I was walking through City Park in some state of headiness as I am want to get while strolling through a lush landscape dotted with interetsing birds and plants and trees. The Louisiana yellow and purple irises are just starting to fade from their Easter burst, but there is still a dot or two of color here and there. As Arlene and I rounded the lagoon, I saw a shadow in the distance, a black…
Another rough round with a ticker that Wall Street likes to kick around – why not kick MSN? That company has $40 to $50 million in the petty cash drawer and it still failed to launch its own search, failed to buy Overture, failed to buy DoubleClick – insane. Anyway, it made complete sense to run out the door and to the Square for Irma Thomas today, but there was no way I could pull…
Everyone’s familiar with fabulous cost overruns of the Big Dig in Boston but let me introduce you to the big dig in New Orleans. The concrete guys came to build a retaining wall in the front yard and put in a driveway and sidewalk and entrance path. While digging they broke the water line and had to redo. Then the irrigation guy came and dug a trench and broke the sewer line and started cussing…
Joe came by this afternoon and said that he is going to trial tomorrow to testify against the man who killed his nephew right in front of him. He’s worried of course about repercussions. He says he told his judge friend that this is why people don’t come forward – fear of retaliation. He told me it’s because of how easy the NOPD can be bought. He said a few dollars a cop will tell…
I’ve been reluctant to even change my hairdresser to be here – instead still seeing my stylist in San Francisco – but today Graham got the best haircut in the world – and so now I’m moving that much closer to believing New Orleans can deliver on everything. Scott Reynaud at Jupiter Salon in the Warehouse District – 304.4752. He said that if people read the news they’d think we are still not back –…
I took Arlene in for her dental work and informed Dr. Ghere of her episodic puking and told him I fear it might be lead paint based on all the work that is going on around here. He said let’s do blood work before we do her teeth but that would mean waiting two days for the results and I said well her Lucky Dog tag fell off yesterday and I was nervous about the…
It’s a rough age – 47+ – it’s when everything even your mind is headed in some other direction or in multiple directions – and the A.D.D. that comes through the line of work I do is no help – well nor was Katrina and etc etc etc – all distractions times 1000. So today I am now focused on retraining my mind how to focus and the first thing I focused in on is…
God help them all – what a waste of life. A horrible tragedy. Why no immediate broadcast that a killer was loose on campus? Who, what, why?
The guy who invented that slogan just died – he was the king of infomercials and came up with a lot of the ubiquitous direct ads you see on television all the time. My favorite was – “but wait there’s more…” And that is how life is for me. This morning I got up, reluctantly, because Sunday was about learning to linger in bed – in my bed – and relax. I had forced myself…
My haiku for the day: My name is Rachel No hidden agenda here You can see through me My haiku for a friend/colleague: Call me transparent Tell me it’s not good or bad But are you see through? My haiku for Graham/Trish: Graham tells Trish this: “Rachel is an open book That’s why I love her!”