I lost something on Saturday and it was important to me because it was a piece of my mom’s jewelry. I moaned about and everyone had a pithy response such as – let it go, it was meant to be lost, it’s not important. But it was important to me because while I was wearing it my family (her side of the family) all recognized it as hers and remembered very clearly her wearing it.…
It’s November 22nd and the cheese I unwrapped yesterday said it expires on this day. Which got me to thinking about from this moment on the end of the year will be here before we can blink our collective eyes. This week is Thanksgiving, then we are having our neighborhood Bayou Blunderbus put on by my neighbor where everyone costumes and rows down the bayou to a cook out down the way, then we have…
No really – it’s warm and sunny and beautiful outside and it doesn’t feel like fall at all. We had a glorious walk through the park this morning and even the weather for Thanksgiving looks like it is going to be wonderful – a mere 80 degrees – we’re thinking we’ll move our party out to the bayou as it was starting small and has now burgeoned to over 17 adults and a few kids.…
Riding to the country and back yesterday with one of New Orleans’ prominent musicians reminded me of how rich and wonderful is our life here in New Orleans. Deacon John was regaling us with musical history (The College Inn in Thibodeaux) as well as musician jokes (what is the difference between a drummer and an extra large pizza? The pizza can feed a family of four) and also musical awe (“I played with Bo Diddley!”).…
It has been almost a year since my mother died (11-30-09) and we held a small memorial for her to dedicate her headstone yesterday. Since I started thinking about these things when mom went into the hospital, it’s been an unconventional tying together of different faiths, cultures and traditions and along the way making tradition as we went along. But that is fitting for a woman who embodied an unconventional life. My mom wanted to…
We were driving across the lake yesterday when T got a text that there is a boil your water advisory in the city. Apparently on Friday night a power outage caused a drop in water pressure at the water purification plant and so as a precaution the city issued this warning. Although it is supposed to have been restored rather quickly the delay is they need to test the water extensively before we can safely…
I was driving across the lake yesterday with Deacon John and he said happiness is composed of three things: 1) having something to do, 2) having someone to love, and 3) having something to look forward to.
I was speaking to a friend today who is in the throes of trying to decided whether to go back to her ex of ten years. I said well you need to evaluate what the deal breakers were in that relationship and put those on the table (I said E had told me this a long while ago and it was the right thing to do even though my deal breakers were deal breakers). She…
The Fringe festival arrived in New Orleans and it is mind blowing to view the schedule of events happening around town, not to mention, excuse me, but yes there is a Gumbo Festival going on in Treme I heard on WWOZ – good grief, do we not lack for things to do around here? Jon Cleary is also playing solo piano at DBA and that is a show that shouldn’t be missed but today, after…
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. -Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941).