December 30

Someone living nearby has added a rooster to the neighborhood. Its morning crows are quiet enough that we find him a charming addition, though I’m sure it must be out of even New Orleans’ lax zoning codes to have a crowing rooster in a densely populated urban area. Luckily for Mr. Rooster, NOLA enforcement is a joke (except in parking, where they will give you a $75 ticket at any opportunity). So I’m expecting to drink my morning coffee to the dulcet tones of cock-a-doodle-doo for the foreseeable.