First Day

What do hick chicks muse about?

Hick chicks muse about family and home, about what matters and what doesn't. Being with friends matters. For example, last night I went to see Oklahoma with my mom and some other lady friends from the small school where we work. First we dined at Cafe Al Mundo and conversed with a lusty gusto to match our meal--bold and spicy comments about life, laminators, and love. Then on to the play where love is what mattered to Curly and Laurie. And Will and Ado Annie. And the Persian Peddler. And Jud. And love mattered to Aunt Eller.

In fact the quest for love seems to drive most human strivings. I saw it in Oklahoma last night--Curly chasing Laurie. Will chasing Ado Annie. Ado Annie chasing everything, just like some of the young bodies in my junior high classroom. They think they're chasing love, but as I blog away on this first day, I suspect that all those hormones chasing hormones are more about power than love. Honestly, most of the time it seems like love is about making someone "yours" or making "your someone" do just what you want.

Whoa. Now didn't this just take a cynical turn? It's only the first day for this blog, but instead of Hick Chick Musings, maybe the title oughta be Hick Chick Cynic. Or maybe that oughta be my byline or logo. Huh. I'll have to muse on that.