Dave and I are in CA.  I love it here sooooo much!  We came out because he played with KD last night as part of the Hay House I Can Do It! conference.  On Thursday night I interviewed Jamie Lee Curtis for my upcoming book and we had dinner with her and her husband, Christopher Guest.  pictures to follow soon.

Friday we drove down to San Diego and along the way we took a little detour to the UC Irvine campus where I got my BFA and MFA in Dance.  It is so different that it took quite a while for us to find the Art and Dance Department.  I think there is only one teacher still there that I know and I was hoping to see him.  But what I saw instead was a girl sitting at a table advertising a benefit for that teacher, El  Gabriel.  He’s been severely injured in a car accident.  So I gave a contribution and left a note and then Dave took my picture next to a statue of an anteater, the school mascot.  There are also statues of bison and a street called Bison Street.  When I was going to school there, there were no streets or statues but there were many actual bison.

Here at the conference I went to see Wayne Dyer which was kinda boring, sorry to say.  Louise Hay opened the Saturday morning session and in 15 minutes she inspired me and moved me to tears. She is an angel put on earth to help people.  It’s really that true and that simple.  Then we heard Robert Holden on Happiness and it was awesome, brilliant, inspiring and funny.  Then I went to see one of my total heroes, Christiane Northrup.  Wow.  She just kind of nailed my life. I felt stirred up in way that was disturbing, but good, and so I went back to my room after that and took a nap.  Can’t take in any more.

Last night was KD’s concert.  Always lovely.  Lots of nice yogis, including our friend and wonderful yoga teacher, Sarah Ivanhoe, who came down from LA.

Nudgie plays kirtan.

KD and Nudgie.

This morning I got to have a meeting with Louise Hay in her hotel room.  She was so gracious and welcoming.  Then she dug into me and asked me penetrating questions which were tough to answer.  Her gaze is unwavering and clear.  She is 83.5 and she is not fooling around.  She also was kind and practical.  She gave me a book, an affirmation, a visualization and her phone number when I need a boost.  Wow.  I am so grateful.

posted on Sunday, May 16th, 2010 at 10:33 am.