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 →
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 →
mf wrote 6 months ago: Purloined from today’s Poetry Daily (see the RSS feed down the gutter at right), something in … more →
mf wrote 8 months ago: But I still hear them walking in the trees: not speaking. Waiting here, away from the terrifying wea … more →
mf wrote 10 months ago: “I’m glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can’t swim.” … more →
mf wrote 10 months ago: Members of the Iron Rail, an anarchist collective bookstore in the Marigny, are organizing a volunte … more →
mf wrote 10 months ago: “There is only us.” I read that line on Facebook, from prominent local activist and blog … more →
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 →
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 →
mf wrote 10 months ago: “Nothin’ Federal happened here.” — Herbert Gettridge, in the PBS Frontline d … more →
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 →
mf wrote 10 months ago: On Tuesday, Jan. 6 (the Catholic Church’s Feast of the Epiphany and for Orleanian’s the … more →
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 →
mf wrote 11 months ago: The tale of some residents of Algiers setting up a vigilante militia in the days after Katrina, and … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
mf wrote 1 year ago: Residents of Galveston Island on the beach Friday morning. Early morning local weather bulletins fro … more →
mf wrote 1 year ago: James O’Byrne posted a signed editorial on the NOLA.COM/Times-Picayune website that has since … more →