Enjoy.