We’ve been in our new home for 24 months now. Around this time last year, we got our twelfth bill from Entergy at the new…
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Dear Persephone, You are forty-five months old today. It seems like you’ve packed a lot of living into the last month. Especially around the holiday:…
I’m quoted in this article by the indefatigable R Stephanie Bruno.
Dear Mom & Dad, It’s a good time of year to honor ancestors. Many traditions focus on ancestors who have passed away. My genealogical research…
Dear Persephone, You are forty-four months old today. I am forty-four years old. I guess that means I’m roughly twelve times as old as you.…
Once again we interrupt our regularly scheduled investigations to draw your attention to a notable screening. The Florestine Collection Experimental animator Helen Hill found more…
Last month, a study was published which reveals that men who take care of their babies get a big drop in testosterone levels. The more…
We take a break from our regularly scheduled odyssey to promote the following worthy item. This Friday, the New Orleans Film Festival is hosting the…
I touched on the idea of dialog as a practice which I hope to cultivate. Here are some other practices which I’m, um, practicing, with…
What’s in an Acronym I work at an HBCU. That acronym is not recognized by my spellchecker, nor was it in my vocabulary until I…
Equinox It’s a precise moment that happens twice a year, when the equatorial plane of the earth intersects the center of the sun. That’s the…
A Good Juicy Paradox Since the birth of my daughter Persephone, life has been very interesting to say the least. That comes as no surprise,…
Dear Persephone, You are forty-three months old today. You’ve just completed your first full month of school. Every day you are coming home full of…
I have a desire to make a new beginning. (Pardon the vagueness. I’ll expand on that later.) Paradoxically that has me thinking about endings as…
Less than half a year after the renovation started, the house next door is officially for sale. You could be my neighbor for $285K. Interestingly…
I’ve often thought there was some deep connection between what happened in NYC (and elsewhere) on Sept. 11th, 2001, and what happened in NOLA on…
A quick guide to help you out. If it’s gender-neutral that would be a plus. It it’s made of plastic that would be a minus.…
I called the popo on a neighbor last night. Hated to do it, but he was apparently intoxicated, enraged, and going after his brother with…