Forget Red Ryder BB guns or any of that silly bad Cajun dialects Night Before Xmas stuff we used to read to the kids when they were small. (I still laugh thinking of my sister-in-law in Fargo trying t… more →
Odd Bits of Life in New Orleansme wrote 5 days ago: Forget Red Ryder BB guns or any of that silly bad Cajun dialects Night Before Xmas stuff we used to … more →
me wrote 5 days ago: I received a comment today on an old post about the murder of Carmen Reese, a message from a friend … more →
me wrote 1 month ago: The old bricks of the Lafitte Housing Project are gone, leaving just a scar of tall grass and piles … more →
me wrote 1 month ago: A tale of old men and the sea, of old men and the south, of old men everywhere from Salmon Rushdie c … more →
me wrote 3 months ago: K-Date 4.1 I was reading through everyone’s anniversary posting, and mentally comparing those … more →
politicaldookie wrote 3 months ago: Hmmm … more →
me wrote 3 months ago: I remember where I was when I first heard this song, on an NPR broadcast. The NPR archive reminds me … more →
me wrote 5 months ago: On this day, I will remember the heroism of the Coasties and the moment Lt.Gen. Russel L. Honore tol … more →
me wrote 6 months ago: Today one of the closest friends of one of my oldest and dearest friends died. His certificate of de … more →
Bob Fisher wrote 7 months ago: Should I really be doing this? We are going on an excursion into the boreal forest on all terrain ve … more →
me wrote 8 months ago: This is the 40th anniversary of Jazz Fest, which started as a small festival in what is now Congo Sq … more →
Mandy wrote 8 months ago: Despite my intentions to furnish the house with as many unique finds and bargains as I can lay my ha … more →
me wrote 8 months ago: Remember For Ashley Morris 1963-2008All New Orleans mourns for you. By Dylan Thomas And death shall … more →
me wrote 9 months ago: But I still hear them walking in the trees: not speaking. Waiting here, away from the terrifying wea … more →
mediamelon wrote 9 months ago: A Quebec broadcast channel dedicated to obituaries plans to be on the air by this summer. Ummmm … more →
El Fomentador wrote 10 months ago: A few years ago I cut an article out of The News, the Mexico City English language daily newspaper. … more →
me wrote 11 months ago: As residents of the French Quarter and the entire city prepare to Remember Wendy Byrne*, I want to s … more →
me wrote 11 months ago: “Nothin’ Federal happened here.” — Herbert Gettridge, in the PBS Frontline d … more →
me wrote 11 months ago: “as you did it to the least of these, you did it to me” – Jesus of Nazareth So man … more →