Update on Lily's Travels in Ghana

As a lot of you know, Lily is taking a gap year before she goes to college.  Unlike her older brother who is doing the traditional track and is now a bona fide math major.   We all know he got it from me!!   Anyway, Lily is in Africa with her friend Alex and they are volunteering for 3 months at a day care center in the remote hills outside of Accra, Ghana.   We armed her with a Blackberry before she left, as well as a very bitchin' camera which "screams rich white girl".   All the pictures she has sent are from her PDA and when I get them I open quickly with excitement to see little glimpses into a world I know nothing about.   So, here are some pics she has forwarded:

My soon to be high school grad!!

Time for a new photo! Vintage Fairfield Beach Scene.

It's beginning to look a lot like spring!

A long winter coming to an end......

He was a cutie!  The perfect snowman and made with love by me and my friend Jackie.   Two 50+ women out in the front yard building "our friend" as the neighborhood kids looked on in curiosity.   They wondered what are "they" doing?   As they worked on their small and simple snow structures, the moms down the street were busy rolling up big balls of snow.   They probably wondered if  they were  really moms since they don't get out and play ball in the street with those bigger children that live with them.   After a few back breaking struggles to lift up the head it landed securely on top.   Then came the packing of snow for a solid body and the search for twigs to use as arms.   At last, I pulled out the famous Snow Man Kit which sits in the hall closet on the top shelf every winter waiting to be used.  All inclusive hat, eyes, wooden carrot for a nose, buttons, scarf and the smile with pipe.   He was The Man.

The next day the street was donned with all sizes and shapes of snow structures but I really think ours had the most character!  How sad it was when I drove down the street on my way home from work that afternoon and saw him toppled over, face first in the yard.    I know it was those two hooligans from around the corner who just could deal with the temptation to push him over.   Okay, so I don't have any proof but in my heart I know it wasn't a natural death!   It was too suspicious and the sun hadn't been warm enough to do the job.   

A Buddhist's opportunity to appreciate impermanence and detachment.   

Mrs. Kravitz's opportunity to scheme about what really happened.

Dias de la Muertas

To all those family members who have been promoted to the next life. 

Visit to the Cloisters in NYC

Went to the Cloisters last week - finally. Always wondered about it and I'm so glad I took the time to visit. Janet and I are doing a weekly excursion to various places of either creative, spiritual or mental inspiration. I will be blogging every week regarding these "field trips" and hopefully it will get me back in the blogging zone. I miss my creative outlet of writing for the sake of sharing to anyone who either stumbles onto my page or friends that I miss and haven't found the time to keep in touch with. A lot is happening in our household these days and I have many life changes on the horizon. I imagine that blogging will help give me an outlet to express the fears, anger and frustration that accompanies change. My love to all. Wendy