We had exactly three trick-or-treaters tonight, all very young, not to mention cute: a seahorse, a unicorn and a chef.
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We had exactly three trick-or-treaters tonight, all very young, not to mention cute: a seahorse, a unicorn and a chef.
My computer still thinks it’s in New Orleans, and so its clock has “fallen back” an hour. But here in Indiana, clocks never change —…
A few days ago I got an e-mail from one of the higher-ups at the University indicating that I still have a job there. The…
I didn’t burst into tears all day yesterday, or today — not even once!
If I was in New Orleans today, I’d go to the Orleans Parish School Board meeting scheduled for this evening. One of the first items…
Here’s a couple post-Katrina bloggers who are quite a bit more eloquent than me: In Exile by Abram Himelstein Operation Eden by Clayton James Cubitt…
Just got a call from Mr. McCann, the adjuster for our homeowner’s policy. I call him “the wind guy” because he’s covering the damage to…
Though my box of journals was left on the bottom floor of our house during the flooding of New Orleans, all is not lost. I…
If you want to hear what people in New Orleans are concerned about, tune in to United Broadcasters of New Orleans via WWL, the Big…
Our friend James Conrad, not to be confused with the author of Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, is staying with us for a few…
(Oops — I accidentally posted a fragment of this from a rest area in Kentucky earlier today — a slip of the thumb.) On the…
On the journey between New Orleans and Bloomington, I’ve always preferred the easterly route, through Nashville, as opposed to the westerly route, through Memphis.
Met a guy from Mid-City this morning while eating breakfast at Slim Goodies. He said he was working a job that sounds pretty gruesome: pulling…
My dear friend Mike Kaplan came by our house this afternoon to assess the electrical situation. You see, Mike is a licensed electrician, and right…
Tearing down plaster and lath walls is a lot slower-going than tearing down sheetrock. I’d like to think some of these old plaster walls could…
Xy’s been feeling poorly ever since I left Bloomington. She went to Promptcare and they found blood in her urine. Perhaps a urinary tract infection?…
Ironically, Xy’s dollhouse was flooded to approximately the same level as our own, slightly larger house.
The room we’ve taken to calling the “craft room” in our house used to be a kitchen. The previous owners built a new kitchen upstairs,…
I’ve been working on our house every day since I got here. It’s lonely work, and it can be a little wearing. So today I…