>Chill Out

>Going to friend Teri’s over the weekend for an early birthday celebration.  It’ll be good to see her again, and also good for a little change of pace.

We don’t do anything much….just watch movies, have a few sips of something special, eat some good food and enjoy one another’s company.   We’ve been friends since Diane and I returned to San Francisco from Venice….sure was good finding such a great friend….same thing with Janie. 

So I may not write anything into the blog for a couple of days…..I might write something on paper and then add it later, but we’ll see.  My main goal this weekend, after several weeks of grueling paperwork, helping with taxes and so on, A chance to unwind, take my mind off things and relax.

So for today, Fifty Five Is The New Chill Out…because that’s just what I intend to do. 

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>”Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…”  Great, for everybody but the goose!

The tree’s up, cookies are just about done…..all the holiday essentials seem firmly in place.  I love this time of year, but it’s not the same without Diane.   Sure would like to have one more chance for all us gals, Diane, Janie, Teri and I, to get together and have an all out holiday howl.

But here in the real world, we’re all dealing with Diane’s passing in our own way…even so many years later. This isn’t at all abnormal; I’ve heard of people grieving all their lives over someone who died.  I don’t think Diane would want that.  She’d want us to move on, enjoy and remember….but definitely move on and live.

She wasn’t morbid….actually had a real keen gallows’ humor….until about the last year of her life, but that’s understandable.

When T and I get together for our annual Christmas gathering, there’s always a special little altar of sorts with a picture of D and a glass of good liquor poured for her….along with a nice bud of cannabis.  It helps, because this holiday was so very important to our friend; it would be wrong not to include her.

So for today, Fifty Five Is The New Absent Friends Present Spirits….Lady Diane Sciara….always in my heart.

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