New Orleans
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Burdens: Who really cares about part 3 anyway?
I heard a story the other day about a family that had lived here for generations. All of them – every cousin, every aunt, every niece and grandchild and son and daughter. When…
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The Lost Week
So, this week was a wash. I came down with the bug Wednesday night, and The Professor followed suit about two hours after me. We were up all that night ill, and spent…
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Halcyon Days
Having just paid approximately the value of one month’s utility bills in order to eat grease-covered vegetables at the undergraduate student center, I am now whiling away the last few seconds of my…
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A Pillar of Salt
“My parents were in Mississippi at their farm. They thought they’d be safer there than in the city. They weren’t answering their phones, and I heard on the radio that their town had a direct…