L.A. Anatomía

  Over the weekend, I went out of town to Big Sur. I’ve been waiting for a month to leave the noisy concrete jungle of LA and soak in some greenery. To be still with the trees.

Big Sur is amazing: with its beaches and redwood groves it reminded me that there is so much more to the state of CA then just LA ( and maybe SF and SD) you know what I mean. It was a complete and utter contrast of scenic landscapes and it’s only a few hours away from LA.

Well, as I was sitting on a fallen redwood watching the stream run under it occurred to me that I never really paid any attention to the nature that sprouts from the cracks in the city of angels. Vegetation that somehow, despite the infernal heat, survive and even thrives. Yes we have the  Palm trees. LA is famous for them, but are they native to LA? Were they imported? What other trees are indigenous to city? What kind of trees are planted along the highways and why? Why those trees?

Sometimes we tend to forget they even exist! We’re so consumed with road rage and the heat and work and life that Trees in LA are overlooked. They are also overshadowed by the expanse of the city and the high-risers too. Trees in LA seem to grow quietly in the shadows and in the backdrops of our minds.

So, next time your on the freeway and some one just cut you off. Don’t get mad just take a look at one of the trees that are right next to you as you’re driving and breathe…

More to come: Indigenous trees of LA

Sincerely Yours, AH

 It seems like every where I turn people are moving: to new homes, changing careers, leaving the country, trying new lifestyles…the list is endless. But it strikes me as an odd phenomenon that every one some how decided to change course all around the same time. June or July.

Is it the season? Does Summer bring out some sort of staleness to the air that people feel the need a jolt out of their old routines in some extreme way? Yet, for some reason, June and July have been the months that have marked great changes in my own life.  I graduated High School/ college during this time. I moved back to LA during these months two years ago.  My old room mates go married in July. A friend of mine is putting on a show in June. My last day at this stupid job ends in July.  My boyfriend is going to meet the rest of my family in July.

As you can see  A LOT  happens in June and July. I think more than any time of the year. At least for me. As I said before, my last day at this stupid job is Jul y 15th, and yet I was charged with the task of moving the entire office from Glendale to Burbank before then .  I thought it was a bit abusive to have one person, WHO KNOWS THEY AREN’T GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE NEW OFFICE, help with the transition and change. And ensure that all the hardware and papers got to the new location safely and set up shop there.

But it made me think. The last time I was in a big change like this, it was about two years ago when I moved back to LA. I didn’t have any prospects and my relationship, at the time, wasn’t what it is today. And moving back to LA almost felt like I failed in some way. But I asked the universe to show me something new about LA I hadn’t seen before.  I came back to the city a different person. In a way it was a personal change. And what’s more I had just found a room mate in SC and told them I was leaving…

Now this change. What I might dub as a career change. Just before I was begining to settle in this stupid job there’s an abrupt shift in the current and I’m being thrown in another direction and all I can do is “go with the flow.” It’s the death of an old routine.

I’m excited to see where the universe will be taking me on this cycle career-wise.  We shall see.

Till the next, hope on: AH