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Groundhog day celebration

Friends who were over the other night for dinner said that they were going to start celebrating Ground Hog day by cooking ground something. Today Tatjana made kapuska, my favorite Turkish dish she makes which is ground meat, cabbage and onions with Turkish peppers – big YUM. But sadly, that old groundhog saw his shadow and predicted another six weeks of winter all while down here in New Orleans our little cold snap dissipated into…

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Only believe

The Saints are in the Superbowl this Sunday. They moved the Barkus parade to an earlier time because they know that all anyone is going to care about is that game. There are a lot of people who favor the Colts, say they have more experience, say they will win – I say who cares we’re going to the Superbowl for the first time and that who dat, who dat going to the Superbowl in…

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Haiti and its orphans

As soon as the disaster was digested in Haiti, the news started flying through our wires about adopting a Haitian child. Then we heard from an organization that this time, the government was going to cool their heels and make sure there is no remaining family because in the past, during disasters, children have been exported with families left behind that could have taken them in. In the news today, 33 children were kidnapped by…

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A resounding WOO HOO!

Last night I tossed and turned – anxiety again – don’t know where it comes from – I dreamed that I had a Jeep and Tin had to ride in a car seat hooked to the back tire and so I wrapped him in a garbage bag so it wouldn’t rain on him. Toss and turn. Today, I started back to work and perhaps it was the leaving my one month of simply being a…

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