Today was great.. today was our christmas.. even as adults we all love the traditions of our holidays.
The kids came down at the crack of dawn.. well.. ok.. maybe `11 AM.. We even got a letter to sanat.. and a homemade ‘Grammacohn’ in the shape of the gramaphoen we’ve been workign on.
Lots of the presents this year were experiences and other non ‘stuff’.. all of us have too much stuff already.. .. but there was still plenty of stuff.. it was really fun.
We always bring sam in to our celebrations. it just feels right. THis year I made the kids and diane metal samstones.. oen of Pewter whcih my freind eliot helped me cast.. and the others in woods metal.. using the same mold .
one new tradition was ‘Caga Tio’ .. the poop log’. . Its a weird christmas tradition in Catalonia.. kids decorate a log.. and keep it warm and fed leading up to christmas.. then you threaten it with sticks until it ‘poop’s out small presents. CHeck out this story for the straight poop on Caga Tio
here’s our version
we took a break to eat lox and bagles.. adn a yummy pantone from Beckys parents
like all our christmases.. We took this one slow and it was actually getting dark by the time we were done.
One of the gifts we’ve given the kids and ourselves was four tickets to tonight’s Gogol Bordello show. Gogol Bordello’s one of my favorite bands… I first saw th in the early 2000’s and a bar in Austin. Through weird set of circumstances, I ended up getting to be friends with Eugene lead singer and Pam who plays the huge drum. The show has been a surprise for our kids, but a whole bunch of their friends were also going, Nate, Hannah Deborah, Ian, Maddie, Austin, Lindsey, Avery, Joe,// and I ran into ton of friends there… Homer and Mary , their daughter Ray, and many others
it was an AMAZING show !!!.. Eugene still has the same firey energy and stage presense he had when I first saw him 20 years ago.. and the band was great. they pulled up some members of the two warm up bands.. and then Pam came out an d the crowd loved that
the show ended aroudn mdinight.. and while the place was clearing out Eugene came to the stage door… He saw me and invited me backstage… I got Max Gabe and Diane and we went back for a short bit. It was really great to talk to him and Pam and Sergio their violin player. Eugene told me that he carries the sandstone everywhere with him… Which is really amazing. Anyway, it was great to be able to see them ! it was one of my favorite shows ever in Higher Ground.. and I’ve seen zillions of shows there
here’s to traditions.. old and new.. !
nite all, nite sam – we love oyu
-me