The key to change is to let go of fear or so the sages say. I’ve had a deep seeded feeling like I had had just about as much change as a person could stand – moved home cross country, Katrina, divorce – to name a few. But alas, just as I settled into a new house, a new love, a new animal or two, along comes the unprecedented, historical collapse of the stock market…
The neighborhood seems to have shaken off its summer lull and is in full speed ahead mode. The latest is an art installation of paddle boats in the bayou that make music. The Pedal Boat Project (Little Music) is the work of artists, Edgardo Macchi and Jorge Rudnitzky. They have fabricated five (5) musical pedal boats. Each boat has the traditional eight-paddle wheel. The paddles have teeth that activate the metal keys similar to a…
Mom called today to say breaking news is the Alaskan newspaper endorsed Obama. My accountant, who I have the deepest admiration for, endorsed Obama because and I quote: Our country is in a helluva economic and ethical mess. We, as a country, have been ripped off by Wall Street, politicians, insurance companies, lawyers and the military… Interesting stuff coming from an accountant who represents a very rich clientele.
Went to Whole Foods last night (here in New Orleans we don’t have a lot of choices in grocery stores). But have you noticed that as soon as Whole Foods carries something that sells well they instantly get rid of the brand and usurp it under their own generic? And you know what? Whole Food generic brands suck! We were looking for the chicken sausage they used to carry and now the case is full…
Woke this morning to howling winds and a noticeable temperature drop – it’s winter, sigh. The good parts about winter is that it requires a lot more cuddling, hot tea, yummy soup and candles. The bad part is that it is brrrrr cold as demonstrated by the wind that whipped through the park on our walk. The fallen leaves were blowing sideways through the park, and a Double-Crested Cormorant flew low across the lagoon and…
We went to see Nicholas Payton at Snug Harbor on Saturday night and our expectations had been somewhat lowered by friends who went on Friday and said that he was not playing his trumpet much and the music was so loungy they ended up leaving before the set was over. We went anyway and actually enjoyed the show even though we agreed those wanting to see him play the trumpet – his most natural instrument…
Thursday is the dog parade starting at Cabrini and headed to Swirl. Friday is Halloween. We’re thinking Loca will be Obama and mom suggested that Arlene be Toots, his grandmother. But in the meantime, we were trying some costumes a friend dropped off. The spider did not fit Loca at all. And the lobster, well, Arlene just was too sad of a lobster to take her out like that:
The water temperature during the summer promotes barnacles and since I had taken the canoe out mid summer and hadn’t checked, when we went to put it in the bayou I noticed the entire bottom was thick and encrusted with barnacles. My neighbor says when the water temp cools the barnacles can’t live – thank god – because scraping them is like trying to remove concrete. We rowed down the bayou with Loca today and…
I found a way to put my IPOD in my bra so I can hula hoop with music on the bayou. It has made such a difference in my moves. Mid November I’m taking a hooping class behind the NOMA and hope to pick up some hand skills. I get good at this and might try to hula with fire, seeings how I couldn’t manage to do the fire poi.
We were headed uptown to Casamento’s to take mom to lunch and were driving down Napoleon when we saw a big mansion burned down to the foundation – the firemen still had the hose on the remains. The adjacent mansion had been left a shell as if a firebomb exploded. Later, I learned a house on St. John Court had burned down many years ago. Ms. Marie said everyone came out to watch the old…