We drove to remote St. Bernard Parish to the sheriff’s office to get fingerprints for our adoption study. As we came over the Green Bridge, even though it is not Green, we saw evidence that the world is flat — there was nothing in front or to the right or to the left except flat, flat land, with water filling up all available space. At the Sheriff’s office, there was a motley crew of folk…
There was something otherworldly about the inauguration yesterday. I left my desk at 10:30 to watch the hour long swearing in. The rest of the day I was zooming with work and wasn’t thinking about the activities for the night. Then night was upon us and T was teaching, Arlene needed pills, Wolfie needed to be set up in the laundry room and the thought of going out and celebrating was daunting. I missed the…
Circuit City is going out of business. Wouldn’t you think Best Buy would be gleeful about this? Yesterday, I was at Best Buy trying to get my stereo to accommodate my IPOD. Mind you, last time I was there and spoke with a sales rep he pointed me to a Kenwood that was low cost and said this is what you need. Only they didn’t have one in stock. So yesterday, I went back and…
Wolfie is in the yard. That would be the German Shepherd dog we rescued yesterday. Actually Wolfie is in T’s office now – or Volfie as T calls her. She’s named after Wolfie’s in Miami – one of the old time Jewish delis that is now closed I hear but which we always visited when we went. Wolfie is here only on loan. We’re going to get her squared away with her shots and take…
At 10:00 AM, I turned on CNN while I was in front of my computer working and watched the arrivals to the front of the White House. Sometime after 10:30 AM Obama walked outside to a sea of flags waving in the air and resounding cheers, then Dianne Feinstein took to the podium. I remember in San Francisco, when she came into Fleur de Lys in the middle of Steve’s special birthday dinner and stole…
Today, I was riding my bike back from the dentist and saw a dog limping in the grass. I thought it had been hit by a car and so I called T to come with the car and a leash and we took her into our vet. She’s a three year old Shepherd and she’s scared but sweet. She seems to have some sort of issue with one of her back legs or back and…
In July of 2007, standing in Swirl, a six-month-old black lab mutt ran like a bullet into Swirl and was scooped up and deposited in my arms by Beth. Me: “I don’t want a dog!” Fifteen minutes later, this black lab mutt was sitting in the back of my friend, Jer’s car, while we dined at Lola’s. I kept going out to the car to check on her and she just looked at me with…
I have a dream that Tuesday, January 20, 2009, America will elect the first black man to be our president. I have a dream that my black daughter will grow up in a world where racism rapidly is an anachronism. I have a dream that blacks have the same opportunities as whites in New Orleans, the South, the United States, the World. I have a dream that all God’s children will live in peace. We…
Prospect 1 is closing around the city and there were many events going on – one was a second line in front of the sculpture garden in City Park. We had a bunch of kids with us, who were seeing their first second line parade. Imagine raising a child here with our rich cultural traditions – how lucky.
A friend sent this and says this is for real, the email subject line says this is what happens when city folks move to the country. Whatever, it fits my word of the day just perfectly: