Wisdom for the ages
The strongest natures, when they are influenced, submit the most unreservedly; it is perhaps a sign of their strength. -Virginia Woolf, writer (1882-1941)
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Has Mike Tyson become a mensch?
Both of us got up at 4:30 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep and both of us had Mike Tyson on our minds. There was an article on the now reformed Tyson in the NYT magazine this Sunday and he said he goes to bed every night at 8 and gets up at 2:30 and then takes a walk around the neighborhood. The difference is that I had to wait till it was…
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It’s the Parenting stupid
Listening to Crime Fighters on ItsNewOrleans right now and I have to say this show is right on. The other day my friend Jerri was talking up Tin and his advanced development and she was telling this to a colleague she works with and asking if he thought Tin is advanced, her colleague said, “Jerri, that is parenting.” And I agree, a child needs to be read to but when a mother is struggling herself…
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The flowering LaLa
The front garden is now planted – here’s a list of what’s in there: salvia greggii verbena ‘homestead purple’ asclepias tuberosa bronze fennel lobelia cardinalis lysimachia ‘goldilocks’ coreopsis grandiflora gaura ‘ballerina rose’
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Look young, act old
Most people think my new do is making me look younger. My doctor is conspiring to make me disbelieve I am fatter today than I was yesterday. Most of my friends these days are younger than me. Look here’s the truth, I’m aging – I’m going to be 52 as soon as April showers bring May flowers (uh, that would be me). The other night I dreamed that Steve was taking me to get a…
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Bridge over placid water
I recently joined a group that was spearheaded by a neighbor that is working to restore the Magnolia and Dumaine bridges over the bayou. The Magnolia bridge is one of the oldest bridges in New Orleans (built circa 1850) and is perhaps one of my favorite things on the bayou. It needs a lot of work though! And soon we’ll be trying to raise awareness around the country to help ensure that this bridge is…
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The low down
I feel as if menopause has turned me into a fat tick. I went to the doctor and she said I have gained one pound in the last two years. Now I know I am a fat tick, so she must be lying, right?
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Yes there’s an app for hatred too
“Curing” gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people? Yep, there’s an app for that — unless we can convince Apple to get rid of it. A controversy is erupting around a new application for the iPhone that claims gay people can be “cured,” and that gay kids should be put through therapy to “fix” their sexual orientation. Believe it or not, Apple is providing Exodus International — an organization that promotes “conversion therapy” to try to brainwash…
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Plants galore
I went to Bantings and to Harold’s – yes all in one day – both are nurseries that make you feel like you suddenly want to own a nursery or work in one or just buy up every single plant they have and plant them everywhere. There is something surreal about buying plants and making a garden when you have no earthly idea if they, you, whatever will be around but I guess it’s like…
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Love Letters
We went to Le Petit Theatre last night to see A. R Gurney’s Love Letters performed by Patricia Clarkson and Bryan Batt. Our home grown celebrities came in to do a fundraiser for Le Petit which last year had to cancel its series on account of no funding. Welcome to the new economy. Not. It was a wonderful play and in particular in the hands of these two seasoned actors such a delight. We sat…