Sunday, July 6, 2008

Home & Garden notes

How do you dress up a three-star hotel room that has a bug crawling toward your suitcase and the remains of a squashed mosquito smudged above your headboard?
My solution: Tear the stem from a climbing rose bush that holds two perfect white flowers. Place them in the water glass beside your twin bed, the lumpy one that has the sketchy bedspread you don't want to touch.
Now, examine the perfect papery whiteness of the petals and smell the fragrance.
The room feels better already.
Instant interior decoration with a hint of interior illumination.

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A magical flower

A magical flower
The guide squeezes this flower and it squirts water like a water pistol

Cathy and Joe Wanzala

Cathy and Joe Wanzala
They couldn't wait to paste the Obama sticker on their car

My main man

My main man
Ernest is my trusty cab driver who blasts music as we make our way through Gabs

Ted Thomas, man of intrigue and style

Ted Thomas, man of intrigue and style
My friend, Ted, and his wife, Mary Ann, hosted a Safari Send-Off for me in Austin and treated me to a special mix of African music that already a UB student and a professor want to download.