MaryAlice Musings and More

Pirates, Witches, Christmas Elves, and the stetson hat farmer....all at our house this morning. Luke in his Christmas pj's and Myah in her Wicked Witch of the West costume, and me in my Stetson Hat and bib overalls, and Radar in his pirate cape...all getting ready for Halloween. Radar protected the house, and the rest of us went off to Hell's Kitchen. Great Music, fun food, lots of treats, we brought our entire pumpkin of treats, and they were a big hit with the staff...the gooey mice were the best! Then Tom Horner walks in with his family. If only I could really take a picture with my new phone! So kids are off to hockey, Radar is still resting, and I am enjoying the little halloween fun of the morning. Boo!

There are days in the fall where the crispness in the air, and the brilliance in the sky! Today is one of the most gorgeous days that I have been able to both notice and enjoy! Blue, Blue, with White wafts in the Sky. Sunshine shining wonderfully.

The sun came back, such a welcome sight. The winds blew and blew, the temperature dropped and dropped, and this a.m. I read in the paper that babies came as well. Seems as if having record breaking low barometric pressure signals and opportunity to come on into the world!!! This morning through my beautifully BIG window the sunrise was brilliant. The colors amazing. It brought we deeply back into myself for a few moments. I had been printing out receipts, worrying about meetings and in general having a morning fret. The color started slowly at the horizon and within a half-hour the entire sky was the sweetest colors of lavender, red, gold, yellow, and pinks. Thanks for the simple beauty of life.

It seems like this weekend's rally in DC - the Stewart/Colbert we are not political folks has proven that Comedy Central and Facebook is participatory government. People are traveling from around the U.S. (or there are about 20 cities that are restoring sanity or maintaining fear satellites). There is nothing sane and we should be afraid that folks are calculating that 4 Billion dollars has been spent on mid-term elections. All this money spent, sanity-fear, and we still want to believe that someone will wave a magic wand, take something away from someone else and give it to them. Ouch, I woke up on the cynical side of the bed this a.m. --- breathe. Breathe in some hope and take right action (not right wing!).

Oh my, the winds are gusting at 50 miles per hour, it is in the 40's (low), and the snow is coming. Must be close to Halloween in Minnesota. Hang onto your hat, get out your gloves, the time for no out of state visitors is rapidly approaching!

Yesterday was the 8th Anniversary of Paul Wellstone's death. Of course there were more who died than just him, his wife Sheila died with him, as well as his daughter Marcia. Seven died altogether. Paul didn't change my life, he was not a my professor, or neighbor, he wasn't even a friend. I did in both my personal life and professional life have an opportunity to listen to him, to speak with him and to learn from him. I am not a big hero person, but Paul was a hero to me. I didn't like that his oratory fashion had a lot of screaming in it, but I would manage to get past my irritation and listen. He was bold, he was honest, he never gave up, he loved people, he believed in people, he believed in change. Even though I wished he didn't have to yell so much, I see know that the only way anyone would wake up to what he said was to yell. He could also talk, and listen. I listened last night to Paul on MTN , Minneapolis Television Network. They ran interview...

This weekend I went out with my friends Dawn and Ryan and baby Laura (10 months old). Ryan and Dawn share a love of micro-beers. Ryan make some good home brew and he also hosts the MNBeer site. We went off to the Muddy Pig on Saturday afternoon to sample belgian beer - it was the annual fest! We went at a great time, and had a table by the window. Laura had just got up from her nap, and she was as usual ms. mellow! She is the most content baby, and her mom and dad just ooze loving her, it is such a treat to be with them, and a flight of belgian been. So what about Rosalie Sorrels --- somehow as I was singing to Laura, the Hostile Baby Rocking Song sprang into my head (I said Melvina Reynolds sang it-my bad!). I came home and hunted on you-tube ---I didn't know the name, just the genre "hostile baby rocking song ( this is the day we give baby's away, with a half a pound of tea! If you know any ladies who want any babies send them around to me....) --- the title ...