I'm back
I just returned from a 5 day trip to visit my friends Gary and Randy in Biloxi, Mississippi, which had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Most of the debris has been cleared away, but to see lots of vacant lots where buildings used to stand, and the remains of buidings and bridges is disturbing indeed. Gary and I took a side trip to New Orleans on Thursday. The drive there was very eerie, seeing mile after mile of gutted homes from the highway as we drove past. The French Quarter in New Orleans sustained very little damage from the hurricane, as it was built on higher ground. It was indescribably beautiful, I would return there in a heartbeat. We took a walking tour of St. Louis Cemetary (the oldest in New Orleans, and legendary voodoo queen Marie Laveau is entombed there...see the photo), and we met the reigning voodoo queen at the Voodoo Spiritualist Church, a lovely warm lady who looked at me and said "So you're an artist!" No one had told her...
The other photo is of "Yours Truly" standing in front of a Hurrricane Katrina Memorial, on Bay Boulevard in Biloxi. The memorial is the height of what the water level had risen to when the storm struck. I neednt say more.
Gary and Randy were great hosts, warm and funny and bright and with more guts than a slaugherhouse. I had a wonderful time. I am so glad I went, and they were happy to have me as a houseguest.
The other photo is of "Yours Truly" standing in front of a Hurrricane Katrina Memorial, on Bay Boulevard in Biloxi. The memorial is the height of what the water level had risen to when the storm struck. I neednt say more.
Gary and Randy were great hosts, warm and funny and bright and with more guts than a slaugherhouse. I had a wonderful time. I am so glad I went, and they were happy to have me as a houseguest.