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November 14th, 2014

11/14/2014

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I honestly don't think I would be the person I am today without travel.

I live for it.....well, honestly that , art, and ice cream (right now it's the Ben and Jerry's Blueberry frozen yogurt that has caught my obsession)

I left on a 6 week trip, when I was 19yrs old. What could be better? My friend Sandy worked and worked to save the money, sold her classic Porsche, and off we went. God, the stories I could tell you. I'll keep it at one right now.....

I was arrested for counterfeit money. Really.

We had enough, adesso basta of Italy, having traveled there for weeks and subject to the 2 blondes in Italy deluge......we were over it. The constant cat calls, groping of my d'oro hair, I was needing an alternative pronto. We got on a directo train in the port of Brindisi coming from Greece, and high tailed it North to find a way out.

The train system is amazing in Europe, and I always loved sitting back and reading sleeping, etc. Thank you Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac for making that a special time for me. I curled up to read and fell asleep, then I was jostled by a ticket taker.

I had a Eurail pass on a leather strip around my neck, what more did he want?

"I want one nother one" He said slapping his hand on a ticket. You are directo miss d'oro.

After a heated discussion I found that we had gotten on an upgraded train, and our pass did not cover the entire upgrade, so he was asking for more money in a very stern way.

Getting on the train at the heal of the Italy, I knew we were going to go right thru the country and did not cash a lot of money on the Greek ship coming over to Brindisi. I searched my bag desperately, and asked Sandy if she had some. I was now getting kind of upset, because mr. ticket man was staring at me, tapping the ticket talking to anyone and everyone in rather fast and angry Italian. I could only understand a few words, but I got the point, American, stupid, teenagers, ugh. I finally found a bill and handed it to him.

He gave a somewhat quizzical look at the bill, turned it over inspecting both sides, and I of course piped up and said "It's fine, I just printed in this morning"! then laughed a stupid dumb, teenager laugh. He left. I went back to reading and sleeping. It was hours and hours, and then again I was awakened to the ticket man, glaring over me.....this time with a very angry scowl on his face

"I want one nother one.......No good......NO good" he said slapping at the bill I had given him. Oh shit, I was in trouble now....I explained that I did not have one "nother" one to give to him, and I would when we got to Milan.....he went away.

Getting close to Milan now, I'm relieved, the train stops and on the train I see 2 Italian policemen coming right towards me...OMG, I am freaking in my seat!

They each grab one of my arms and escort me off the train with Sandy right behind me.

They don't speak English.

Long story short.....I ended up being interrogated, by a small desk light and a very large Sergeant.

I waved Sandy out, in hopes she would get some English speaking help,  and she went tearing out the front door of the police dept. 5-6 cops sprinting after her in a rather keystone cop atmosphere......

It all turned out alright. Remember the Greek ship, well that's where I cashed some travelers checks in, and the Milano cops finally explained they were after a group of college students that were laundering money from a Greek purser sending counterfit lire into Italy.....

Isn't life just grand???

 Bella fortuna, ciao.....







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Dance a lil bit...

11/9/2014

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Ya Gotta dance a lil bit in life....right?

When I was a little girl we lived around the corner from a dance studio. Wow, did that ever set our futures....

Everyday after school Jodi, my cousin slash adopted sister, and I would head over to the studio. She was 5 yrs older and I worshiped her. Every little girl needs a big sister in their life. It's where you get your fashion, makeup and hair, boys, gossip education from. We shared secrets, we loved each other. I would do anything for her in those days. She knew it and worked the heck out of it. She took such advantage of her superior position in life.

I did bite Jodi once though, when I was very young, took a big ol' chunk of her upper arm and clamped down hard. My grandmother bit me back, I will never forget that, I never bit anyone again. Isn't it so funny what we remember in our lives. At the time it's not that important, then we look back on it and think wow, I guess that really had an impact on me and why? You look for the lessons in your lives, and what they did for you.

I had a brain aneurysm in 2010. Well, that was a mighty powerful lesson......I almost died.You learn a lot in ICU for 30 days hooked up to machines, tubes, etc....

It makes you appreciate and acknowledge LIFE..... EVERYTHING EVERY DAY.

You learn to Dance BIG everyday of the rest of your life. Anyone that has had a life threatening illness, overcame an illness, survived a catastrophe, will tell you that they learned to go big, and appreciate everything, not to dwell on minutia.

Don't ever hesitate to tell someone you love them, help a friend, have that piece of cheesecake, or dance in the rain. Don't hesitate to live life to it's fullest, and don't hesitate to.....

Always DANCE BIG!

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Lil bits.....

11/6/2014

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O.K. So I have learned a few things in all my years.....I learned to accept. Accept the things I cannot change. Then change the ones I can. Life is really simple if you allow it to be.

My Dad was always full of simple wisdoms. He always said "Can you do anything about it? Then do it, if you can't..... don't worry about it"
It was as simple as that for him. He came from a tough neighborhood, spoke a little Italian, some Polish, learned life from the streets. He said,  "Bee-YOU tee-full", with a brooklyn accent .....This from a guy who used to heat pork and beans in a can when my Mom was on a business trip, only because he never wanted to dirty a pan. This had to be a hold over tactic from his days as a hobo, riding the rails, jumping freight trains across the country. Life was and is simple....we're the one's that make it complex.

So these little new collages are gems from my childhood, life lessons I've learned, things I
have heard. They are validations of our specialness. They say we are good, we are great, and we need to shout it from our hearts! I was always told I could do anything, there were no limits in life....

You do get what you put out into the Universe. I'm a firm believer in karma, my grandma use to say.....ohhhh she better watch her step! That's what we need to do is watch each others steps, watch that we are validated, growing, being honest and true with our feelings and live from the heart.

There are so many of us that live in our heads. It's not really how you look, it's how you look at life, right. If you are too much in the head, that sh** makes you crazy, you start second guessing your gut feelings.

You know it's usually the first answer that you come up with that's right. We need to live our lives with that gut first answer guiding us, leading the way thru the trials and tribulations we all have to deal with.

Being true to one's self, being who you are meant to be. Loving your intuition, with letting your gut lead the way. Feel it, stay in tune....be in balance.....stray but come back.......

Be who you are......live true........BE YOU, OK?
In the SHOP.....
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