Dear Persephone, When I ask how old you are, you’ve learned to say “two and a quarter.” But I guess now you’ll have to learn…
Pronounce the dot.
Dear Persephone, When I ask how old you are, you’ve learned to say “two and a quarter.” But I guess now you’ll have to learn…
We’ve taken Persephone out of daycare for the summer. Xy’s finally having some time to bond with her, which is a refreshing change after this…
Despite the fact that this event was promoted primarily through a social network site, and despite the fact that I’m supposedly “into” that sort of…
Here’s a shot of the Times-Picayune, Section C, May 29, 2010. Oops. I still remember when I discovered the existence of typos and other such…
So I says to Howie, I says, “Howie, the good news is they’ve installed that new toilet in the men’s room.” As for the bad…
Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out for the protest yesterday, so many I couldn’t fit them all even in this wide panoramic shot.…
Here are the seminars I’ll be attending at Tales of the Cocktail. You can expect an in-depth account of each one on this blog come…
We found this anomaly at our local grocery store. Ever seen an egg shaped like this before? Both ends are the same size! Such eggs…
Dear Persephone, For some reason, I didn’t realize you were old enough to appreciate stories. I mean, even though I read you storybooks every night,…
We got some heavy rain Sunday morning. It caused widespread street flooding throughout New Orleans. I know our street certainly flooded. I used the panorama…
We played host over the weekend to an eleven-year-old boy whose mother (a friend of ours) had to make a trip out of town. But…
Our new camera arrived yesterday afternoon, a Sony DSC-HX5V. This is the first shot, straight out the box, without understanding how anything works. Not bad.…
We adopted Archer back in 2002, I think, when we were living uptown. Actually we didn’t so much adopt her as take over feeding her…
Nicky came our way last summer, under circumstances that can best be described as silly if not stupid. I was never too close to him,…
Recently I have been reduced to taking photos with my phone. It’s handy to have a camera in your phone, but these days it’s just…
There’s a house in our neighborhood with a large frog sculpture mounted to the exterior, such that it appears to be climbing up the side…
Guess what I was doing 33 years ago today? Well, actually I don’t know. But I know what my mother was doing. She was posting…
Today is Census Day — and also April Fool’s Day — and also Maundy (aka Holy) Thursday. How best to celebrate? Here’s what some of…
We decided to celebrate the vernal equinox by planting a tree. We just so happened to have a pomegranate tree which was a gift from…