songbird's crazy world

 Shea Stadium, 25 years ago tonight. 9/21/2001. Do you remember that baseball season? Let’s go back to the 2000 Subway Series, when the National League Champion Mets lost to the American League champs, the Yankees, and NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani had to pretend to like the Mets as much as he liked the Yankees. Both teams entered 2001 primed for a pennant race. It was an exciting season. Remember who was in the Mets that year?  John Franco.  Todd Zeile. Al Leiter. Robin Ventura. Ray Ordóñez. Edgardo Alfonso. And, of course, Mike Piazza. The team was in a pennant at race. And then came 9/11. The first professional sports event in NYC came 10 days later,  on 9/21.  The NY Mets and the Atlanta Braves in Shea Stadium.  The Braves were the Mets’ arch rivals.  But that night… Police officers, firefighters and military personnel were on the field for pregame ceremony.  The Mets wore the caps of the various first responders,  Diana Ross sang “God Bless Am...

 

 Got my Ipsy bag. Sample sizes, chosen for me by Ipsy. Lip treatment, eye cream, mascara, blush and a makeup brush.  All things I could use, but the only one I’d buy again would be the lip treatment.  We went to Drew’s high school reunion Saturday night.  Class of 1976.  Nice party,  a local bar has a party room.  Food was good.  Drew had a blast.   I’m two years younger than Drew.  I grew up in a different town,  I graduated in 1978.  We were in college when we met. The weather Saturday night?  Autumnal.  My first opportunity to wear fall clothes.  I loved wearing my new blue sweater.  But the bouts I bought in line, the boots on clearance do they can’t be returned, were a bit tight.  Sigh. The Ducks swept Hagerstown, winning game 3 Friday night.  The championship series, against  the Blue Crabs    begins tonight.  It’s a best-of-five, with the first two games in Maryland. ...

  Everybody Loves a Clown Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to  answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions! Saturday 9: Everybody Loves a Clown (1965) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . 1) Not everyone loves clowns. " Coulrophobia" is the irrational fear of clowns. Do you have any fears or phobias? No phobias but normal fears — bugs, vicious animals, etc.   2) This week's featured artist, Gary Lewis, sings that he jokes a lot at parties. In social settings, are you more a talker or a listener? Depends on who I’m with. 3) He's dreaming of a specia...

Rerun time   Music Monday  was all about cats …   The theme? Unbeknown to me, September is National Happy Cat month. You don’t have a cat or any animal to share some songs about these adorable four-legged creatures! Before I play my songs … You all know my dear friend Duchess And my other sweet girl, Moon Shadow.  We call her Shadow. Though I’ll hazard a guess I’m not the only crazy cat lady hopping on this theme today … First let’s play the song that inspired Shadow’s name …by (of course) Cat Stevens. And from Disney, the movie that inspired Duchess’s name Next up, Elton John Anyone remember dancing to this song? Tom Jones has a question The Stray Cats have something to add We must include something from Cats Yeah, one of my favorite musicals.  I actually named a cat Mr. Mistoffeles.  He was quiet, he was small, he was black … No, I don’t like cats at all… just because this hangs in the front hall … I loved this theme.  🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️💙🩵🩷🧡💜

  Qigong (pronounced "chee-gong") is  an ancient Chinese practice that combines slow movements, deep breathing, and meditation to improve health and balance energy Tai chi is  an ancient Chinese martial art practiced as a gentle, low-impact system of slow continuous movements, deep breathing, and mental focus . Often called "meditation in motion," it is designed to harmonize the body and mind while promoting   Qigong focuses on simple, repetitive energy and breathing exercises for health, while Tai Chi is a structured, flowing martial art sequence that requires memorizing continuous movements .  [ 1 ]  and inner energy. Qigong is often used as a warmup for tai chi practice. We started with qigong, did some breathing exercises.  And then the instructor introduced us to the 24 forms, or poses. This is going to be challenging. This is going to be fun.

Great night at the ballpark last night.  The Ducks won and are heading to Hagerstown for game 3 of a best-of-five series.  Exciting.     Fire alarm went off at the office today.  We were told to evacuate the building.  Everyone grabbed their laptops and personal stuff.  And as soon as we were in the hallway they told us it was a false alarm … but you have to take these things seriously. My first tai chi class will be tonight.  Should be fun.