If the United States can’t take care of its own, maybe they should sell us back to France.
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If the United States can’t take care of its own, maybe they should sell us back to France.
The New York Times published this editorial today: We are about to lose New Orleans. Whether it is a conscious plan to let the city…
Our electrician came by tonight (with a crew of old friends from Brooklyn) and hooked our generator up to our electrical panel. Now we can…
I’ve spent the better part of the last two days hauling stuff from Xy’s old school to her new one. Just a short drive up…
According to the Damage Assessment Wizard on the City of New Orleans website, our house “is NOT substantially damaged.” It also says: “You may continue…
Today was Xy’s first day at Eisenhower Elementary. It was strange. Only two of the old Eisenhower faculty have been re-hired. There were former Eisenhower…
Xy got a call today confirming that she’s got a job teaching at Eisenhower Elementary in Algiers. She starts tomorrow morning at 9am. The principal…
Last night the sky was luminous. Even though there are no streetlights for at least three blocks in any direction, the city was still reflecting…
Looking around our immediate neighborhood, I’d have to say our house is just about the only one ready for re-occupation. Mainly that’s because of the…
Entergy said they’d send someone to hook up our gas service, sometime between 7am and 7pm. That’s a nice big window. I got up before…
The electricians started work on our house today. Also, the plumber got the city inspector to come by and certify us for getting our gas…
Xy went to a job screening today. It seems there are hundreds of teachers competing for 60 jobs in the newly chartered schools in the…
I saw our Cuban neighbor, Jose, as we drove to our house this morning. Xy dropped me off and hurried on to a job screening…
Best news of the day: New Orleans is going to provide free citywide wireless internet service, first in the nation.
Been too busy and too preoccupied to post, so here’s a random grab-bag update. My apologies if this seems somewhat haphazard or disjointed. We continue…
A check arrived from our insurer via FedEx today in the amount of $3,000. It says, right on the check, that it’s “partial settlement of…
It’s been something like twelve weeks since I’ve slept in my own bed. Until tonight. Tonight we’re camping in our own home. No electricity. No…
As I’ve done more demolition on the lower floor of our home, I’ve discovered the termite damage is a bit more extensive than I’d thought.…
A fire broke out at the local A&P yesterday, and the store was still closed today. So I went to the Sav-A-Center on Tchoupitoulas to…
Lately I’ve been posting about my personal experiences post-Katrina. I haven’t written much about the “big picture.” But if you care about me and Xy…