Happy Mardi Gras!
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Happy Mardi Gras!
Step three in the mask-making process: I’ve been told it looks like a giant marshmallow, but it’s supposed to be a skull.
The party was fun. We actually drained the keg, which made me happy. PJ & Gina showed up with instruments and jammed in the living…
Xy’s making her famous salsa: It’s so good it’s actually been featured on television. So what’s she making such a big batch for? No, it’s…
Xy & I attended the funeral of Danita “Measy” Jackson today. I never really knew Danita. I gave her a ride once. That was just…
Stage two of the mask-making process: Looks crappy, but just wait for the paint. Then it will look even crappier!
I went to get a check-up with a new doctor today. My old doctor moved out to the suburbs years ago, and I don’t like…
It may not look like much, but this is the start of my Mardi Gras costume: I wish I had some idea what I was…
Xy’s been feeling poorly lately. She has a cold, which as usual turned into a sinus infection, which as usual causes recurrent migraines. She’s also…
My right knee, which I twisted in December, is getting better every day. I had been favoring it, limping, and generally trying to stay off…
I found this on the bike path at the Jeff Davis overpass: I’m not sure what animal it belonged to.
The girls across the street came over to our house and, with a little help from Xy, they made necklaces for their mom, who died…
I’ve learned a few things about Whole Foods. Apparently their cramped and idiosyncratic little store in Mid-City is very much a thing of the past.…
The only heat in our bathroom comes from this old electric heater: When it gets cold, this thing just turns on all by itself. Something…
The girls across the street don’t live with their parents. Dad’s in jail, and the girls are being raised by their paternal grandmother. I don’t…
Kelly Kuglitsch (nee Slinkman) and her lovely husband Paul visited New Orleans for a wedding. We shared a nice meal at Pascal’s Manale, but Kelly…
I purchased a General Electric Longlife Plus 3-Way Soft White 100 Energy Saving Bulb a couple weeks ago from the local hardware store. A sticker…
I posted a set of photos from the Jazz Funeral for Democracy.
Xy assigned her students to write a short essay reflecting on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One student turned in a neatly…
Tonight I helped Donika, one of the girls who lives across the street, with her math homework. Normally Xy does this, but the subject was…