Xy and I had a great breakfast at Slim Goodie’s. We were talking with an Irish grandma (with brogue!) and her daughter and baby granddaughter,…
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Xy and I had a great breakfast at Slim Goodie’s. We were talking with an Irish grandma (with brogue!) and her daughter and baby granddaughter,…
We are home again. We got no electricity, half our house is in ruins, and we’re staying on a friend’s futon, but we’re home again.…
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…
Just submitted this letter to the Herald-Times: My wife and I sought refuge in Bloomington some ten weeks ago when we evacuated New Orleans. The…
It started raining last night around sundown. Kept raining all night long and into the morning. It rained all day. Sometimes hard, sometimes hardly at…
This morning I had a delicious breakfast at the Runcible Spoon with Ron Osgood and Thom Gillespie. Afterwards, I blew a stop sign at 4th…
For over four years I’ve been attending monthly meetings of the Octavia Books Science Fiction Club. I was there at the first meeting in the…
Even as I type this, I’m having a beer and checking out PJ Christie onstage as he kicks off Musical Family Tree Fest: a whole…
After we evacuated from New Orleans, I did a short interview on WFHB. When I made my first trip back to New Orleans, the city…
Just talked to Roland Graybill, our flood adjuster. He assured me that he completed our claims last week. It’s just a matter of waiting for…
We went out to my parents’ house for an early Thanksgiving meal. I got a chance to see my sister and her family for the…
The air raid sirens woke us up and alerted us to the fact that Monroe County is under a tornado warning. A fine how-do-you do…
We went to see the Edgeweed High School production of Rebel Without a Cause. Xy’s godmother, Sally, is the drama coach there. A weird thing…
…just play it off like it ain’t no thing.
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,…
Xy & went out to Griffy Lake for a picnic today. It was fun. Warm weather for this time of year.
This is an e-mail sent by Sharon Worthy, who I believe was press secretary for Michael Brown of FEMA, on September 4, 2005: From: Worthy,…
FEMA just called to ask if we need a trailer to live in. Because I was in the shower, Xy fielded the call. She told…
Shortly after the storm, my father-in-law observed that our lives would forever be divided into pre-Katrina and post-Katrina. How very true. Katrina interrupted so many…