words of wisdom....

i am not sure if all of you know or not, but i'm a bit of an intellectualist...no...intellecteur....no...oh i've got it!.....intellectual!!... there are times when i like to share some of the wisdom that has struck a chord with me..."Only good girls keep diaries; the bad girls don't have time." tallulah bankhead....does a blog count as a diary??..."Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere."....i don't know who wrote that...i think i am going to hell as i have been around ~ no ~ i mean i have gone a lot of places..."Don't give it away it's all you've got. Once they've got it they won't love you anymore." grandmama...from the day i was born!.... i am still trying to figure out what it is i've got that 'they' want!!...

...my bestest friend in the whole world, phat tommy, died last halloween, very sad....i miss him so very much...we were writing a book together, which i am going to finish on my own as my tommy would have liked...anyhow, besides being the best artist and the bestest friend, he had a lot of wise words, and even though he wasn't quite in my little corner of the world, his words touch me deeply and i think they will touch you too....and on halloween night, as the fireworks go off and everyone is partying...look up to heaven and wave to my tommy, because he is up there waving down at you....xoxo....i want to share some of tommy's wisdom with you 'cause i love you all so much...

...Our economic structure creates homelessness. We make heroes out of some guy who eats S'roids and kicks a football instead of someone who saves lives and delivers babies or is kind to animals. WE belong to the planet NOT it belongs to us. Collectively, we ought to be ashamed of ourselves for screwing the Paradise we've been given. Maybe that's hardwire too? Trading your time for money doesn't make sense to everyone. You can trade your time for money...but ALL the money in the world can't buy back your time. Get desperately ill and see how much your money means then. Money will be here long after we've gone. What counts is what you can take with you, like the goodness and kindness you've left for OTHERS. I can't remember all the stuff over the years I've hustled to buy. But I do remember Auntie B 40 years ago who made great cheese sandwiches and let me have sleepovers after my Dad died. What would you give to see one more time, your loved ones who are gone? Fast fwd that...you have loved ones right now that are being ignored for "money" that will be gone. Don't know what you got...till. Simplicity has been corrupted. I remember during the last year of my Mother's life, she was a shut in...she'd sit at her table waiting for my daily visits, we'd play cards and I'd bring peanuts to hide in a tree she could see from her window. The squirrels would come and hunt for them. I remember the laughter and delight she got watching them, watching the back of Teddy the wonder dog's head as he watched too. That was what I surrendered the last 10 years of my life to do. She wasn't well, so I tried to treat each day like it would be her last...that's priceless. I was alone with Mum when she died. Right in my arms. Killed me, but how fitting. When you're an only, and lose a parent early it draws your family very close, we'd been through a lot together. I'm crying as I write this. Do and say what you can NOW because you may not get a 2nd chance. Gotta go.