I am very raindrops-on-roses-and-whiskers-on-kittens today, so this topic couldn’t be more easy for me. What is so great about my life right now, you ask? The pets and fetus had…
We saw Pearl Jam at Jazz fest. A really great show. The attendees were all so middle-aged. I’m so middle-aged. It was great, and bittersweet. Eddie Vedder is Sixty Years Old, but he…
Small things that bring me joy: Part 3 (which has links to Part 1 and 2) 10. A back scratch. I can’t believe I didn’t put this first. My grandmother used to tell…
Notes from the Tulane Book Fest – Anne Applebaum Sarah Broom & Tracy K. Smith Excerpt from “I will tell you the truth about this, I will tell you all about it” by…
We are planting trees in an underserved area of the city today – Craiggy and I. I am trying to volunteer on a community project twice a quarter this year – up from…
Last night a frigid wind blew into New Orleans. It rattled the windows, mercilessly sporadic, and I barely slept. We live in a camelback in New Orleans and the entire front bit of…