February 24,2021

Good morning everyone, well it is hump day today , the middle of the week, it is February 24, 2021. The weather looks good today so maybe we could venture out and do some enjoyable things or maybe even run some errands. I think many of us about now are starting to go a little stir crazy with all the snow and bad weather, it’s not bad enough to endure what we are but did we have to top it off with bad weather too. I’m looking for nice temperatures, not balmy days yet, I know we have a way to go to get really warm.
As I have told you I am a people person, I like to talk to anyone that will listen, but I also enjoy listening to them maybe even more. I am also a people watcher, I enjoy nothing more than to sit in a restaurant, cafe, park, mall and watch people go by. If I were in France I could do this all day in a cafe with coffee and a croissant, and I have done that with great delight. Why does one watch people, it is a way to create intrigue in life ,you create scenarios imagining all sorts of things, the way people act dress and carry themselves, when I would direct a show more than once I got my characterizations from ordinary people I saw, the way they stood, held their hands, walked. Teaching monologues I would always give a picture and tell the students put life into these photos, on your way home watch people and use those mannerisms you see on you photo to create dialogue. This is not something new people have always people watched, Peacock Alley at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was built specifically for that purpose. Great restaurants used to seat people that way, in France a man could never sit against a wall he had to be looking at his companion while she sat against the wall. The premise was a woman was to be seen by others not the man. In Maxims one night a patron could not understand this and fought the waiter and mater d finally he was told if he could not abide by the rules he could leave. He sat down where they told him. I’m sure these rules are no longer in place. I myself find it difficult to sit facing a wall because I want to see what’s going on. Throughout history women have always been watched for their beauty and style because basically all women are beautiful. The me too movement would have me murdered for saying that. But I don’t mean just physical beauty I also mean inner beauty, women are mothers and caretakers and there is a softness about that , and can be seen by others. One night in Regines I was having dinner and a woman came in and she looked at me and something about her intrigued me as I sat most of the night sometimes glancing at her I realized she was much older than me, she was extremely beautiful and in this case I mean facially her skin was perfection and finally I realized it was Zsa Zsa Gabor. She was just beautiful no matter what her age was, and I thought no wonder so many men married her. I am not speaking disrespectful in this post about anyone. I felt the same way when I saw Rock Hudson. These people made their lives by their looks. Times are much different now. So this post is really to honor all people, everyone is beautiful to me. That’s why I enjoy watching them. What is more beautiful than an elderly couple walking holding hands in a park, or a parent teaching a child to ride a bike, or a grandparent holding a grandchild. A teacher walking with the class behind her like Ms. Clavell in Madeline, but one I love is a women or man at a farmers market picking tomatoes with such expertise, you know whatever they make with that tomato will be delicious because they are experts. These are scenes I love seeing. So please do not take offense to anything I said, I love all people and watching everyday life go by.
Have a great day, try watching a snlpit of life it will make you enjoy yours even better. Again I have posted a short poem about what makes people important try to read it refections of a life. Til Tomorrow!