Tag: introspection
What’s Been Going On
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, and yet it’s a huge surprise at the same time. Contradict myself much? I do love a good juicy paradox. It’s no surprise because, after all, it’s blindingly obvious that […]
Read More → What’s Been Going OnA Note from Dad
Dad wrote me a nice note and, since I know he reads this blog, I thought I’d answer him here.
Read More → A Note from DadIt’s Like
We’ve been slowly re-occupying our full house. We’ve been living all cramped up in half of it for two and a half years. The other half, the lower floor, was under renovation for waaay longer than I’d expected. But the flood that caused our renovation also disrupted the lives of everyone we knew, including my […]
Read More → It’s LikeDe-Funkifying
I feel like I’m just waking up from a week-long funk. The beatdown in front of our house really disturbed me. Then, when Milo went missing, it brought up all kinds of dark feelings. All kinds of grief came surging back again. It was almost like a drug, numbing me. I went through the motions […]
Read More → De-FunkifyingI’m Back
I took two weeks off. During that time I barely left Orleans Parish, except for a couple errands. I rode my bike into Metairie via Veteran’s Boulevard. Don’t ever try that; you’re taking your life into your own hands with the traffic and the lack of any provision for bicycles. Mostly, I spent most of […]
Read More → I’m BackWhy I Came Back
I’ve never articulated, publicly, why I came back to New Orleans. But I’ll try. I own property here. I have a job here. In some ways, coming back was the path of least resistance. Also, New Orleans is a unique city that I’ve come to love. All of which is true enough. But property can […]
Read More → Why I Came BackOut of Sorts
For the last several days I’ve been feeling tired, listless, depressed, irritable and grumpy. Not to mention a little morose. I wonder why? Maybe I haven’t been getting enough sleep. Or maybe I haven’t been getting enough exercise. Or maybe I haven’t been eating right. Or maybe I’ve been drinking too much coffee. Or maybe […]
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