wandering mind

Today is one of those most perfect days. The temperature is in the 70s. A caressing breeze is blowing. Clouds are being playful. Pansies are smiling Clematis is radiant at its purple best Hostas are unfurling And this other plant that I don't know the name of is being very cute as well :)

On this Mother's day I remembered one random fact from long time ago. We moved to US in 1984. The first car we bought was a Chevy Chevette - all manual, no AC, no nothing - very basic. Then next year we bought a station wagon which was much nicer and had AC and everything. Mom used to drive the station wagon, dad used to drive the chevette. One day I realized that mom never turns her AC on - when asked why she said that she doesn't feel right turning the AC on when dad drives the car with no AC - made sense to me then - but now I think that is the most romantic thing ever. Eventually all our cars had AC, but I will always remember what mom said that day. ( image from wikipedia )

Had a great yoga class today after work. I felt so light headed, kind of high, like I do after a glass or two of wine (it could be because I was starving). We were in warrior pose (I forget which kind of warrior), we had one hand in the front and one in the back. The yoga teacher says - the hand behind you is your past - you can let it go. The hand in front of you is your future - look towards that. Then he says - what is you present? "My quads" I yelped - because they were burning!!!! There are these muscles called triceps. I have sort of ignored them all my life, not really needed them, until the yoga teacher decided to call upon their service. Man are they still hurting. I thought they were glucose deprived. So I fed them half a frontega chicken sandwich from Panera and two glasses of wine - they are still complaining. I guess if you have been asleep for a long time and were unexpectedly thrown into hard labor -this is bound to happen - dolphin pose anyone? Anyways, li...

Following is cut and paste from an email I received. I just signed the petition, I encourage you to do the same. No-one yet knows whether swine flu will become a global pandemic, but it is becoming clear where it came from – most likely a giant pig factory farm run by an American multinational corporation in Veracruz, Mexico.(1) These factory farms are disgusting and dangerous, and they're rapidly multiplying. Thousands of pigs are brutally crammed into dirty warehouses and sprayed with a cocktail of drugs -- posing a health risk to more than just our food -- they and their manure lagoons create the perfect conditions to breed dangerous new viruses like swine flu. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) must investigate and develop regulations for these farms to protect global health. Big agrobusiness will try to obstruct and scuttle any attempts at reform, so we need a massive outcry that health authorities can't ignore. Sign the pe...

I usually don't read chick lits and have been known to pooh, pooh chick lits - but man o man - I just love "Can you keep a Secret" by Sophie Kinsella - I mean I don't remember when was the last time a book made me laugh out loud. This is the second time I am listening to it on CD and it is absolutely hilarious - especially listening to it being narrated. Highly recommended. Check it out here .

Do you all know about "find a penny, pick it up and all day long you have good luck"? Me and my daughters are strong believer of that and always pick up the pennies along the way if we find them - but you see they have to be right side up otherwise it doesn't work. So, if I see a penny and it is not heads, then I just leave it. As my daughter was getting out of the car this morning, see spotted a penny on the curb, but alas, it was wrong side up. Instead of leaving it alone like I usually do, she flipped it and left it there. I was blown by this simple act of kindness for a stranger. She couldn't get the luck from the penny, but she made sure that the next person spotting the penny will. Why haven't I ever thought of that? (penny image from here )

I came back and found another one smiling :) Hope every one had a nice Easter break. More later...