August 23, 2009
This weekend we had a lovely visit with the amazing, brilliant David Bromberg and his equally amazing and brilliant wife, Nancy Josephson.  Aren’t they cute in their pjs?  Do you know Bromberg?  He was huge about 25 years ago.  I saw in perform in Central park in 1979 when I first moved to NYC and loved it.  It was also the biggest crowd ever at a CP concert — until the record was broken by Diana Ross.  But he dropped out for 22 years and didn’t have a guitar that whole time.  He became a fine violin maker.  Now he’s back on stage and still making violins.  Nancy is an expert on Haitian voodoo, an acclaimed visual artist and has a girl band called Angelband.  Great people who totally inspired me with their tremendously creative life.  I love meeting people who make up their life as they go, from what is interesting and nurturing to them.

This weekend we had a lovely visit with the amazing, brilliant David Bromberg and his equally amazing and brilliant wife, Nancy Josephson.  Aren’t they cute in their pjs?  Do you know Bromberg?  He was huge about 25 years ago.  I saw in perform in Central park in 1979 when I first moved to NYC and loved it.  It was also the biggest crowd ever at a CP concert — until the record was broken by Diana Ross.  But he dropped out for 22 years and didn’t have a guitar that whole time.  He became a fine violin maker.  Now he’s back on stage and still making violins.  Nancy is an expert on Haitian voodoo, an acclaimed visual artist and has a girl band called Angelband.  Great people who totally inspired me with their tremendously creative life.  I love meeting people who make up their life as they go, from what is interesting and nurturing to them.

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Another family nap.

Another family nap.

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Then we went to visit my mom but she was taking a nap.  We didn’t want to disturb her so I decided to get on the bed and take a nap, too, while we waited for her to wake up.  Leroy likes to be in the sandwich.

Then we went to visit my mom but she was taking a nap.  We didn’t want to disturb her so I decided to get on the bed and take a nap, too, while we waited for her to wake up.  Leroy likes to be in the sandwich.

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More friends visiting!  This is Dave and his sister Nicky, embracing their beloved Puji Guest, mom of Christopher Guest and best friend of their mom, Clare Nichtern.  Puji is 88 and swims a mile a day.

More friends visiting!  This is Dave and his sister Nicky, embracing their beloved Puji Guest, mom of Christopher Guest and best friend of their mom, Clare Nichtern.  Puji is 88 and swims a mile a day.

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day 4 -- detox

Either the pollen count is insanely high and my kapalabhati practice has stopped working, or I’m detoxing.  Yesterday and this morning have been total sneezing dribble fests but maybe that is a good thing.  Sometimes you have to feel worse before you feel better.  Anyway, I’ve been off soy, milk, cheese, sugar, yogurt, citrus, peanuts, beans, vinegar and all things fermented for 3.5 days.  No wine.  No summer corn.  Taking my Vitamin D; melatonin; DHEA — the grandmother hormone; magnesium and some other essential oils and it is no big deal.  I made a salad with oil and lemon juice instead of balsamic vinegar and I liked it even better.  So there!

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August 20, 2009

soy vey

Speaking of Loudon Wainwright III, I’ve been singing one of his classic songs to myself today — the one that starts, “I went to the doctor, the doctor said Son, you look older than me and I’m 81…”  Yes, I went to the doctor yesterday.  I haven’t been feeling particularly good for….awhile…a few years….true confession almost since I started OM yoga because it is very stressful having a business!  I had no idea.  I thought it would just be fun and nice to teach yoga in my own way that I wanted to share.  And, of course, it is wonderful and the community is my family but there is stress involved.  I was diagnosed with Hashimodo’s in 2001 and have been taking medication for that ever since and it helped me a lot.  With an autoimmune thyroid disorder like that it is important for me to get my blood tested frequently.

So, I went to a new doctor and she took out so much blood that my arm hurt for two days.  That was last month.  Yesterday I got the results, not all which I want to share, not just yet anyway.  But I found out that one thing I was being tested for was food sensitivity.  And, boy am I sensitive!  I have off the chart high sensitivity to:

yeast

soy

cheese

oranges

peanuts

beans

milk

eggs

yogurt

and medium sensitivities to a bunch of other delicious stuff.  There is a part of me that isn’t sure this kind of testing is real except that even when I was a kid I got splotchy face from oranges and there have been some bean incidents that are best not mentionedl.  I also found out that even though I’ve been in the sun a lot this summer I have almost no Vitamin D, no folic acid, no magnesium and no hormones.  Gosh, it’s amazing that I can function at all!  She gave me a bunch of stuff to take and after one night I must say I am loving that melatonin.  Anyway, hope this isn’t too much of an overshare but isn’t that what people do on blogs.  I will try to report how my practice is helping me navigate this information but it’s too soon to say except for now I’m just watching my mind.  And my diet.

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This is Dick Cannette.  He is an old buddy of mine from way back in the day when I was a modern dancer and he was the composer for all Charlie Moulton’s choreography. They were a great team and my pals.  That was in the 80s.  Then we lost touch but somehow he got to be great friends with Loud and they have just done an album together.  Dick produced it and you should really check it out.  It is called High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project. http://www.thecharliepooleproject.com/CharlieBook-Web.pdf

This is Dick Cannette.  He is an old buddy of mine from way back in the day when I was a modern dancer and he was the composer for all Charlie Moulton’s choreography. They were a great team and my pals.  That was in the 80s.  Then we lost touch but somehow he got to be great friends with Loud and they have just done an album together.  Dick produced it and you should really check it out.  It is called High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project.

http://www.thecharliepooleproject.com/CharlieBook-Web.pdf

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Dave on guitar.

Dave on guitar.

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Nudgie sat in — even though he is standing.  He did some awesome solos and got a lot of love from the audience.

Nudgie sat in — even though he is standing.  He did some awesome solos and got a lot of love from the audience.

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Last weekend we went to Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett to Loudon Wainwright 3rd’s gig.  This is Loudon and that is a picture of Stephen Hand, one of the first families of the East End.  Our house is just off Stephen Hand Path.  

Last weekend we went to Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett to Loudon Wainwright 3rd’s gig.  This is Loudon and that is a picture of Stephen Hand, one of the first families of the East End.  Our house is just off Stephen Hand Path.  

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