The Prof and I are busy busy busy ’round the house this weekend. Hanging a few pix, painting a table, cleaning out the boys’ toys, switching the summer and winter…
The Israelis who run my company do not tend to thank people. It’s a cultural thing, just the way they all operate, but none of us Americans can get used…
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…