The Bearded Lady

Springtime forsythia!
(photo P Volker)

Yea, here it is, had a dream about the bearded lady last night. I don’t know if you want to read about it but I’m thinking it has it’s appeal. This so reminds me of the the half and half woman that I dreamed about and fell in love with several years ago. She was half beautiful and half disfigured. She helped me understand the Transfiguration when I needed it.

In my dream last night I was outside at some event and apparently I dawdled and my party went on without me. So to catch up I had to walk out to the road and walk down the road to get to where they were headed. So I am walking with a limp and I make it out to the road and start down the shoulder when the bearded lady stops to give me a lift. Must have looked like I needed it. Her rig was an old person’s car. You know one of those big chunks of American steel that was bought new in the 1970’s or 80’s and has been driven lovingly since. It’s like a maroon Mercury maybe.

I hop in, well maybe not hop in but old person get in. And who do I encounter but this Georgia O’Keefe looking gray haired woman with a red beard. Not like a big bushy beard but a definite beard and it’s red, hard to miss. And I am entranced and off we go. My dream ended so I don’t know what happened but it seemed more interesting that what I was doing.

It seems my dreams are populated by a cast of colorful characters. And not only that but people that maybe I am not comfortable with at first but learn to appreciate and love. Maybe that is a lesson in itself.

And today is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. A day that has room to wonder. What went on back then two thousand years ago on this day and what is going on today. What did the bearded lady have to offer?

yup loves, Felipé.