Years ago there was a highly popular overnight show on NBC, quirky and fun. Host Linda Ellerbee would end the program with the words “And So It Goes.” The show met with an unfortunate termination after only a few years and Ellerbee went on to write a book about the broadcast news industry and to form Lucky Duck Productions. I remember meeting Linda Ellerbee at the Red Sage Restaurant. I was there with some of my colleagues and folks from Mattel, we had just finished a news conference and an all day event with then CEO Jill Barnard and track star Florence Griffith Joyner and her husband. We were pretty loud and someone from Ms. Ellerbee’s table came over to our table to ask us to tone it down. I looked over and saw her and rushed over to her and gushed about my insomnia and my desire to see her back on television again.. She said she was done with the news business. I think Lucky Duck was in its infancy and now of course it is an an award winning production company producing programs and features for a myriad of networks. Jill Barnard is no longer CEO of Mattel and Flo Jo passed a few years after the event. Lucky Duck — still going strong.
Category Archives: Inspirational
Blinds, Birds and Trash Trucks
JC at the Bedroom Window
Jean Claude is a peace-loving animal. He looks out my bedroom window and actually tries to chat with the birds. Roxie, as those of you who read this blog know, is not so accomodating. Like most Bombays JC thinks he’s a dog and wants his belly rubbed. Last night he needed extra attention. Ms. Roxie was not pleased as she feels her need for nighttime attention supersedes his or anyone else’s for that matter. Eventually the fur began to fly…yes, at 3 am and on my bed!! Then, détente. Later Jean Claude made an early morning request that the blinds to my bedroom window be raised — by patting them– to accommodate his need to view his kingdom aka my backyard. Wednesday is trash day and for whatever reason he seems to find the process of trash collection fascinating.
The Places You’ll Find Love
Roxie and Jean Claude are back at my house or their other residence. They seem a bit tuckered out but happy to be here. They understand whether here or at CCL’s they are loved.
When the Cats Are Away
Roxie and Jean Claude are at their other residence. I miss them but I do welcome the chance to reclaim my home. When they go to CCL’s house, I undercover furniture and put away their toys and their scratching posts . I visit them at CCL’s house. We all need time for solitude and renewal. It allows us to recapture our spirit and reflect on the many blessings from God.
The Critters Are Still… At My House
Sitting Still
As many of you who read this blog regularly know, Roxie and Jean Claude have two residences: my house and my daughter CCL’s house. CCL was to pick them up from my house Thursday night. Yet as I write this blog Roxie is watching the computer screen intently, perhaps trying to see what I write about her and JC. Yep, they are still here. Although still is not the operative word. Yesterday morning they were fighting like cats and dogs. I say dogs because Jean Claude , a black Bombay, thinks he’s a dog. It was quite a fight – lots of running, leaping screeching, meowing and clawing and fur flying everywhere, mostly Jean Claude’s. Roxie is pretty feisty. Still?? Earlier this morning I went to get one of my winter tops out of the closet. The tops are usually stacked neatly on top of shelf in the closet but Jean Claude has a habit of pulling them out as if sorting them for something to wear. Sure enough, tops scattered everywhere on the closet floor and a sky blue velour top I like is no where to be found. There I said it. Sorry JC now the world knows your secret. JC also knocked down a bag containing CCL’s jewelry wrapped in plastic and began playing with the plastic . He then went to get him something to eat and demanded (by patting on the front window blinds ) I raise the blinds so he could see out the front window. So despite the clothing and jewelry fetish, Jean Claude is all male. In fact he spends a great deal of time in his cave.
Cats & All That ™ 