Here’s the note I’m sending off with our solstice cards this year, mainly to people who (I think!) don’t read this blog.
Pronounce the dot.
Here’s the note I’m sending off with our solstice cards this year, mainly to people who (I think!) don’t read this blog.
Last night Xy and I took one of her students out to dinner at Venezia’s. We had pasta and pizza and then got desert at…
Xy and I finally had the talk Sunday, on whether to stay here in New Orleans. (At the beginning of the year, I said we’d…
We’re coming to the official end of the second trimester today. I was joking recently that we were in the third stage of advanced denial.…
Jaylene and her friend Tom came down from Indy for a quick visit this weekend. Saturday night we had dinner at Jacques-Imo’s, with just a…
After the culinary fiasco of 2004, I approached this year’s Thanksgiving with some trepidation. My confidence was not bolstered when Xy finally read the creme…
I’ve gotten the staining done. It took four days of solid work, plus a half-day of touch up this morning, not to mention a day…
I ordered a pizza for pick-up, but when I got there it wasn’t quite ready. To kill a few minutes, I walked down the street,…
Just found out the sex of our impending child, via text message from Xy. However, I’m not posting it here. We need something to announce…
Xy doesn’t always get into holiday traditions, so I was surprised when she brought home four pumpkins last week. She attached notes to three of…
For various reasons I’ve made an effort over the years to eliminate God-talk from my everyday speech. I try not to make casual reference to…
Xy found this crawling around on our deck this morning and demanded I take a picture. It’s shaped like a worm but has the texture…
Here’s an example of marital telepathy and a harrowing tale of a narrowly averted information crisis. Yesterday, Xy was doing some work at her classroom,…
By late Friday night it was evident that Depression #10 was not a serious threat to the Gulf Coast, so Saturday morning we hit the…
I guess today’s a good day to make the official announcement. Xy’s pregnant. She’s almost into the second trimester. Word sure has gotten around since…
Now that Oliver Thomas has resigned, the New Orleans City Council’s At-Large seat will be on the ballot October 20. The question is, will we…
Yesterday morning, between the hours of 9:00 AM and noon, someone came into our backyard and took a crap. Yup. The mysterious intruder moved a…
Hard to believe, but today is the first day of school for the Algiers Charters. I always feel a great deal of pride when I…