Friends of mine in California said that they used to know a child who they called Rotten Rachel. Rotten Rachel was a holy terror of misery and then suddenly she turned 14 and became a delightful young adult and has grown up to be a person you would want to know. No one knows why she was a terror or why when most kids are becoming a terror she became nice. It’s a puzzle. Ruby…
Today was a day for having a Come to Jesus with myself. What, why, and when? were the pertinent questions circling my mind. The answers are out there but I was clawing at the walls trying to find them and suddenly my brother called out of the blue and asked if I could have lunch. So I went to lunch and it was just what the doctor ordered, I bounced all my what, why and…
The days leading up to us leaving for our vacation are like walking on fire – I’m not sure I have what it takes to make it without exploding into a million pieces. The truth is I’m toast – just done with all the getting and spending where we lay waste our powers. I’m ready to find myself again because I’ve gotten lost in everyone else’s agenda and certainly not my own. In yoga the…
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…