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July 4th, 20092 comments

mf 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 →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Sinn Féin, 8-29, Je me souviens, Federal Flood, FOURTH OF JULY, Independence Day

Not just another one, but someone3 comments

mf wrote 6 months ago: Today one of the closest friends of one of my oldest and dearest friends died. His certificate of de … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Hurricane Katrina, 8-29, Je me souviens, Federal Flood, John Dauns

Find someone or something to cling to3 comments

mf wrote 6 months ago: Purloined from today’s Poetry Daily (see the RSS feed down the gutter at right), something in … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, Bloggers, NOLA, Poetry, cryptic envelopment, Poem, 8-29, 504

A Continual Farewell11 comments

mf wrote 8 months ago: But I still hear them walking in the trees: not speaking. Waiting here, away from the terrifying wea … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, Bloggers, NOLA, Debrisville, Je me souviens, levee, 504, Federal Flood

Carlos Mencia may actually have testicles8 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: “I’m glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can’t swim.” … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Carnival, Carlos Mencia, Krewe of Orpheus

The Brydum Tandem Project3 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: Members of the Iron Rail, an anarchist collective bookstore in the Marigny, are organizing a volunte … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Crime, Satire, 504, kirsten brydum, anarchism, syndicalism

There is only us5 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: “There is only us.” I read that line on Facebook, from prominent local activist and blog … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Sinn Fein New Orleans, Robert Cerasoli, Inspector General

My Baby Doll2 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: No, not the Madame Alexander from MaMere in her lap; my baby doll is that little girl who today turn … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Crime, Birthday, Killian

Kirsten Brydum Remembered5 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: As residents of the French Quarter and the entire city prepare to Remember Wendy Byrne*, I want to s … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, French Quarter, Crime, Je me souviens, murder, wendy byrne, kirsten brydum

Nothin' Federal Happened Here2 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: “Nothin’ Federal happened here.” — Herbert Gettridge, in the PBS Frontline d … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Flood, Sinn Féin, 8-29, Je me souviens, levee, Federal Flood

Remember 20084 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: “as you did it to the least of these, you did it to me” – Jesus of Nazareth So man … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Crime, Remember, Je me souviens, Silence is Violence, murder, crime march

Beast of the Epiphany4 comments

mf wrote 10 months ago: On Tuesday, Jan. 6 (the Catholic Church’s Feast of the Epiphany and for Orleanian’s the … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Catholic Church, st. henry's, Archbishop Alfred hughes, Résistance

P.0.13 comments

mf wrote 11 months ago: I have not made the Prospect.1 art pilgrimage. I am a bad boy. I am tremendously glad that P.1 has o … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Dancing Bear, cryptic envelopment, 504, Federal Flood, Desire Street Academy, Desire Street Ministries

I Hate Illinois Nazis

mf wrote 11 months ago: The tale of some residents of Algiers setting up a vigilante militia in the days after Katrina, and … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Hurricane Katrina, Federal Flood, murder, Racist, algiers, Shootings

The Ghost of Christmas Future8 comments

mf wrote 11 months ago: I wrote this little penny dreadful in one furious draft on Monday night, and I have been plinking at … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, Mid-City, NOLA, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, recovery, Rebirth, XMAS

Christmas Memories of Another Sort

mf wrote 11 months ago: Every now and then I get a new comment on this post. I wonder if the holidays will bring more people … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Crime, 504

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy3 comments

mf wrote 1 year ago: Words fail me sometimes. One night’s worth of sleep in the last two days courtesy of the Count … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, Literature, New Orleans, NOLA, Poetry, Poem, Wallace Stevens, 504, Dry Loaf

Certain Death2 comments

mf wrote 1 year ago: Residents of Galveston Island on the beach Friday morning. Early morning local weather bulletins fro … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, flooding, Hurricane Katrina, hurricane ike, Texas, Galveston, storm surge

I'm With James O'Byrne3 comments

mf wrote 1 year ago: James O’Byrne posted a signed editorial on the NOLA.COM/Times-Picayune website that has since … more →

Tags: Toulouse Street, New Orleans, NOLA, Times-Picayune, Hurricane Gustav, evacuation, Editorial, James O'Byrne, hurricane ike


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