Jazz Fest began under auspicious momentum – it started with Meow that led to an explanation, then to another Meow to ameliorate a hot topic, and well, by the third Meow – I was wondering why I was even bothering to respond to anyone. Pick up P and walked into the Fairgrounds with all the full expectation that music heals the soul, satisfies the soul, and just makes you happy. And it did. The weekend…
There is something about women that needs no training – they just get it – last night G said “adopt and I will help you raise her” and then at about 3:30 today when I was at war with the car wash and threatening to take a case of coke if they didn’t do something about the jammed machine, N called and said “cocktail” and I said, “are you kidding me?” and was able to…
Woke early to walk the Bean – yesterday was her birthday – she is now 11 years old and she is doing so much better than before when she was having episodes. Met up with L and the boys and we circled the bayou catching up on the past week. Then we saw K who said that her JF crawfish party is on hold because her house isn’t done and there are no crawfish. Apparently…
Lay in bed last night with L in the bed next to me watching our pay per view movie and afterwards turned to Gray’s Anatomy which was some weird montage of previous shows – and so here is the montage since I’ve been incommunicado. First of all it is raining kids – L is due in Sep but now S is due in Oct and she shouted in the phone “I’m having a Libra” for…
When I was putting together the God and Jesus CD for N and the Snake for Easter Sunday, I put Western Wall on the playlist, which is an Emmylou Harris and Linda Rodstadt song. I remember Emmylou talking about this kind of music – how it is all about restraint. And you can hear it in both of their voices, the holding back, the waiting a beat, then issuing the lyrics steadily. I was thinking…
Today was the first day of summer here in New Orleans – hot summer – yikes. I packed up all my sweaters – don’t think there is a rat’s ass chance in hell there will be cool weather for a while. And so I sorted – clothes – shorts, tank tops, sweaters and stopped there. I just don’t know where to sort them to. This apartment is so jammed up it is crazy – I…
Rode my bike this Easter morning to West End – I haven’t been able to get through there since the storm but it’s an area that I have had an affinity for through the years. As you come around the corner of West End Park boats sit on top of boats and restaurants have evaporated into the water. Brunings, Fitzgerald’s, Maggie’s, all gone not necessarily because of Katrina – first it was because of the…
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. So says Lena Horne. And that could be said about New Orleans and how she is carrying herself after the storm. There are odd things that happen here like C’s $20 bills all being counterfeit and the ink running when she placed them on the copper bar, or the stripper who could speak to the parallels of the tsunami and the…
Here is my horoscope for today, which I include because it is pertinent: There may be a comfortable place between serving others and being selfish. Your sweetness inspires you to act in a selfless manner, but you have the common sense to realize that you must also take care of your own needs. Avoid getting swept up in a cause, unless it is a personal issue that is close to your heart. And speaking of…
On the phone with my media sources who are saying we are at a tipping point with advertising spending because there is a saturation going on with industry and media and no one is expecting any kind of robust growth any more. Oh joy. It used to be that you could look at media and it was a harbinger or a yardstick by which to measure the economy – and in doing so right now…