Summer Thoughts

I just finished eating Chinese food and drinking a glass of Lipton's peach flavored tea. I did this while sitting on my balcony, watching the sky turn dark blue... 


On the way back from the Chinese carry-out I noticed lightening bugs. When I was a kid I loved those little creatures! As I walked through the maze that the lightening bugs had created for me, I thought, "They are beautiful." I wish that I could have had a friend there to help me catch some. Maybe we could have watched them in a mason jar only to let them go right before their lights started to flicker out... 


I can't get Beyonce's "Party" featuring Andre 3000 out of my head. It's so 90's and funky. Every time I hear it, I imagine a skate party or riding on the highway with the windows down and the breeze blowing through my 'fro...


Looking out from my balcony I can see several trees. I've wondered on occasion what it would be like to sit atop one and just observe. Maybe lay back and stare up at the sky... 


The second verse of Beyonce's "Rather Die Young" reminds me of the most intense part of Laura Esquivel's classic novel "Like Water For Chocolate". Beyonce sings, 

You know I've been in love before 

You're the first one I ever seen 

That burns like gasoline 

So light a match,

 turn off the lights I'm holding on to you 

'cause this might be a last night, oh

In "Like Water For Chocolate" the main character, Tita, has finally gotten to be with the love of her life, Pedro, on their own terms. There is no controlling mother to torment her. Her sister, who ended up marrying Pedro, has finally died. When Pedro and Tita get together it's magic! After their love making pushes Pedro to literally see the light at the end of the tunnel, Tita finds small candles and eats them in hopes of reaching the light that Pedro has found. When Tita sees that light, Pedro is waiting for her. Together their light causes a great fire! It's as if one were the gasoline and the other was the match. 

(I know that was corny but you have to read the book and listen to the entire song! For real!) 

Just some summer thoughts...