Saturday morning I was out early conducting a short tour of the Lafitte Corridor. I was skeptical about how many people would be up for…
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I thought about doing a photo series titled “Butts of St. Louis,” but I worried that the good citizens of that city might find it…
25 years ago today I was visiting Moscow. That was a great trip, which remains a highlight of my life. Back in 1985, visiting Moscow…
We went looking for this grave after seeing a request on Find a Grave. After some help from “Big Bad John” at the cemetery office,…
I recently noticed a small backyard shrine in my neighborhood. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it at first. I thought maybe it…
On Friday, with a little time to kill, my daughter and I stopped by one of the many cemeteries clustered in our neighborhood. I’d been…
All of a sudden I’m getting a surge of traffic to this old photo of my birthday cake from 1984. I trace the hits back…
I know I mentioned that some mysterious person gave me a couple hundred bucks after my last bike got stolen, but I don’t think I…
Here at the University today we are celebrating the opening of the College of Pharmacy’s new Qatar Pavilion. This is a big deal. In addition…
Here’s something I wrote on March 18, 2008, but never published for some strange reason. Two and a half years later, these words still ring…
Dear Persephone, Somewhere in the last month your temper has taken a turn for the worse. Don’t get me wrong, you are still sweet and…
I don’t really know Gina very well. She’s a friend of a friend, the intermediary being the irascible PJ Christie. Gina and PJ played together…
I’ve seen this guy around town for years. He’s made a cart out of two bicycles for hauling junk around. For some reason whenever I…
Is there any point in even trying to talk about anything else today? No. There’s not, not here in New Orleans anyway. Tonight the Saints…
Over the long weekend I was privileged to observe and even participate in some bizarre graveyard rituals to ensure a victorious season for the New…
When I first started work at the University, I drove our car. I parked in the staff lot behind the library and entered the building…