Lulu and I had a bat-oriented night in Davis last night. First, we watched a live presentation starring a cast of orphans. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/video/bats.flv image=wp-content/video/bats.jpg /] [All filmography by Lulu. Ginna edited and produced it. The first song is There Ain’t No Bugs on Me by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. The second is Doc Watson singing Summertime. Corky is the name of the woman who handles and tells us about the bats.] Then we […]
Read moreMonth: June 2009
Animal Songs
As a belated b’day present for Lulu, we met up with P & J for a performance at the Freight. It was Cheryl Wheeler, who gave us her usual abundance of gut-laughs and music-induced emotion, pausing only for hot flashes. Her final number — and her last song ever at the original Freight — was the classic hound-oriented song, Howl at the Moon. Her descriptions of her life in rural Massachusetts made me want to […]
Read moreRefugee Day
Yesterday was my day to tutor my Bhutanese refugee. Before the lesson I met her at Oakland’s annual Refugee Day, an occasion I’d not known existed. Here’s a picture of her with her granddaughter. One granddaughter. Many granddaughters. During part of the day’s ESL instruction we worked with singular and plural. I spontaneously flew around the room with plastic Aquafina bottles in my hands and placing them here and there. This bottle. That bottle. These […]
Read moreI Warned You!
I told you I have no memory. I forgot one of the cool things about my trip East, when we went to visit the house where I grew up. Mom dropped Anna and me off in front so we could walk around. It’s a corner house so you can peek in from three sides. Five or so kids — some of the current occupants — immediately ran toward us, friendly and chatty. They listened with […]
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