Wild Blue Yonder

 Is it Monday again? I've entered a whole new world.

I was that crazy lady spraying and wiping down everything I touched (even though I am fully vaccinated), but MAN was it good to be on stage once again!

And it was beyond beautiful to be with all these lovely people and fine talents!

With Mark

With Levi Ruffin, Nate Hughes

With Lanise Hughes

Lanise, Me, Nate, Cheri, Randall, Maxi, Tom, Eddie, Levi, Oscar

Two shows, three hotel rooms, and four planes later, I think I'm getting the hang of this new world of safety protocols. Hand sanitizer, wipes, spray and gloves are at the ready in various accessible pockets of my crossbody bag and I've got the use of public restrooms down to a science. 

SMH at how much of everything we took for granted, and how amazing it is that some of these kids coming up now will have never known a world before COVID.

May we all stay safe, healthy, happy and grateful.

Love you all, 

T

Flying High

 Sorry I'm late.

It's been a little hectic.

It was 113 degrees here in Vegas today! Whew! So glad to be here rehearsing again though! I can take the heat :) This week is going to be AWESOME! It's such an honor to work with Rick James' Original Stone City Band!

Blessed week everyone...

The sky isn't even the limit anymore ;)

Love,

T

Twisted

 There have been A LOT of twists and turns this week.

Then our sunflower reminded me that twists and turns are a part of nature. (Yep. It actually grew like that!)

So we can just remember that and fly high!

Life can be a beach, even through the crazy curves.

Here's wishing you all a great week!

Love,

T

Look! God!

How lovely it is when we create the opportunity to follow our train of thought. 

Sometimes, during the week I jot down a random idea that may or may not become that week's blog. This week I thought of God and how in Bible stories we hear of instances where, when God appears, people turn their heads away. I think the thought stemmed from a conversation I had with Zachary about why all the animals bow down before the king. Anyway, what I wrote down in my own notes was this:

Why did they shield their eyes?

Why were they afraid to look?

Why are we terrified of our own divine and block our blessings?

Google search results of "Why did they shield their eyes" began with a CNBC article with Dr. Anthony Fauci concerning the use of goggles and eye shields as preventive measures against COVID 19. (The world we live in - SMH.) When I added the word "God" the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston came up and my original little random thought opened up into a whole world of literary content, commentary and the life and times of an amazing author who died over sixty years ago.

Click here for "Their Eyes Were Watching God" on Wikipedia.com

I'd better go do some reading now. Here's wishing us all the time and peaceful quiet required to follow our own little random thoughts this week... Blessed be.

Love,

T