To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ~Emily Dickinson In order to really be able to be well-rounded you must be able to compartmentalize your life. There is work, which always tries to encroach on your every available minute. There is your partner, who you want to spend time with doing things other than listing out who is doing what and when. There is your child who you enjoy, don’t…
The Lafitte Greenway project is underway and there will be another hike on the 8th in support of this project. I’m giving this project a big thumbs up. But one small sigh – the overgrown field that is now being kept mowed as they get ready to begin the project. Last year, when no one was mowing, it became a field of black eyed susans.
The visceral connection – a mother told me the other day that she doesn’t know how to tune out her kid’s cries. I said I have the same problem, it’s like a stomach clench that doesn’t go away until they stop crying. Similarly, and thankfully, the opposite is true, the laughter and squealing is highly contagious!
We were visiting friends the other day and their sandbox became a focal point for Tin. The dad told me that the sandbox actually calmed his son down and so I thought what a great idea. So we ordered a sandbox and it arrived today and I set it up. LOVES IT.
I was speaking to a friend who has been reading a vast array of books on religion and trying to figure out some things in his mind. We started on a meandering conversation that traversed when he taught self-defense to almost having to use it in his posh subdivision when some nutball tried to run his wife off the road as she was pulling into the driveway. In self-defense you get inside the mind of…
There is a 30% chance of rain on Friday and a 50% chance of thunderstorms on Saturday and guess what is happening – JAZZ FEST! Now I know for some that means muddy, yucky and unfavorable conditions, but that is a good thing as a friend reminded me this morning, because rain keeps away crowds, even the hint of rain means those who melt will stay far away. I was looking through the schedule and…
I was walking the dogs this morning and ran into a friend, a talented artist, and she was asking me about Tin. I said he is fabulous, beyond wonderful. I told her that he gives me a new understanding of my mother and she repeated, having two children of her own, the old adage, that you don’t know until you have one what it’s like to be a mother. And she’s right. When I think…
Bill Baird Tharp Sontheimer Funeral Home 1600 N. Causeway Boulevard Metairie, LA 70001 Re: Pat Namer Funeral Dear Bill: As I explained today, my sister is the executrix of my mother’s estate. At the time my mother was admitted to the hospital she had an annuity that could have covered her prepaid funeral expenses, which my sister deposited into her own personal account. My sister did not execute the will in accordance with my mother’s…
I’ve been thinking about the crowds lately – how perhaps I abhor them to a certain degree. I even thought we’d leave town next French Quarter Fest and maybe rent out our house to people who had better stamina to endure the crowds who come to New Orleans to hear free, amazing music. And here it is the week of Jazz Fest, this Friday opens the gates, and I’m excited and yet a little daunted…
A fun packed weekend ended with Tin’s first canoe ride on the bayou with Aunt Jerri. Ruby and family joined us in their canoe and we tied together and cruised down the bayou. The mayor of the neighborhood and his family were having a picnic on the Magnolia Bridge and then they joined us on their kayaks. There was a crepuscule concert at the Pitot House and we were passing as Charmaine Neville was playing…