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I have delusions of grandeur and often thought on returning to New Orleans that I would become a columnist at the Times Picayune much in the same way that Herb Caen was for the San Francisco Chronicle. I had dreams of singing the praises of this grand old dame of a city and its denizens and culture. Instead I came home to monumental changes – Katrina and the subsequent Federal Flood, the decline of newspaper…
TGIF and now I lay my head to rest. Well the Jewish New Year started with a bang and ended with a whimper because once again I took on too much and my head and body are reeling from the overwrought to do list that ended up zapping me of energy – and not exactly giving back any. I had an interesting conversation with one of the children’s mothers in nursery when I picked up…
Today is the second day of Rosh Hashanna – the Jewish New Year – it is the year 5772 on the Jewish calendar. L’Shana Tova Y’all. The weather has turned cool here in the Big Easy making it truly feel like September, and new, and holiday like, and well hopeful. I took Tin to drumming last night with Angie and Gingerbread and the drum circle beat to War, Huh, What is it Good For, Absolutely…
September 29, 2011 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Your bold new plans are the hot topic among your friends — although not everyone agrees on whether or not they will work. Go to the folks who you think are the most pessimistic and find out what they have to say. Encourage them to tell you the truth — after all, you can handle it. Accept what they have to say, but do not let their opinions make you…
Well, I can tell you that I entered 2011 with great anticipation that a lot of what was plaguing me was behind me and a great year awaited. Well great years are tallied by not how much fun you had, how much you laughed and danced and sang, sometimes great years are made by how much you grow. And honey, this year, I have grown. I have grown weary, I have grown tired, I have…
In the category of what would Joseph Campbell say, to wit: God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that. Rosh Hashanna starts tomorrow night and begins the year 5772; I engaged in a conversation on Linked In (TED) about Israel that was provoked by the recent article Thomas Friedman wrote in Sunday’s NYT and I’ve thought a lot about this new year coming, about God’s…
Identity seems to be on a lot of people’s minds these days – tell me who are you? and then who am I? I know that has been my critical path the past 18 months – who am I? who do I want to be? And then began the full make over – cut the hair, give up the past vision, expand the new, stretch the boundaries – there are a lot of growing pains…
Well the germ bus from Tin’s school packed a wollup of a virus – lost my voice for three days, hoarse voice for two days, and now just head cold extraordinaire – MAKE IT STOP! Nevertheless, Tin and I headed to the Quarter for a little sunshine and movement as there has been little around here for the past five or so days. We parked on Esplanade and walked up the shady side of Royal…
Chuck Perkins sent me this clip from the opening of the Healing Center, you’ll see me pushing Tin in his stroller a couple of times but you have to wait till the very end to see Tin as the star of the show. Go Tin! and Go Healing Center!