Easter Sunday. Xy and I spend the day engaged in yard work. Our “yard” is about 4′ x 12′ between the sidewalk in front of…
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We bought a car yesterday. It’s a 2005 Saturn Ion 3. It has about 11,000 miles on it and cost us about $10,000. It’s bright…
Oh, as for the article about our renovation, which I mentioned earlier? I can’t find the text online, alas, but they did use a picture by yours truly:
Also in today’s paper, there’s an excellent editorial by Michael Homan.
Update: Thanks to Adrastos, I found the article about our renovation online.
So I’m down in the Quarter Friday afternoon to get a haircut, and I see this strange contraption on Bourbon Street. What on earth is…
This morning on the way to work I stopped by Paul & Helen’s house in Mid-City. I didn’t plan it that way, it just happened…
Just when I thought I’d seen it all in this crazy post-Apocalyptic city of ours, I discovered the bizarre mystery that is… The House of…
Biggs disappeared sometime around the New Year. He had an infected cut behind his ear. Xy treated it with peroxide, but we fear the worst.…
Occasionally a single photograph captures the essence of a time and place, the zeitgeist as it were. click to enlarge
Xy has a secret admirer. She found this letter in her purse yesterday. click to enlarge Note that she teaches 6th grade, so this isn’t…
Even though the renovation of our house is taking a lot longer than expected, we’ve felt very fortunate for a number of reasons. We had…
Donna comes and cleans my office every day. Her son was killed last Mardi Gras. We talk about Manny frequently. She’s strong, but the pain…
Xy and I always enjoy a good hearty squash soup in the winter. Unfortunately, winter seems to have ended here before we could use the…
This is New Orleans. This is how we live. This is how we die. Not everyone gets a jazz funeral. You have to be special.…
I have a picture on the op-ed page of the Times-Picayune today, in honor of Black History Month.
Is it possible for one day of festivity to change everything? I woke up Mardi Gras morning wondering if I had a friend left in…
A while back I was contacted by someone who wanted to use a picture I’d taken and posted online. I’ll call her RJ. Here’s the…
The neighbors across the street had a birthday party for their three-year old daughter yesterday. It brought a touch of color and festivity to our…
Black and white kids playing together at the statue of Jose Marti on Jefferson Davis Parkway.
Dark thoughts dominate my days. How could it be otherwise, with headlines like these: Man accused of robbing, beating elderly women mistakenly released from jail…
Last night was the first and best parade of the Carnival season: Krewe du Vieux. Even though I’ve been pretty down lately and not feeling…