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Hi everyone! A haiku of
mine on the theme of winter is published here:
Another poem of mine has been requested to another publication. That part of my life is going well.
My show, The Almost-Winter Comedy Show, at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, is on 12/20/2024 at 8pm. Only $15 cover, no minimum, and a hat gets passed around for contributions so I may pay the comics. There is a vegetarian-friendly menu and delicious desserts to tempt you, but it is not required. You may even BYOB. Glasses, ice, and a corkscrew will be provided. It is a family-run place and very welcoming.
The desserts are provided by Jenny's Sweets and they are
SPECTACULAR!
The line-up:
Helaine Witt
Jose Angel Diaz
Shelly Colman
and me!
This show is my birthday eve, and I hope you want to attend. I’d love to see you there and hear your laughter.
I hope everyone had a decent or better Thanksgiving. Mine started out sort of depressing, but I was expected at a dinner in the evening at my best friend’s house. It was a vegetarian dinner, delicious, and with great company. So much sharing, wine, weed, and laughter. I am so grateful.
However, the next evening, someone was ringing my doorbell. I was not expecting anyone, so I almost didn’t go to the door. Then I thought maybe it was a package I wasn’t expecting. I went to the door, looked through the peephole, and it wasn’t anyone in a FedEx or UPS uniform. I asked, “Who’s there?” The young (maybe early 20s) man had long hair, maybe in dreadlocks, braids, or twists, and didn’t look at my door, so I only got a profile view. It seemed he was reading off his phone. He said that he lost his I-Phone around here and wondered if I had seen it or heard about it. I told him, “No,” and I added, “Good luck.” If he thought I would open my door, he got the wrong girl. I was born and raised here in the Bronx.
What I didn’t hear was most significant. He didn’t ring anyone else’s doorbells. So this was specific. I wondered if someone was watching me, or if someone hired someone to do something. I don’t generally make enemies, but as far as I know, there are some people who think they would like me to be dead. I was never cruel to them. Both are connected to a man I chose to not be with. Draw your own conclusion. Then there are people in the neighborhood who might feel rejected by me simply because I don’t respond favorably to disrespectful men. Whatever that person at my door was about, it could’ve been a very Un-Thanksgiving Day After. Life isn’t boring. That’s for sure.
This year, Hanukkah and Christmas begin on the same day. Amazing. And for the first time in my memory, Hanukkah will conclude in January.
Come to my show on 12/20!
Love always to CGG-M ❤💕❤
Mindy Matijasevic
December 2024
