More Calm Day

Hello Everyone:

A more calm day. The news of David Bowie's death has sunk in and the tributes continue to pour in. I already put his last album (sigh), Black Star, on my iTunes wish list. When I saw the news, the first song I thought of was "Space Oddity."  It was his first big song and probably one of the best known.  There are other songs but that was the very first thing that popped into my head. I wasn't the same only with that thought. Strange.

In other news, a good day in the blogosphere. I posted an article on the redesign of Pershing Square.  The Pershing Square Renew organization is holding a competition for architecture firms to come up with a proposal for rehabilitating the park. The proposals are bold and innovative.  I'll have more to say tomorrow. Mom asked me to buy a Power Ball ticket for tomorrow's draw. The jackpot is an obscene amount of money and thought of one person or a group of persons getting so much money makes me ill. Still, I did find myself speculating about what mom would do if she won all that money. After she came to, after passing out, I'm guessing she'd split between her, me, and sis.  If it were me, I'd get a lawyer, accountant, and financial planner. I definitely would not post the news.  I have a better chance of winning an Oscar than winning the lottery.

Speaking of mom, she's been driving nuts the last couple of days about the trip to Israel. The BIL called me on Sunday about the trip to Israel during Passover. Mom assured me that they would pay for a hotel and airfare (all economy), up to ten days. Sounds fantastic but I still have my doubts. Mom is pushing me to give him an answer one way or the other. I'm still not sure what I would do there or who I would talk to. I mean, I know what I want to do and I know my niece but other than that, nothing. I don't want to make a hasty, regrettable decision. I don't think mom wants to go-really, she doesn't feel up to it. I don't know. I have to really give it some thought.