A week ago a friend sent me an email about all the women who suffered to get women’s rights to vote. Hard to imagine isn’t it? Sort of like trying to recall that at one time a black person was not allowed to sit in the front of a bus. Yes, we do live through interesting times. So this reversal comes as no surprise – but mark my words – GAY PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE…
The American Fisheries Group on Google posted this article that bears reading – albeit a quote from a BP environmentalist is not worth pondering in my book. But there appears to be a trace of hope here that the BP oil spill might be mitigated by forces greater than a greedy multibillion dollar company. The one thing that is not being measured here is the fragile ecosystem of the humans of the Gulf South. My…
I always wonder how I can arrange my thoughts on Monday morning so that I’m not dreading the day but actually looking forward to beginning my week. One of the tricks of mind I use is basic – how many Mondays do you have left in your life? Better enjoy this one with its ups and downs. But the truth is that usually on Monday I’m able to adhere to a schedule I have in…
I purchased Imagine as my ringtone the other day only getting it from purchased on my BlackBerry to downloaded via Vcast with Verizon has been the source of much consternation. I have to go buy a memory card to do this task, which I refuse to do – hence I don’t get the song and instead opted for One Love – only that turned out to be a Mickey Mouse recording of Marley’s One Love.…
We went to the playground this morning to stretch everyone’s legs after a week of rain that had us all stir crazy. Tin climbed up to the slide and slid all by himself – we were both staring in amazement as he was just last week it seems needing help on the stairs to get up there. His vocabulary keeps growing in fits and starts – he can say yellow, busa (busha – that’s belly…
We cooked my cousin Sophie’s brisket recipe today and lordy, it was a delicious Sunday meal, only I had cooked the potatoes, turnips and carrots way too long having accidentally left the stove on yesterday as we went to Magazine Street to get T’s hair cut and for T2 and I to wander around lower end of Magazine. While we were out and about yesterday, we stopped in to see GoGo’s new store, which looked…
My friend was telling me that his boss made him take down a sign in his office that said, “Eight of the ten voices in my head are telling me not to shoot.” It wasn’t so funny in light of what just happened at the Budweiser plant. Similarly, my CHOOSE DEATH bumpersticker which was a thumb in the nose to prolifers and their “Choose Life” stance that they wanted to get put automatically on license…
We went to the Ogden last night for a wonderful tribute and celebration of Eudora Welty. Three folk musicians were on stage in the new addition, which is grand sandstone building designed by the 19th century architect Henry Hobson Richardson (a Louisiana native whose designs are sprinkled around the east coast and this is the only gem he left for his beloved city of New Orleans). The museum has tunneled over to the building and…
I got a call today that my mom has a life insurance policy – this one is different from the one that helped pay my half of the burial. This one was a small policy naming my sister and I as co-beneficiary only the insurance company has been trying to find me since December 1st after my sister contacted them to say my mom had passed. The woman at the company said they have been…
So I was explaining to our 8 year old neighbor, who is a vegetarian, that kosher laws require humane treatment of animals and have strict slaughter rules requiring as little pain as possible to the animal. We are what we eat remember. So it’s with fascination that I’ve found myself at the Kosher Cajun Deli looking into their meat and poultry case. Are these grass fed? Yes, the woman behind the counter says. We carry…