I obviously have a fever of at least 103º. I haven't checked it, nor do I feel particularly hot, but a high fever would seem to be the only explanation for my hallucination that I just read this article in the Times-Picayune:

SURVIVOR: Chalmette

I know I can't really be reading about how Chalmette has allowed actors "colonists" to move into an ( Read more... )

I meant to post about this earlier, and right now I feel like reading my book (Sir Vidia's Shadow by Paul Theroux, AGAIN), but I'm getting sleepy and Chris is off for the next two days and if I don't do it now it won't get done.

This articleNo, I don't know what's up with the LOLcat headline either, but this article makes me despair. (And plan ( Read more... )

One of the best trends that has hit New Orleans in the wake of the federal levee failure is the large number of smart young professionals who've moved here in the past five years. They want to help with the rebuilding, but they also see history happening and want to be a part of it. One of them is my friend B, a teacher. I should say "was" -- he's ( Read more... )

So I cut my hair:


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So my oldest friend (we met in fourth grade) lives and teaches law in Nashville. Once I made sure she and her wife were OK, I confess I got obsessed with the Gulf oil disaster and didn't realize how bad things had gotten there, for which I now feel guilty. I just watched a video of the flooding and its aftermath on my friend's Facebook page, though ( Read more... )

I finally made groceries after weeks of bare cupboards. Currently trying to decide whether I feel like cooking or not, and if so, do I want to make lasagna or buffalo meatloaf? My friend Harold (from OLGC) is recovering from cancer surgery and eating a low-fat, high-protein diet to help him grow a new liver, so I thought he'd enjoy a buffalo ( Read more... )

I'm flat-out sick about this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which, as the link explains, is really more of an oil river. I've been birdwatching at every location mentioned in the link and know some of the areas very well, have seen many lifers and favorite birds there. This is the worst thing that's happened to southeast Louisiana since Katrina ( Read more... )

Preach it, Jarvis DeBerry.

I wondered why my husband wasn't in bed at 5:00 this morning, but after reading this, I can hardly complain.

This editorial by Richard Campanella is the best explanation I've found of just what last week's and next week's Saints games mean to New Orleans, and why it reaches far beyond just football. We don't necessarily expect to be "America's team" (never having really felt like part of America, especially after 8-29-05, that would be strange and ( Read more... )