A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg fool’s paradise PRONUNCIATION: (foolz PAR-uh-dys, -dyz) MEANING: noun: A state of happiness based on false hopes. Yesterday was a start over type of day, everything back to a routine. I went for a swim and was pleased when several swimmers commented that I am a “fast swimmer” – it made me go even faster. Of course, I had gone in the morning when the blue hairs go swimming, but nonetheless, I’ll…
City Park is still dealing with a lot of limbs down and a lagoon that looks like it was almost drained. But I have lots of faith in that crew over there – they have made that park shimmer and shine through worse. I walked earlier and so I could feel a little crispness in the air – surprising given the heavy humidity we have been having since the storm. The light through the trees…
My blood work came back and said I had too much thyroid in me now and it is suppressing rather than replacing my thyroid – so my doctor called (while on his vacation) and ordered a new prescription. He said we’ll see how this works and go from there. He asked me how I’m doing and I said, “It’s hard to tell what is external and what is internal – I just have this “whatever”…
Last night, we celebrated our power being on by sitting on the front porch with friends – I know, it makes no sense – but there it is. And then we came in and slept the sleep of the dead, the dead that sleep in a/c that is, a/c set to 75 degrees cool. We even put a sheet over us – it was lovely. Tin didn’t wake up until mid morning – he found…
I really feel that all politicians are fractured in some way. But I’m just going to say this and I will say it only here and only once because honestly I hate all this political divisiveness – it’s toxic. There was a day when a Republican stood for fiscal conservatism and social liberalism – but those days have long been gone and that is why I vehemently oppose the Republican agenda. I do not believe…
I took the dogs for a walk after the storm and it started pouring down rain. But hey, I don’t have hair, so what do I care? I was just going to get wet and either you are wet from the heat and humidity or you are wet from warm rainfall. We walked down the bayou and a pelican flew by. Out of season. The trees were down, the houses boarded up, there was a…
I just ordered a glass of champagne and was given a bowl of assorted snacks in the Lowes Hotel on Poydras. There is a/c, there is WIFI, there are cocktails and food. I’m now a believer that I can survive anything if every once in a while someone gave me some luxuries. A friend is here with her son, Tin’s friend, and they are up in the room jumping on the beds in the a/c.…