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It’s been cold in New Orleans lately. The last two nights we’ve had freeze warnings. I don’t think it actually froze, though. Fortunately the new…
Another cold front passed through our area this weekend. On Saturday it was unseasonably warm, on Sunday unseasonably cold, and all day long Sunday I…
Our equinox celebration was a little chaotic, because the guys who are re-doing our driveway showed up somewhat unexpectedly to pour concrete. Nevertheless, we persevered.…
Instead of strengthening into a named storm, Tropical Depression #5 petered out and dissipated into nothing but a bunch of rainy weather. If it had…
The dry spell was broken at last this morning. Purple (and Black) Rain by Editor B
Summer is my favorite season. Take a brief vacation from reality with this summery mix.
I woke around dawn to the sound of heavy downpouring rain. After it kept up for a while, I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed,…
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 had a little party. For Beltane and May Day. I didn’t send out engraved invitations, only announced it via Twitter. What is this day,…
Abril lluvioso by Julián Lozano This has always been a funny time of year for me. Between spring break and the end of the semester,…
I don’t seem to have been writing much here lately, and I’m not sure why. It could be that mentally I’m on spring break, and…
There was a little frost outside this morning, but our cold snap seems to be coming to an end. The morning bike ride was chilly…
By strange coincidence, I found myself watching The Big Chill Friday night. It’s one of those super-famous movies that I’ve just somehow never seen. Alas,…
We are experiencing the coldest damn weather since we moved here to New Orleans ten years ago. In fact it may break records going back…
I’m still trying to catch up to the present. We celebrated Xy’s birthday last Tuesday. Since she was feeling sick and I was run ragged…
I wasn’t feeling quite right. When Xy offered to take our daughter with her on a shopping expedition I assented. It was just starting to…
Overnight New Orleans got pounded by heavy, heavy rain for several hours. Also some serious gusts. We lost power for a while during the night…
We’re finally getting a couple days of cooler, drier air, so it’s time to break out the autumnal tunes. I think just about everybody in…
Here’s a mix of fourteen tracks for the equinox, about an hour of music, a mystical blend of jazz, electronica, a little hip-hop and some…