It is a sad grey day in New Orleans. Uncle Lionel Batiste passed away this weekend after an illness had him hospitalized for a short while. The facecrack was blowin' UP this morning with pictures and stories. He was a true New Orleans character who will remain an icon of the city forever.

This link has over 600 images on Flickr. A true icon.

nola, links, pictures, "i love my town!!"

just a few links that my friends shared on facebook which brought tears to my eyes.
but I am a cry-baby.

This one is a friend from high school's friends in Nashville.

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I just spent over an hour cleaning out my e-mail box. It gets out of control sometimes if I don't handle it daily. I haven't been keeping up, and what with all of the political messages, plus all of my yahoo groups and all of the lists that I am on....it was too much ( Read more... )