Day: June 5, 2023

I managed to locate my Madame Butterfly fans Bow Tie o’ the Day to wear for an evening out to see the Broadway musical TINA in SLC a few days ago—a mere week after Ms. Turner’s passing. I haven’t been out much recently, and the Tina Turner songs were just the ticket to jumpstart my re-entry into the artsy social world. Since seeing the musical, I have been re-listening to her music and falling again into that muscular voice of hers: a deep, gravelly flame of a voice! I would not be surprised to learn that when Tina showed up at the Pearly Gates, whoever it is who leads the choir of angels in Heaven turned to them all and said something like, “Our lead singer has arrived. The rest of you are in the chorus now.” I can hear it. All hail the Queen! 👑💓🦵🏾

TIE O’ THE DAY rides again, after an unintentional two-month break. Everything was fine, fine, fine—then, FWHOOMP! I stepped into a deeply debilitating bipolar black hole. Couldn’t write. Couldn’t find one thing in the world that seemed clever or funny or worthy of words. My brain felt like a whirling Milk Dud. Gradually, my head settled down and seemed to find its way back into a bit of light. That’s when my brother, Rob, made a final bigly decision. Well, that set my noggin back into a whole different kind of darkness. I turned to the bilgiest light I’ve ever known: my mother, Helen, Senior. What better way to fight the gloom than to get back to TO’TD with a summery Bow Tie o’ the Day and a visit with Mom. That woman joyfully keeps going through every twist and turn. I’m proud of her gumption. And I’m glad to be posting again. I have much to tell.