When I first met Ms. Foxworth, just 18 months ago, I was taken aback by her manner. She was quiet — very quiet. New Orleanians are…
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When I first met Ms. Foxworth, just 18 months ago, I was taken aback by her manner. She was quiet — very quiet. New Orleanians are…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been fiddling with constructing my family tree on ancestry.com. (Thanks to my old high school friend Georgie for getting…
On Friday, with a little time to kill, my daughter and I stopped by one of the many cemeteries clustered in our neighborhood. I’d been…
We adopted Archer back in 2002, I think, when we were living uptown. Actually we didn’t so much adopt her as take over feeding her…
Nicky came our way last summer, under circumstances that can best be described as silly if not stupid. I was never too close to him,…
Folds seemed to be doing better immediately after her surgery. But a week or so later she took a turn for the worse. She was…
Here is a mix we listen to in our house when someone passes on. We listened to this last night after getting news that Xy’s…
I just learned that Coleen Salley, the “Grocery Cart Queen,” passed away yesterday. I never met her, but I did encounter her (and her krewe)…
I spent a few hours over the past week helping a friend pack up and move. Something I’ve done many times before. Only, in this…
Anne McKinley phoned me this afternoon to let me know that our mutual friend Scott Speake quite unexpectedly died over the weekend. We all knew…
Our household has been diminished by one. He doesn’t look sick, does he? But this is the last picture ever taken of Milo. He was…
Probably my oldest friend that I am still in regular contact with is J, famous to some as the bumbling bartender on ROX. I’m on…
Just learned of the untimely passing of New Orleans’ own Robert Asprin, creator of Thieves’ World and Another Fine Myth and many other science fiction…
Dad wrote me a nice note and, since I know he reads this blog, I thought I’d answer him here.
I’ve learned a bit more about Ashley’s passing. It’s distressing to realize that he left behind not only his wife but three young children (ages…
Everybody’s favorite passionately profane New Orleans überpatriot blogger Ashley Morris has passed on. I really don’t know anything about the circumstances of his death except…
Yesterday Al Copeland died at the tender age of 64. Outside New Orleans he was primarily known as the founder of Popeyes Fried Chicken. Around…
Yesterday, when I was feeling like I wanted to die, someone named Israel Lopez was dealing with the real thing. Better known as Cachao, this…
I ordered a pizza for pick-up, but when I got there it wasn’t quite ready. To kill a few minutes, I walked down the street,…
MaPó called me Saturday afternoon to tell me John Scott had passed on. I never met the great sculptor, despite his close association with the…