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The whole world

By Rachel | May 31, 2012May 31, 2012 by Rachel

In the South, the whole world exists on the front porch. We take this for granted in New Orleans. Porch sitting is a way of life down here. But when I was young we lived for a time in Manhattan, near Washington Heights, and there and then people used to sit on their porches stoops too. Yesterday, we did what we do normally – we waited till the sun was low and then we went…

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Mother’s Day Every Day

By Rachel | May 13, 2012May 13, 2012 by Rachel

Oh the mother lode, it is possibly the weightiest topic we could ever try to articulate. Tin and I drove across the lake to see my aunt and cousins and feast. They know how to put on a spread – roast beef, corn on the cob boiled in coconut milk, cornbread salad, green beans, two kinds of potato salad, rolls, and a dessert table that was buckling under its own weight. I ate too much!!…