Year: 2007

The Katrina Foundation for Recovery launched a print campaign laden with politically charged undertones in an effort to raise money for rebuilding efforts in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. The campaign also coincides with the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. “Bus,” “Church” and “Pool” each feature a storm-ravaged scene and a hand holding a picture of life before Katrina. A picture of kids boarding a school bus is placed alongside a damaged bus in one ad.…

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I did business with two (well actually three) California companies on the house and have to say that everything was fine until there was a problem and suddenly those people, who were friendly enough, became dismissive and rude and indifferent. I just have had it with anyone there – trying to do business with them – this arrogance that seeps from their pores is just mind boggling. I told one of them yesterday that my…

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I finally caught up with an old friend for dinner tonight and while we were at Swirl, a new friend came in and said “You are on my list to call” – because he is helping me with someone who knows how to work on WordPress Blogs. The “I’ve been meaning to” is so resonant these days that are going by faster than a wintering bird. How do you stop time, do everything you meant…

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You know how when you are a kid and you build things – block structures, doll houses, hiding places – and then you knock them down. That’s what I feel like is going on right now in multiple simultaneous planes – the LaLa is finally planted, everything except for a few minor details is finished and hurricane season is here with all sorts of portent about how this one will knock us down because we…

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Work has been an absolute bear lately and right when I thought it couldn’t get worse I was dumped on by a co-worker. Tonight as I sat here multitasking with six very important things on my to do list (pushing down the other 20 very important things to when I get time), I got a call from a colleague in a land far far away – when I shared with him the “dump” he was…

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The heat index in New Orleans was about 106 yesterday and right now it is already there again – the forecast shows no rain in site – so the garden is thirsty, I’m thirsty, and there is no relief in sight. But we’ll take blazing heat over a hurricane any day. Meanwhile in Arizona, one of my sources said it is cool there today.

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Yesterday – Sunday – a day of rest – was anything but. After biking, then watering the plants that were slumping in the 105 degree heat and humidity – I spent the afternoon working, trying to organize the myriad of topics that I am covering and find a game plan because the one I have isn’t working for me. In the evening, what was going to be a small supper with J, turned into another…

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I went for a bike ride and was reflecting on my day yesterday when suddenly I felt the unfamiliar pain of Ginsu knives sticking inside my innards. My periods always felt like my uterus was falling out and ovulation was the Ginsu knives. Ovulating? Come on – this is 110 days without a period and now my body is going to ovulate – it’s like some Karmic joke. The bike ride was no picnic but…

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I was supposed to be making dinner Saturday night with a bunch of friends but the plans got altered and I took it as an opportunity to do my own thing – so I hopped in Blue and headed to Elmwood to see Knocked Up – the much touted summer comedy. The show was good and funny, but there were also parts that hit a little to close to the bone – like when the…

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When I had gone to pick him up, he was refusing a nap and in a pistol of a mood – but when we got in the car he slayed me with his uncanny observation about something I said and then he went to sleep in a second and so we sat in the air conditioned car while he napped for a half hour. We have a small amusement park and a train in City…

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