SeBASTopol cat

A friend who lives in a different part of Sonoma County was in Sebastopol for the day.  She had read a few of my blogs and was determined to experience some Very Sebastopol moments.  I explained that they just happen, you can't really force it.  She then decided, being much more extraverted than I am, that she wanted to ask anyone walking down the street what they thought about the alleged vortex. 
Her:  "I just want to ask people, do you feel the Sebastopol vortex?"
Me:  "That question in and of itself is actually Very Sebastopol."
Pause.  "Okay.  I see your point."
Her friend, who lived in west county years ago, pointed out that certain words have different connotations in Sebastopol.  "When someone is talking about alignment, they are usually referring to something spiritual."
"Chakras," I agreed.  "Or at the very least, a chiropractic adjustment."
"Right," he replied.  "In other areas if someone is talking about alignment, they are probably talking about their car.  My ex-girlfriend even used to say she was going in for a 'tune-up' when she got a massage."  He noted it is the same with the words:  light, transformative and someone being conscious.
I asked if there were any other differences he noticed between living here and where he currently lived.  He responded, "Discussions about spiritual topics were so common.  Now when I end up talking to someone and it goes off on a spiritual tangent it surprises me - hardly ever happens.  Here they were a dime a dozen."

At Milk and Honey a young tweener walked up to her mom holding a Bast stuffed animal.  Her mother asked, "Where did this come from?"
"Um, from Egypt."
Mom, laughing, "That's not exactly what I meant, but all right..."

My niece and I were at the library sitting at a game and puzzle table.  We were going through an alphabet board and I was saying words for the different letters.  We got to Q and I was stuck for a minute.  "Q is for...?"  A young girl piped up from the other end of the table, "Q is for Quan Yin."

My favorite recent text:
"I just saw license plate OHM M G.  I thought you made that up!  But I just drove up behind it, lol. It actually exists!"


License plate of the week (from my sister):
4ST GIRL

(p.s. I love that people have been texting/emailing me about amusing license plates they have been seeing...)  =)





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