Sunday I spent the day catching up with a friend from high school. We went out to Galveston Island and spent the afternoon window shopping and having lunch at Yaga's cafe. BTW if you are ever at Yaga's do try the Cider Salad. Mixed greens, grilled granny smith apples, candied pecans, bleu cheese crumbles with apple cider-brown sugar vinaigrette, it was scrumptious!
Sorry got side tracked. Evonne and I were in Galveston because we had tickets to spend "An Evening With Shirley MacLaine" at The Grand 1894 Opera House. We were in the second tier balcony middle left and had excellent seats. It was well worth the ticket price and we enjoyed it very much. If you get the chance do go see her! Afterward we walked on the beach for awhile then went out to dinner with her SO and had margaritas and Mexican food. A thoroughly enjoyable day!
Upon arriving home a friend in Canada texted me and said "Turn on the television" and I heard the news about Ossama being killed by American Military. A part of me seemed to relax just a little, the horror of watching the 9/11 attacks on television and the memory of the fear and absolute stunned astonishment of that day releasing momentarily like a breath I had held for ten years and didn't know it.
In the light of day now I realize it means little in the way of stopping the terrorist acts, in fact might cause them to accelerate, but if he was the driving force, the head of the snake so to speak, one can only hope his death will signal an easing of the way for a respite of the terror his movement has caused around the world.
As for the retreat.... well I've almost talked myself into the fact that I am in need of a spiritual or artistic retreat. I began looking online and pricing trips and who knew it would be so expensive to go five hours away for a weekend! Still....just a trip doesn't seem to be what I feel I need so I will continue to shop and look. I found an artists retreat to Greece for week I was very tempted by, but that is something I would have to save for over a year to get and perhaps in the future it is something that is a possibility, but for now I will try something a bit closer and a bit more economical.
If you hear of anything let me know!
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