It’s that time of year again in New Orleans, in Faubourg St. John, on the bayou – JAZZ FEST! And as usual, I have my brass pass in hand and can’t wait. This will be Tin’s first Jazz Fest and I hope there are many more in his future. Tonight, the strategy – to mark the acts I want to see and to make other choices as well. Tomorrow, by this time I will have…
We went to Meaux Bar for the first time in ages last night and it was so good to see Jim and Matthew and Debbie and know that we were going to eat delicious food. I had the trout and T had the pompano and we split a fried oyster salad with Pernod dressing, yum, and then a slice of cake with strawberries in Gran Marnier. Wow. We rolled home and flopped into bed like…
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ~Emily Dickinson In order to really be able to be well-rounded you must be able to compartmentalize your life. There is work, which always tries to encroach on your every available minute. There is your partner, who you want to spend time with doing things other than listing out who is doing what and when. There is your child who you enjoy, don’t…
The Lafitte Greenway project is underway and there will be another hike on the 8th in support of this project. I’m giving this project a big thumbs up. But one small sigh – the overgrown field that is now being kept mowed as they get ready to begin the project. Last year, when no one was mowing, it became a field of black eyed susans.
The visceral connection – a mother told me the other day that she doesn’t know how to tune out her kid’s cries. I said I have the same problem, it’s like a stomach clench that doesn’t go away until they stop crying. Similarly, and thankfully, the opposite is true, the laughter and squealing is highly contagious!
We were visiting friends the other day and their sandbox became a focal point for Tin. The dad told me that the sandbox actually calmed his son down and so I thought what a great idea. So we ordered a sandbox and it arrived today and I set it up. LOVES IT.
I was speaking to a friend who has been reading a vast array of books on religion and trying to figure out some things in his mind. We started on a meandering conversation that traversed when he taught self-defense to almost having to use it in his posh subdivision when some nutball tried to run his wife off the road as she was pulling into the driveway. In self-defense you get inside the mind of…
There is a 30% chance of rain on Friday and a 50% chance of thunderstorms on Saturday and guess what is happening – JAZZ FEST! Now I know for some that means muddy, yucky and unfavorable conditions, but that is a good thing as a friend reminded me this morning, because rain keeps away crowds, even the hint of rain means those who melt will stay far away. I was looking through the schedule and…
I was walking the dogs this morning and ran into a friend, a talented artist, and she was asking me about Tin. I said he is fabulous, beyond wonderful. I told her that he gives me a new understanding of my mother and she repeated, having two children of her own, the old adage, that you don’t know until you have one what it’s like to be a mother. And she’s right. When I think…
Bill Baird Tharp Sontheimer Funeral Home 1600 N. Causeway Boulevard Metairie, LA 70001 Re: Pat Namer Funeral Dear Bill: As I explained today, my sister is the executrix of my mother’s estate. At the time my mother was admitted to the hospital she had an annuity that could have covered her prepaid funeral expenses, which my sister deposited into her own personal account. My sister did not execute the will in accordance with my mother’s…