I’m raising money for the ASPCA to spay and neuter cats to reduce the numbers that are euthanized every year. Please support Charlie.

I have been working on my own neighborhood by trapping cats and having them spayed or neutered. Six cats have been caught and released since September.

A Buddhist, Jew and Christian are all praying together… It’s sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s not a joke. There were three of us women getting ready to dance a traditional hula, known as kahiko. Now why were we praying? You can imagine that there are far more young women dancing. Well, we were the three out of about seventy-five women who were having our periods. While you may think that is too much information, let me explain. Apparently, the Hawaiians considered a woman on her period as impure, and so she wouldn’t dance kahiko then. This “impure” thing was completely foreign to the other girls, but it’s quite familiar to me–the Jew.

So for me this was the first time I have ever prayed with a Buddhist, and a Buddhist and Christian. Well, maybe she was…she wasn’t sure what to pray. I wasn’t either, which is why I asked earlier in the day.

In case you’re wondering, it went well. The period did not interfere with my ability to dance. I can see the point of praying. It’s to focus you on the dance and its meaning, instead of “can anyone tell I’m having my period?” (otherwise known as “can you see my pad?”)

It’s that time again. Actually it started on Monday, and I have been writing each day. You can see my progress this year on the widget in the sidebar. I’m trying to get quite a few words ahead because I will be missing a couple of days of writing this month. The first day when I probably won’t write is this Saturday. I have a hula and Tahitian show, and although the show is only about 3 hours, it’s an all day thing for me to get ready. It’s amazing how much time is spent preparing for an event.