Bonnie Rue

This past Sunday, I got to sit front row at the closing performance of Urinetown at the Mary Moody Northern Theater. It’s a tale of devastating droughts & draconian systems - which was more hilarious than it was troubling. The songs are catchy, the writing is very witty, & the fourth wall is broken a lot - in the most delightful way. As dystopian as it was, it really put some spring in my step, a song in my heart, & deepened my desire to take down “the man.”

Fun fact: Tulips will keep growing after you cut them. And I just love that. That is all.

This time last year I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. A man stopped our crew to take our picture & I mentioned it was my was first gras & he said it was his 50th! Before the parade swept us away he said that the real challenge of Mardi Gras was receiving all the beauty, recalling his words now makes me tear up. I couldn’t make it this year but it’s on the list for next✨

I have been away from home, helping my mother care for my father who has Parkinson’s. Caretaking is this ever shifting mixture of deeply fulfilling & totally exhausting. You’re constantly arriving for someone, in service of them, caring for them & it’s easy to look up at the end of the day & wonder where you have gone.. On my first trip out to see them I packed in a hurry, leaving all teas & tinctures at home. I missed them dearly. I’m packing them first this time.

A highlight from this week was sitting down to share dinner & my favorite documentary with @wiggitywhitney She brought over some NA bubbly & we oohed & awwed through Rivers & Tides - which follows Andy Goldsworthy through the fields, into the forest & down to the shore as he makes unspeakably beautiful things with the nature that surrounds him. As a film it has the ability to regulate & inspire your nervous system.. It may also make you want to run off into the woods & never return - for the joy of it.

I love a short story & this book has been floating around my apartment for years, deeply loved. I worked through it pretty slowly - not wanting it to end. Recently I had a dream that I gave it to a friend. So I delivered it to him in waking life. Funny enough he, thought it was a self help book😂

If you love women - if you are a history buff - if you feel like most stories have something monumental left out of them.. I have a podcast for you! They aim to put women back into history & I have been enjoying it so much! Check it out..

My friend Lynn opened a diner - Lynny’s, like Denny’s but with more love. It began as a trailer & there is now a brick & mortar too. Originally she only needed one percolator to manage the demand & now now these three beauties greet you when you walk in. It’s been such a joy to see see her dream grow.. & to enjoy the coffee.