random rambling and things that catch my eyeTumblr (3.0; @jettcat)http://jettcat.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/916de951d887368e2e7f4ee76b2cc0a1/tumblr_mmyv1cfSa71qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Miss Baby gets to come home from vet. She ate part of a mouse, she has a piece of bone in her tummy. #babydog #getwellsoon (at Cambria)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50686004847http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50686004847Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:12 -0700babydoggetwellsoon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d57b0a0bafb112d2081c4fceb3ff090b/tumblr_mmo68cqtaY1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bidding a fond fare well to my last classmate. #hearstcastle #livinghistory (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50227983178http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50227983178Sat, 11 May 2013 22:07:24 -0700livinghistoryhearstcastle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/54f087260b61c5388e62eae9d93bc4c0/tumblr_mmmd9ti68D1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@mollycrabapple the #shellgame has rolled into town. Do you have your challenge coin? #supportart #supportartists (at Cambria)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50146879853http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50146879853Fri, 10 May 2013 22:44:17 -0700shellgamesupportartistssupportart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58823cba5fbe28f70d1fca5335b30b17/tumblr_mmk941xuSO1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One the best school groups I’ve ever had the pleasure of entertaining at the Castle. #bigup #pasadena #mayfield #greatkidsb (at Hearst Castle Neptune Pool)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50060044112http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/50060044112Thu, 09 May 2013 19:19:13 -0700mayfieldpasadenabigupgreatkidsb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f95c3f8dda21effc7f2da16e115b8b27/tumblr_mmengns0a21qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Winter blooming flowers are confused. #gardencourt #paradise (at Cambria)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49821343858http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49821343858Mon, 06 May 2013 18:43:34 -0700paradisegardencourt<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ff709288bdde83ea27c3907de4d8a169/tumblr_mmcumjd27I1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another close up view. #shiny #hearstcastle #livinghistory #ow (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742634348http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742634348Sun, 05 May 2013 19:23:06 -0700livinghistoryowshinyhearstcastle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e63ed8d9af0107b9e16adfa70a0b2e5/tumblr_mmcuk3rVyz1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Detail of bracelet. #shiny #hearstcastle #crosseyed #bracelet (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742510308http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742510308Sun, 05 May 2013 19:21:39 -0700crosseyedbraceletshinyhearstcastle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c592a22f6ce84c391723e46c647b2b9b/tumblr_mmcugs64GI1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What I’ve been working on most of the day. #shiny #hearstcastle #livinghistory #mastequila #porfavor (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742340989http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49742340989Sun, 05 May 2013 19:19:40 -0700livinghistorymastequilashinyhearstcastleporfavor“<p>After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,<br/> I heard the announcement:<br/> If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,<br/> Please come to the gate immediately.</p> <p>Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.<br/> An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,<br/> Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.<br/> Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her<br/> Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she<br/> Did this.</p> <p>I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.<br/> Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,<br/> Sho bit se-wee?</p> <p>The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—<br/> She stopped crying.</p> <p>She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.<br/> She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the<br/> Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,</p> <p>Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.<br/> We called her son and I spoke with him in English.<br/> I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and<br/> Would ride next to her—Southwest.</p> <p>She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.</p> <p>Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and<br/> Found out of course they had ten shared friends.</p> <p>Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian<br/> Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.</p> <p>She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering<br/> Questions.</p> <p>She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered<br/> Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—<br/> And was offering them to all the women at the gate.</p> <p>To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a<br/> Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,<br/> The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same<br/> Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.</p> <p>And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—<br/> Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African<br/> American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice<br/> And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.</p> <p>And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—<br/> Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,</p> <p>With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always<br/> Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.</p> <p>And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,<br/> This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.</p> <p>Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped<br/> —has seemed apprehensive about any other person.</p> <p>They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.<br/> This can still happen anywhere.</p> <p>Not everything is lost.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” </span> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awelltraveledwoman.tumblr.com/">awelltraveledwoman</a>)</em>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49657436547http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49657436547Sat, 04 May 2013 22:22:25 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e6e3b5611ea839914f754ce45fec2f1/tumblr_mmaug2QtP81qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunny days. #paradise #slolife (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49636212415http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49636212415Sat, 04 May 2013 17:24:02 -0700slolifeparadise<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c129435dc7fab2838d5ee9dd458b548/tumblr_mm4xw6BXjO1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A fellow traveler from West Virginia. #cambria #santarosa #cemetary (at Cambria Cemetery Est. 1870)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378386076http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378386076Wed, 01 May 2013 12:52:54 -0700cemetarysantarosacambria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/646b7a30f98ed20fa6cdeb4fa48a6d10/tumblr_mm4xtgG4Jv1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Rev Thomson’s wife. #cambria #santarosa #cemetary (at Cambria Cemetery Est. 1870)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378270127http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378270127Wed, 01 May 2013 12:51:15 -0700cemetarysantarosacambria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c33bf46fa4188fd451508ae9f82f4218/tumblr_mm4xq5mzmu1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gone but not forgotten. #cambria #santarosa #cemetary (at Cambria Cemetery Est. 1870)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378132013http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49378132013Wed, 01 May 2013 12:49:17 -0700cemetarysantarosacambriahttp://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49247558085http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49247558085Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:23:02 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a51f6ff5294cfd8ebfc51f1584b389f/tumblr_mm1vy0H1pe1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And in this edition of #tourguidesgonewild (at Becky’s Bistro)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49237786839http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49237786839Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:18:00 -0700tourguidesgonewild<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58a3272d04a53dce0071d01bfef2741d/tumblr_mm1v98DheZ1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Helen, the balloon dachshund, attends WR’s 150th birthday party. #tourguidesgonewild (at Becky’s Bistro)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49236825087http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49236825087Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:03:07 -0700tourguidesgonewild<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/017b719be28c12a2b634f38d1d73fd26/tumblr_mly10y39KH1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our dear friend Gloria would like you all to know that she is alive and kicking. She’s feisty and waiting on healing up. #getwellsoon #hearstcastle #slolife #helloworld (at Cayucos, CA)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49056373997http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/49056373997Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:17:22 -0700helloworldslolifehearstcastlegetwellsoon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c67f7a80a6887b767fbe41337ff35c07/tumblr_mlwekaOlDD1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another pop of color in the gardens. #slolife #gardencourt #hearstcastle #paradise (at Hearst Castle)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48986374851http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48986374851Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:14:34 -0700slolifeparadisehearstcastlegardencourt<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01e7a0172d63e786a15c15e8d33a1812/tumblr_mls39qWyXN1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Original of #earthday photo without filters. #slolife #gardencourt #gaia (at Cambria)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48798846063http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48798846063Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:20:13 -0700slolifeearthdaygaiagardencourt<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e1f1f58bbd4f4c81ee27d419b4d5f9a/tumblr_mls36szSIS1qb010uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mischief managed. #slolife #hearstcastle #family #getwellsoon (at Cayucos, CA)</p>http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48798715381http://jettcat.tumblr.com/post/48798715381Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:18:28 -0700slolifegetwellsoonhearstcastlefamily