RERUN 2/13/09

I'm not sure what I expected, especially since SEX is right there in bold letters on the DVD cover of SEX AND THE CITY. No one would ever call me a prude, but for someone who's seen only boy-and-dog and car-chase movies for the past 20 years, I was surprised by how little, if anything, was left to the imagination in this popular film. It was a truly enjoyable flick that featured fashion, fun, and relationships, interwoven with truths, humor, and fantasy.

“But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.” I don't remember this quote from the movie, so it may have come from one of the TV episodes, but I'm posting it here because of it's pertinence.

Dawn, who endured my cats' dander, and her friend Mary Frances who drove in from Durham, along with Cheryl, Marcy, Kim, Lee, Sandy C., and I supped on soup before we hunkered down for the movie. We took a pause midway so Cheryl could share her chocolate martini kit, a Christmas gift, with us. What's not to like about a chilled martini glass double dipped, first in chocolate syrup, then in cinnamon and filled with a yummy chocolate concoction and topped with whipped cream and a sprinkling of chocolate shavings? Deliciously decadent!

Unbeknownst to Lee, or anyone else, the day before we gathered I finished writing a chapter in my novel, SOLO FLIGHT, that mentions nonpareils and a mouse. So what does Lee bring? Nonpareils! I remained on the outlook for a mouse the rest of the evening.

Due to some miscommunication with Cheryl, I was the only one wearing "outrageous fashion." But it wasn't only the fashion that was outrageous, Sandy introduced us to a local organiztion called SWOOP (Strong Women Organizing Outrageous Projects). SWOOP fills three purposes. 1) To help persons in need: elderly, low-income, disabled, or simply overwhelmed. 2) To better ourselves in body, mind, and spirit, by bettering the lot of others. 3) To build community among women by providing opportunities for networking and fun. Check it out at http://www.swoop4u.org/public and sign-up online if you care to volunteer on the second Saturday of a month a few times a year. In addition to helping persons in need, you may also learn a new skill and make more friends to love the you that you love and maybe even the you that you don't love so much.
-Peggy Wolf