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The power of positive thinking

I was walking Loca this morning and thinking about running. I bought some new running shoes almost a year ago, and about six months ago started trying to run a few days a week. Only after the first week, I started having back issues, knee issues and so I quit for a while. Then I started feeling porky and wanted to run, and so started running again, and started having back issues, and knee issues…

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Blood brother

When Loca and I were walking in the park yesterday, we caught up with what could have been my brother misplaced at birth and his dog. We were catching up on houseguests and an Irish Wolfhound puppy, when suddenly we heard this woman screaming. It was his dog then my dog going after a squirrel. Once that hysteria died down, the woman’s dog reached out and bit Loca on the nose and I saw blood…

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The Yugoslavs move in

I ran into a friend at Rouse’s today and she asked why I wasn’t at the Gemini party last night and I said my inlaws arrived from Croatia. She said, “Oh lord, a while back I had a roommate from Yugoslavia and her family came to visit for an entire summer. It was like the Yugoslavs took over – they moved furniture, cooked weird food, and kept the curtains closed and lights dim.” She meant…

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The beauty of New Orleans

We had friends visiting from California the other night and were sitting on the front porch having a cocktail and looking at the soft lit up dome of Our Lady of the Rosary. They are staying at other friend’s B&B in the Marigny and the woman said, “I’ve passed through New Orleans a few times, but never really gotten to know it, but I always forget how beautiful it is here.” Ah, yes, beauty is…

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Dobro Dosli

Our Croatian family arrived last night – mom and cousin – to visit for six weeks. Originally coming for a mercy visit – to help us with an infant that was due June 8th, they’re here for a truncated trip instead just to hang out. To show you how much the modern architecture movement is rooted in Europe, the first thing my mother-in-law said was she liked the LaLa and noticed it’s modern style. Meanwhile,…

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Slow living

You have to be appreciative of what you have and so when the weather turns so warm you feel like the one two punch when you walk out the door, remind yourself that it is slowing you down. There is a lot of talk these days about slow food, slow parenting, and simple living. Here in New Orleans, when the weather is spiking past 90 degrees and the humidity is there to match, slow is…

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