I know what people mean about children growing up so quickly – today is the fourth week of having Tin in our lives and looking back over the photos I’m shocked at how much he has changed. More than that, I was in Metairie to get my camera fixed this afternoon and I was shocked to see the grandstands going up for Mardi Gras. Good god. Here is one of the photographs that Marc Pagani…
When I was living at the American Can and Katrina hit, my neighbor, a Master swimmer and swim instructor at Southern University for decades helped save others by swimming across the fetid water to get supplies and help. After Katrina he got a pink slip from Southern – hail to the hero. Then soon he was steadily employed and life was good again. I see him now and then, he’s been to parties at the…
Today’s my mom’s birthday, she would have been 74 years old today. She had a long and interesting life, so today celebrate the life of a beautiful, loving, and interesting woman. We’re going to – the sun is shining outside on the bayou, my son is saying DADADADADADA (and at times we think he is saying Who Dat!), and my partner is walking around in her thermal pipi’s that she stays in when it gets…
December 28th is my mom’s birthday and I’ve been feeling bummed out about the whole thing despite having this enormous bundle of joy in my life – damn it, I miss my mother. But instead of moping, in the spirit of my mom, T and I are going to get all dolled up tomorrow and go out to dinner to celebrate mom’s birthday. My rubber band heart that keeps expanding and contracting wants to remember…
When we took in Wolfie we didn’t want a) another dog, and b) a German Shepherd, but then something happened – she won our hearts and the breed has captured our imagination. Anyone who owns a German Shepherd knows this about them, but I never had one so all of her GS ways have been a revelation. She’s soulful, thoughtful, loyal to a fault, protective, assertive and gentle, and she adores T1, just adores her…
Once upon a time Rachel was obsessed with finding the perfect shoes, purse, wallet, jeans – you name it. But now I’ve been obsessed with the perfect hat for Tin. Even going so far as to ask people who have brought beautiful gifts that if they see a good hat, not a baseball cap, but a good hat that is lightweight and will protect his head from the sun to buy it and I’ll reimburse…
We walked to City Park this morning, me, T1, T2 and Loca and it was a glorious day. The park is undergoing a great deal of renovation and what is there so far looks wonderful – first class for our third world city. The big lawn with the bench swings and the palms lining the square are all wonderful. I perched on the bench swing with T2 on me while T1 ran to the bathroom…
Tin woke up this morning to three presents waiting for him – two from Aunties and one from his Uncles, which was a Saints warm up outfit. So today instead of his Santa outfit, we put on the Who Dat tee shirt his other uncle gave him for Hanukkah and donned his black and gold. Then neighbors came by to bring Tin books. They say a child arrives with a loaf of bread under his…
We went around the Quarter today, just hunting for a place that could take the tourist and local favorite place of Cafe du Monde but alas – foiled again – it and every other place in New Orleans was closed for Christmas. Jews seeking out Chinese restaurants is an old stereotype but it’s actually true – there is no place to go on Christmas. The Roosevelt was decked out with lights and trees and we…
For some reason, all of my significant partners in life have been atheists. Today’s Christmas – not a morning that Jews are stirring because there are no gifts and there is no tree. But here at the LaLa where we live, we have a Christmas Story and it goes something like this, my mother who is now angel knew that there was one thing in my wonderful life I wanted more than anything else –…