A passing season – the death of a king
Happy Solstice.
The blah-ness is beginning to settle. I usually love this time – especially the chance to be out in the snow – but I am a bit under this weather and we are collectively holding our breaths for the next snowstorm. Perhaps when it comes and brings the backdrop of scenery I need, I will feel better.
The rush is on too – getting ready for the last minute stuff; for spending the holidays with my siblings and family. Getting my son ready to go out and spend time with his sister. I’d love to see my daughter – she is 7 months along now and I’d love to spend time with her – in that calmness, that waiting, before all the momentum/craziness surrounding the birth. It would be like hanging out with The Madonna. But the weather is going to be awful and I don’t want her on the road and I don’t want to be on the road – so her in-laws will be coming to get my son so he can spend Yule-tide with her.
So last night I wrapped gifts and tried to get it done quickly – dispense with the mundane. On Tuesday nights I would typically have a Yoga class – but the center is closed this week and next. So I am at home trying to be cozy and frantic at the same time – it’s not working.
There are very few TV programs I watch – I don’t watch much TV – but this season there is one show in particular I have grown to like. It’s called ‘House’ and it star Hugh Laurie (I love Hugh Laurie). He is perfect for this role of Angel of Mercy meets a combination of Mr. Darcy from ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Hercule Poirot from the Agatha Christie books. He wit is sardonic, his intelligence astounding and you want to love the rogue in him. Working in the medical field myself it never really dawned on me how doctors of certain bearing had to play ‘detective’ in order to figure out what was wrong with their patients. Of course most doctors do not have patients present with such rare disease processes. It’s brain candy for me and therefore, I am certain the show will end up cancelled.
After watching that, I started flipping through the channels (mainly because I had to stay up to wait for my son to be picked up to go to Michigan). And I came across The Kennedy Center Honors. This year, the honorees were: Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Sir Elton John, Dame Joan Sutherland, and John Williams. Now, I do not usually watch this type of programming. I for one feel that these ‘honors’ often come way too late in the honoree’s life (I mean do we really have to wait until these people are *that* old before we ‘honor’ their achievements?) I also feel a lot of times there is a political motive behind the awards.
I tuned in late in the programme and they were doing the ‘this is your life’ bit for Warren Beatty. I began to feel very old. But I had to say I was also enjoying my trip down memory lane because a couple of my all-time favourite movies were ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as well as ‘Reds’. I feel both were ground-breaking films and Mr. Beatty deserved his accolades - not just because he used to be (and still is) really great eye-candy – but because he rose above it and shone through as a wonderful, introspective actor.
Next came Sir Elton John. What can you say about ‘Reggie’? A lot it would seem. I remember loving his early music (‘Madman Across the Water’, ‘Don’t Shoot me I’m Only the Piano Player’ and of course ‘Yellow Brick Road’) – and then I think he began to fall out of favour – at least with me…but years later I was lucky enough to go to New York and see Aida (WOW!) - then of course there is all the music from the Lion King – and in essence he recreated himself and resurrected his career. One of the best ‘bits’ of the tribute to Sir Elton was when Billy Joel was on stage performing a rousing rendition of ‘The Bitch is Back’ – I thought that 1st Lady Laura Bush and Dame Joan Sutherland looked rather uncomfortable to say the least. *evil grin*
Both of these careers spanned over my lifetime and both brought great enjoyment and pleasure to me. I think it just goes to show that our lives are about the journey and the people we touch. Life is also about perseverance, following your dreams - despite all the naysayers, and reaching beyond yourself - for the stars.
The blah-ness is beginning to settle. I usually love this time – especially the chance to be out in the snow – but I am a bit under this weather and we are collectively holding our breaths for the next snowstorm. Perhaps when it comes and brings the backdrop of scenery I need, I will feel better.
The rush is on too – getting ready for the last minute stuff; for spending the holidays with my siblings and family. Getting my son ready to go out and spend time with his sister. I’d love to see my daughter – she is 7 months along now and I’d love to spend time with her – in that calmness, that waiting, before all the momentum/craziness surrounding the birth. It would be like hanging out with The Madonna. But the weather is going to be awful and I don’t want her on the road and I don’t want to be on the road – so her in-laws will be coming to get my son so he can spend Yule-tide with her.
So last night I wrapped gifts and tried to get it done quickly – dispense with the mundane. On Tuesday nights I would typically have a Yoga class – but the center is closed this week and next. So I am at home trying to be cozy and frantic at the same time – it’s not working.
There are very few TV programs I watch – I don’t watch much TV – but this season there is one show in particular I have grown to like. It’s called ‘House’ and it star Hugh Laurie (I love Hugh Laurie). He is perfect for this role of Angel of Mercy meets a combination of Mr. Darcy from ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Hercule Poirot from the Agatha Christie books. He wit is sardonic, his intelligence astounding and you want to love the rogue in him. Working in the medical field myself it never really dawned on me how doctors of certain bearing had to play ‘detective’ in order to figure out what was wrong with their patients. Of course most doctors do not have patients present with such rare disease processes. It’s brain candy for me and therefore, I am certain the show will end up cancelled.
After watching that, I started flipping through the channels (mainly because I had to stay up to wait for my son to be picked up to go to Michigan). And I came across The Kennedy Center Honors. This year, the honorees were: Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Sir Elton John, Dame Joan Sutherland, and John Williams. Now, I do not usually watch this type of programming. I for one feel that these ‘honors’ often come way too late in the honoree’s life (I mean do we really have to wait until these people are *that* old before we ‘honor’ their achievements?) I also feel a lot of times there is a political motive behind the awards.
I tuned in late in the programme and they were doing the ‘this is your life’ bit for Warren Beatty. I began to feel very old. But I had to say I was also enjoying my trip down memory lane because a couple of my all-time favourite movies were ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as well as ‘Reds’. I feel both were ground-breaking films and Mr. Beatty deserved his accolades - not just because he used to be (and still is) really great eye-candy – but because he rose above it and shone through as a wonderful, introspective actor.
Next came Sir Elton John. What can you say about ‘Reggie’? A lot it would seem. I remember loving his early music (‘Madman Across the Water’, ‘Don’t Shoot me I’m Only the Piano Player’ and of course ‘Yellow Brick Road’) – and then I think he began to fall out of favour – at least with me…but years later I was lucky enough to go to New York and see Aida (WOW!) - then of course there is all the music from the Lion King – and in essence he recreated himself and resurrected his career. One of the best ‘bits’ of the tribute to Sir Elton was when Billy Joel was on stage performing a rousing rendition of ‘The Bitch is Back’ – I thought that 1st Lady Laura Bush and Dame Joan Sutherland looked rather uncomfortable to say the least. *evil grin*
Both of these careers spanned over my lifetime and both brought great enjoyment and pleasure to me. I think it just goes to show that our lives are about the journey and the people we touch. Life is also about perseverance, following your dreams - despite all the naysayers, and reaching beyond yourself - for the stars.
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