That would be an ex-Geisha to all of you reading this as those days are done for me. I have a journal with a Geisha on the front – it is where I have collected my pearls of relationship wisdom I have gained over the last couple of years. The first thing is that Geisha girl is now Wonder Woman – the difference is Geisha girl was a pleaser extraordinaire, a giver of all things,…
One of the Russian spies came over last night with friends and so of course, there were wigs involved. We toasted to Mardi Gras and revelry and all that goes with the season:
Reprinted with permission – the lovely email I received yesterday morning: Hi, Rachel — I’ve been reading your blog the last few months enjoying your stories as I wonder what my own life would be like now if I had stayed in/returned to New Orleans (I left 30 years ago for New York and haven’t made my way back yet). I hope this isn’t weird for you as you talk about things that are…
I went to the Mardi Gras store off of Causeway and Professor Longhair was ripping through the piano and over the speakers when I walked in. There were beads, dubloons, and purple, green and gold everything and for some reason it put a big big smile on my face. You got to love Mardi Gras – tomorrow begins the ten days of celebration that are unparalleled anywhere in America. Oh, but that’s right, this isn’t…
Do you know that you can leave a comment on my blog that shows you as anonymous on the blog? I say this because I woke this morning to the most lovely message from someone far away – who has been away from home (read: 504) for 30 years – imagine! – and she offered up her AC adaptor for my camera since mine got chewed by the vacuum and hers is dead. I had…
Mom called me late when I was having dinner at Cafe Degas with friends and left a message that said, call me now, it’s urgent. So I called from the table when we were paying the bill and mom was asleep but groggily said this, “Remember R, the woman who was married to ___, when Dad and I moved to that small town for him to be the doctor. Well we’ve talked off and on…
So last night we head off to Swirl in the pouring and cold rain and as planned we all show up and are happy to be inside and be with each other. I look across the room right when I walk in and catch sight of someone who makes my heart pound but this time I am calmer because nothing is resolved and I have no new information – so operating on old information, I…
I’ve worked my ass off this week – well not off, but into a slumber – and now I’m ready to play, but it is pouring outside and it is freezing inside and Loca has cabin fever and so do I! The girls are all headed to Swirl tonight to reconnoiter – J is going, G is meeting me there, F is going with B and her sister R and her mother who are visiting…