Oh man, lots of things on my mind, most of them improper for public consumption. The emotional load has been heavy lately, for a number of reasons, mostly related to extended family troubles (finance troubles, health troubles, all flavor and manner of trubs). Nothing too juicy, I promise – I’m not meaning to be a…
Category: New Orleans
Nine One One, One One
Every single remembrance of nine eleven that I have ever read, I swear, begins with a description of the sky. Clear. Blue. Perfect. Cloudless. Cerulean. We expected some kind of warning. Mother Nature’s failure to acknowledge the evil that loomed was a cruel trick. ************ This morning in church, we had a celebration for the director…
Expletive Deleted, As This Is A Family Blog
Dear Tropical Storm Lee, I hate you. Signed, Me ******************************************************* I was supposed to fly to NC today, to join my sisters and mother on a fun jaunt in Brevard. Instead, I’m stuck in the house with two stir crazy kids and Backyardigans on repeat. Not quite the disappointment that poor Suzy JD suffered, when…
Wooking for Wions
Our morning activity today was another long bike ride. I’ve discovered a long, straight, mostly flat path along the mighty Mississip, and I rode along it for a handful of miles today, towing 65 pounds of boy along with me. 40 pounds of boy – that is, Jack – noticed the “Audubon Zoo” sign as…
Home
Laundry, in piles of darks, lights. The AC competes with the constant warm hum of the dryer. The cat, alone these past three weeks, does figure eights around our legs, meowing indignantly. Liam goes after her, giggling. She meanders away (he is very slow). The boys descend upon the toys they’d left behind. We…