Over the past week I’ve found myself obsessively reading up on Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean. I don’t know why, exactly, but I…
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Over the past week I’ve found myself obsessively reading up on Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean. I don’t know why, exactly, but I…
Lots of things happened while I was on vacation and generally disconnected. Congressman William Jefferson was indicted. No big surprise there, since he’s been under…
I ran a screen of partially pre-written posts last week because Xy and I were on vacation. Herewith, a brief memoir of our week in…
This was my first trip outside New Orleans since we returned from our evacuation some 17 months ago. I joked that I would have been…
Funny, I started this weblog with the notion of recording a true journal of my real life. But as I’ve gained a readership and some…
Imagine picking up a newspaper and scanning through all the stories on the front page and finding no reference whatsoever to Katrina, no reference to…
There were snow flurries when we departed Indiana this morning. Yikes. Looks like we’re getting out while the getting is good. We are renting a…
Of all the places we could have taken refuge, I’m glad we landed in Bloomington. This is a wonderful place, a place I’ve always loved,…
(Oops — I accidentally posted a fragment of this from a rest area in Kentucky earlier today — a slip of the thumb.) On the…
On the journey between New Orleans and Bloomington, I’ve always preferred the easterly route, through Nashville, as opposed to the westerly route, through Memphis.
Thirteen hours and 860 miles from Bloomington to New Orleans. Hell of a drive. It looks like this trip will cost about $250 in gas…
The scratchy throat passed. It was followed by a runny nose, which lasted for a day, but has passed now too. Many people have confirmed…
Here’s a video clip [QuickTime, 17MB] of our evacuation from New Orleans.
On Sunday Xy and I drove out to my parents’ house, and then the four of us drove to Naperville, Illinois for a surprise party.…
As we head north on I-55, I’m thinking of all the stuff I still need to do with my house in New Orleans: Need to…
We made it into Orleans Parish without any challenge by the authorities. We are now comfortably ensconced at Howie’s house in Algiers. We delivered our…
We decided to go further than Jackson MS. We have taken refuge in Mandeville LA, at the home of Xavier prof Jonathan Rotondo-McCord. Mandeville is…
Michael and I left Bloomington just before 6AM. Got a press pass from WFHB and a video camera from CATS and a van packed to…
We made it out of New Orleans with our three cats and not much else. We’re now safely ensconced with the in-laws in Bloomington, Indiana.…