Do You Fall Down A Lot Dear?

Is that not a perfect title for a blog or book on the aging process? So perfectly identifies what lies ahead.  Up early to do nothing really. Reading emails, the news. Crappola. Giants lost to the Dodgers again last night. CRAP! We are not even playing 500 ball at the moment. Yikes.  Off to a cocktail party this evening. Hosted by UK Film Liaisons. Free food and booze  Makes me smile.  Do hope I can keep from spilling on my blouse as I attempt to schmooze. 

Thoughts

Not a city girl. Dwell in one of the largest on the planet but don't embrace it. Walking around the Hollywood Reservoir this morning I engulfed the quiet. As I strode, I felt myself elsewhere, strolling among redwoods or pine trees. The air crisp. A stillness surrounding me.  No police sirens, news helicopters, or the constant, never ending hum of traffic to pervade the quiet.  I yearn for that calm.  Yes, I love having the ability to taste, devour and experience a vast array of ethnic foods that a large metropolitan city offers.  That's a given. But is that all a city offers me. Of course not. When I'm in London, NY or any other metropolitan center I visit museums, libraries, see plays, enjoy parks and explore nooks and crannies. Not here. Not in LA.  Maybe that's it.  Los Angeles.  I suspect I'd venture out more in San Francisco, Seattle or Boston if I lived one of those urban junctures.  Hmmmm. Maybe I should say, not an Angeleno!   Wow, what a relief!!!