I just learned Gil Scott-Heron died Friday. Today is Memorial Day. Here’s a video.
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I just learned Gil Scott-Heron died Friday. Today is Memorial Day. Here’s a video.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there — including my mom, my mother-in-law, my baby-mama, and of course the Great Mother: Mama Earth.…
See what you missed? Not to mention the maypole. This was our second May Day party. I enjoyed last year’s so much that I wrote,…
Twenty-five years ago tonight, I was at a bonfire in northern Sweden. I was astounded by the size of the thing — like a house…
So we’ve had Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Hellacious Saturday, Resurrection Sunday. Now what about today? “Easter Monday” certainly doesn’t cut it. How about Wet Monday…
Some people say it’s irreligious to celebrate Hellacious Saturday. I say they don’t know church doctrine very well. Here’s what we’re having today: horseradish bacon…
Or would that be Mardi Mince? I never completely recovered from the cold I caught in late January. I only missed one day of work,…
I imagine anyone reading this post today will be from outside New Orleans. Here it’s Mardi Gras, and people have other things to do. So…
Misery loves company, and this year I’ve got plenty. To recap ever-so-briefly: Over the last few decades, all the big parades have been consolidated onto…
The Thursday before Mardi Gras is one of my favorite times to catch some parades. This year we had a multiplicity of invitations Thursday from…
No matter how much king cake I eat, it never truly feels like Carnival until I see a parade. That time is here again. Last…
Some time way back in the mid-70s, when I was in elementary school, I read about the Christian martyr Valentius. According to the account I…
I like to keep the old holidays. Well, some of them, anyway. I find old traditions fascinating, but I live in 2011, so whatever I…
Martin Luther King, Jr., was not born on the 17th of January — but I was. MLK was born of the 15th. So was Drew…
Inspired by my old compatriot Joe Nickell, who is now an arts writer out in Montana, I commissioned local artist Jane Brewster to paint a…
Yes, it’s that time again. As I’ve noted here before, Twelfth Night is traditionally observed on January 6th in New Orleans, but in other places…
Cards, cards, cards. We had 25 holiday greeting cards printed. When I drew up a complete mailing list (after the fact, stupid, I know) I realized we needed twice that number. But it’s all good, because in point of fact we only actually mailed a dozen or so cards before time got away from us and oops, here it is the new year already.
Cards needed: 50
Cards ordered: 25
Cards actually mailed: 12
So if you didn’t get a card from us, please don’t feel slighted. We fully intended to send you one, and it’s the thought that counts, right?
Xy got ambitious yesterday and did a whole stack of thank-you cards. Hopefully we’ll get those out in a timely fashion. Hopefully we didn’t forget anyone. We’re trying to send a card to everyone who gave us a gift over the holiday — and there were so many.
My new year seemed to be getting off to an auspicious start. We ran around a candle on the neutral ground at midnight; we ate…
For what it’s worth (probably not much) ever since my daughter was born we’ve approached the New Year a little differently. The new year just…