When she looks into your eyes you are mesmerized by the deep, deep beauty, the mystery, and the complexity. She has the most powerful gaze as her eyes tell you how much she loves you.

Was that before or after she slaps a week's worth of smirk off your face, then pisses in your beer?

Oh Sadie, Oh Bad Kitty, Oh DRS#1...the hurricane is you, and you are the hurricane. You are more than a gentle breeze blowing softly across the urban landscape.

I've never seen anyone be more dastardly brilliant at exactly the right moment, only moments after appearing like a sleeping kitten in a sunny windowsil.

I do love you.

A Song About How I Love Sadie...

Sadie is a friend of mine. She resembles Frankenstein. When she does the Irish Jig, she resembles Porky Pig!

*grin!!!* (That means I love you THIS much!!!)

There are very few people I would travel the earth to see.. She is one of them. Now, of course, she's gonna beat me up 'cause I haven't yet.. But i'm working on it!! Sweetie, I am always delighted when I do something that reminds me of you, come back and visit soon, I'll make you pie.

I am so grateful to have this woman as one of my best friends. She has challenged and inspired me, while bringing me bucketfuls of joy. Her love is expansive, and she manages to make room for all of it, along with everything else she is doing. Aaaah! Alicia is super special, powerful, creative, talented, and beautiful. I love her so much, I could just squeeze her into red-juice and get giddy-hilariously drunk from her essence!

Alicia/Sadie/Anomaly/DRS #1 is the awesomest accomplice any lucky little loadie ever had. Moving to San Francisco was her idea and I've never regretted listening to her on that count. Not only is she statuesque, intelligent, elegant, creative and kind, but she can cook like an angel--the secret ingredient is love in generous amounts. She is an artist; her medium is life.

We've shared plenty of meals, apartments, in-jokes, hugs, friends, travels, travails, dance floors, hopes, dreams, fears, ideas, incromulence, good times, hard times, slow times, and crazy times over the years. Yeah. Let me tell you about this one time in Amsterdam...or this one time in Baltimore...or this one time in San Francisco...or this one time in New Orleans...or this one time in New York City...and you get the idea. I only hope there's lots more to come.

Alicia, I love you and I hope that we are friends until the end of this crazy ride.