A friend said the other day that the ocean is her church as I told her the latest updates from my friend who is evaluating the Louisiana part of the equation. Michele has dedicated this month’s yoga practice to Ma, the great mother, and to the ocean our great mother. With Mother’s Day approaching, and thinking of Ma and the Ocean and the girth they both represent, every day I’m trying to commit to being…
I dressed Tin in his Italian outfit yesterday early evening and brought him to St. Theresa’s with a box of cookies from Angelo Brocatos along with a homemade thank you card that had a photo of my mother. This is something I have been meaning to do since my mother passed at the end of November. These are the people who took care of my mother when I was no longer able to – they…
From Silence is Violence: Yesterday, Mitch Landrieu made an important move in his early days as Mayor of New Orleans. Mayor Landrieu formally invited the United States Department of Justice to intervene in the operation of the New Orleans Police Department, recognizing that even the appointment of a new police chief cannot ensure the total transformation the department needs. Immediately before making this announcement, Mayor Landrieu invited to his office a range of community leaders…
One of the women working at Rouse’s confused Tin with a friend of ours baby. I knew who she was talking about and said, “You mean the other fair skin mother?” There seems to be a lot of fair skin women adopting darker skin babies these days. But still I couldn’t believe she could mistake Tin for another.
We stole over to friends’ house to watch Episode 2 and 3 of Treme tonight after Tin went to sleep. We’re getting a little more hooked. Stay tuned. Love seeing our favorite musicians as actors, who can really act. But as we approach the 5th anniversary of Katrina and despite Mayor Landrieu trying to organize an international commemoration, the scenes of the houses, the dead, the heartache just all hit a little too close.
Louisiana – Word up on the oil spill is that a recent check of the birds shows little damage – some tidal activity from strong winds and the alignment of the sun and moon have washed some eggs away but we’re not seeing oil yet. So far gulls, pelicans and egrets not showing up oily. Some areas of the Gulf look good yet there are some unconfirmed reports of oil sightings that are being checked.…
Trying to find a source for renewable energy these days – namely mine – but I’m not sure it exists. I keep thinking if you just speak honestly what you feel and think that things will work themselves out and get better but sometimes I’m not sure. Right now, I’m trying to understand how a demanding job (why is it that no one seems to give you any slack when you have a job that…
Tin is cutting four new teeth at the same time – good grief, when it rains it pours. He already has four teeth so suddenly one day he will have exponentially more teeth. It is going better now that most of them have broke through the gums. But I’m starting to get concerned not about his teeth but about his looks – people keep telling him how handsome and beautiful he is all the time…
Here is a shot of Heidi with her new Swanky Pet collar. She came to us with a floral collar that was ready for a replacement so you must admit how good she looks with the floral design. Recall, we got Loca’s collar at Swanky Pet and picked the retro design. Loca finally got her own collar after two hand me downs.
I have a very fond memory of my mother sitting my sister and I on the picnic table that was our kitchen table when we lived on Louisiana Avenue and teaching us how to blow a bubble with bubble gum. I can picture that moment as if it just happened. We were all laughing and very focused on learning this important skill. Yesterday, I was rocking Tin on the front porch after giving him his…