Friday night was another wedding for us, as was Saturday. These two both had a bittersweet element to them. Each had a family member that died too soon. Friday’s wedding left me somber and sad. The death of the bride’s brother some ten years ago still stings us all from time to time. I couldn’t [...]
It’s wedding season here in New Orleans. We’ve been invited to not less than six weddings in six weeks. Some are the traditional New Orleans’ wedding: Cathedral ceremony and country club reception. And some are less traditional: all-in-one wedding/reception at a room in a local restaurant. And several in between: home ceremonies, French Quarter brunches, [...]
I am a “tight” knitter: my stitches are tight. I have to remind myself to ease up on the tension of the yarn; relax my fingers and my mind. I knit a cap for CS years ago, and it was a big hit. It was a straight knit 4, purl 4 pattern, your typical skull [...]
Time passes in New Orleans the way sap drips down a tree: oozing ever so slowly. Her days are long Her summers, endless. And each year is filled with repetition and tradition. As minutes pass into decades and we all grow older if not wiser The city maintains her divine continuity. Things do change for better and [...]
With a sprained ankle and a bruised ego I turn to my garden to lick my wounds and salve my soul. Relationships change, friends disappoint, clay feet are discovered. So in I go back to myself, like a groundhog seeing his shadow. Back to my yard, my own sanctuary, to tend to my own garden. [...]