Eartha Kitt

Eartha with daughter Kitt and grand-daughter Rachel.

Eartha Kitt died this Christmas Day in Connecticut also from cancer. This Christmas has been one of loss and also of a reckoning of what is important in our lives. I find I value more what I have when loss is there too.
Adrian Mitchell, Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt passed away leaving huge voids and yet we can keep them alive by continuing their work and letting them inspire us to do more. Thank you for living your lives the way you did.

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve after a long struggle with cancer. I admired him so much as a playwright and activist foremost and the way he lived his very creative life.
I am glad he got to win the Nobel Prize before his death at age 78 and in so doing wrote an extraordinary speech, a manifesto in some ways even.You can look it up on the web I am sure. I will miss his presence and his words of wisdom.

God Jul!

Happy Winter Solstice!

With much love and light to you all!

Adrian Mitchell 1932-2008

See www.bloodaxebooks.com and their fan site on Facebook for more information on this remarkable poet, performer and writer, often referred to as the Shadow Poet Laureate.

Cat nap literally!

Yesterday I was exhausted, totally and in that "can barely move" way let alone think way!
I decided to have a rest after doing what I had to in the am. So after lunch I retired
to the bedroom where Fergus was already napping happily at the foot of the bed on the cat blanky. He took one look at me and went back to napping as I crawled under the duvet.
A couple of hours later I awoke feeling so good. I dreamed of a tiger and this tiger had come up to me and hugged me and tried to say something. Its lips were trying to form human words! The tiger looked long, warmly and soulfully into my eyes and gave me a parting hug.
I felt wonderful after this cat nap. Recovered and restored, ready to turn on the lights in a darkening cottage and start cooking a delicious dinner. Broccoli, mushrooms, soybeans, and prawns stir fried mmm...yummy!

Congratulations Elizabeth!

Elizabeth Alexander has been chosen to be Barack Obama's Inaugural Poet in January 2009. Congratulations Elizabeth!
See Bloodaxe Books site for more information on this poet and see her read!