The weather in New Orleans has been so delightful it has a lot of us scratching our heads – is it July? Last night we sat on the porch with the cool wind blowing and T almost went in and got a sweater. Meanwhile, New York is having record breaking heat wave days. What goes on?
The elections this year are about those who believe that there should be no new taxes and no larger government footprint that what exists today and those who believe that we need more taxes and more government to figure our way out of this mess. Hard to say who is right. Our own Governor Jindal is trying to balance the budget so tight so when he runs for President everyone will say look, he balanced…
I love driving a truck in the South and especially in the Gulf South where it makes sense for me to be driving a high water vehicle with a lot of get up and go (Ford F150) – yes even in these dire gas guzzling times driving this truck makes sense. You try to evacuate in a low rider and see how far you get. Today when I was behind another truck driver, I noticed…
I was thinking about a few years ago when someone close to me said, well you sound so happy in your blog, you don’t sound like you are lamenting anything. And then yesterday, when someone mentioned me not writing about the oil spill that much. I’m here to say there is a lot that doesn’t get written just like there is tons that doesn’t get uttered that goes through the minds of most people. There…
I spoke to a friend in Croatia yesterday who said he was keeping abreast of the BP oil spill by reading my blog but that I don’t post updates often enough to keep him informed. I thought to myself afterwards, well that’s good because that means that nothing is happening because if it were, I’d know and write about it, right? This morning I learned the tar balls have made their way our way. The…
The nanny was here today even though it’s a holiday and so we took advantage and stole away to see a movie – only there weren’t any movies really playing because it’s New Orleans and we are last to get new releases if we get them at all. Karate Kid, maybe. We opted for Sex and the City Part 2 – yes, even though it was panned by everyone and then some. We just wanted…
Was it Emerson who said that the whole world exists in your own backyard? I can’t remember. I’ve been picking up Ebony magazine because twice there have been cover articles that caught my eye. One was on adoption, and the other was on Prince. What’s interesting is that the women appear to me to be of all shapes and sizes, unlike your typical InStyle where everyone is a waif. I’ve been thinking a lot about…
Tin has a thing for good looking gals. I thought it was just him but then I read that children show a definite preference for beautiful faces. Yesterday, when my niece walked in the room with us to wake him up from his nap, he instantly put his game face on – the serious one, when he is put in an unfamiliar situation. But then he started becoming the little charmer, the flirt, as soon…
My niece came over last night to pitch me on Cutco knives. I had to smile when she called to make the appointment since my two older brothers sold Cutco knives when I was a youngster. One of them even, if I remember correctly, managed a Cutco knife store. There were always Cutco knives in our drawers naturally. And the truth is they do last. I was still cutting tomatoes with mom’s Cutco knives when…