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Sunday, February 08, 2009

random cheer

...while worried and outraged about the fate of the stimulus package and Obama's depressingly short honeymoon, I've been finding little bits of joy and interest worth sharing:

A bellydancing class last week with the fabulous Julie Flynn Siler , the highlights of which were learning, from the master teacher,Dhyanis how to "polish your jewel" and practice drawing an exaggerated alphabet with your upper rib cage, while driving. (There will soon be a law against this in California.)

Belatedly reading a wonderful piece on animal assistants , including a parrot that helps talk down a guy given to homicidal rages ("You're safe, Jim. I'm here, Jim.")

Discovering an old, lovely song I'd somehow never heard before by Gil Scott Heron called "I Think I'll Call it Morning."

And, more on the bittersweet side, watching an amazing 2002 documentary called "Refrigerator Mothers", about the women who were blamed for their children's autism from the 1950s-70s.

While of course I should have been working on my book, sometimes distractions are essential...

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