Occasionally a single photograph captures the essence of a time and place, the zeitgeist as it were. click to enlarge
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Occasionally a single photograph captures the essence of a time and place, the zeitgeist as it were. click to enlarge
Xy has a secret admirer. She found this letter in her purse yesterday. click to enlarge Note that she teaches 6th grade, so this isn’t…
Donna comes and cleans my office every day. Her son was killed last Mardi Gras. We talk about Manny frequently. She’s strong, but the pain…
This is New Orleans. This is how we live. This is how we die. Not everyone gets a jazz funeral. You have to be special.…
I have a picture on the op-ed page of the Times-Picayune today, in honor of Black History Month.
Is it possible for one day of festivity to change everything? I woke up Mardi Gras morning wondering if I had a friend left in…
A while back I was contacted by someone who wanted to use a picture I’d taken and posted online. I’ll call her RJ. Here’s the…
The neighbors across the street had a birthday party for their three-year old daughter yesterday. It brought a touch of color and festivity to our…
Black and white kids playing together at the statue of Jose Marti on Jefferson Davis Parkway.
Dark thoughts dominate my days. How could it be otherwise, with headlines like these: Man accused of robbing, beating elderly women mistakenly released from jail…
I was born around the time of the very first Superbowl, and my parents named me after a star player on the Green Bay Packers.…
What do you say to a child who’s lost his mother to a brutal and senseless act of violence? Somehow “I’m sorry” sounds so inadequate.…
A pair of photos by yours truly are featured on the op-ed page of the Times-Picayune today. The pictures depict a before and after scene…
I just learned that tomorrow will be my co-worker Althea’s last day here at the University. Althea has been with the University for many years.…
Xy picked up this bust at a yard sale around the corner a couple years ago. Recently one of our feline boarders knocked it off…
Good news: A recent survey indicates three-quarters of the greater New Orleans population has returned. Bad news: The same survey says the city itself (Orleans…
Yesterday a store in the Carrollton Shopping Center caught fire. My office is across the street. My co-worker Janice noticed the smoke first, but thought…
Spotted this morning on the way to work on the Jeff Davis neutral ground: It’s a pitcher full of water suspended above a map of…