We love people for who they are on the inside: how they treat us and others and how they make us feel. We want so much to have that love in a tangible way—so we can touch it, feel it, know it is real—that we fall in love with the person’s very humanness: You love [...]
My pal, Leendaluu, mentioned to me that she planned on making gumbo for the Superbowl. This was a week and a half ago. Clearly she already believed the Saints would be in the game. And so did I. And her being in upstate New York makes it hard for her to buy filé powder, poor [...]
Last week we attended a funeral out of state. The trip got me thinking good and hard about what family really means. You hear talk about family being that which you create. But what of those people whose blood you share? Who really ARE your kin but with whom you have no relationship for reasons [...]
I returned again this year to the Open House of the grammar school we want Sun ultimately to attend. I walked away confident in our decision to send her there for grammar school but prefer where she is now for preschool. However, I have since learned that her current school does not offer a 3-day-per-week [...]
New Orleans has rather mild winters, as far as weather goes. When I was younger, I preferred the summers: swimming and sno-balls. But as I get older, the heat and humidity of a New Orleans’ summer gets to me more. And now I find her winters more preferable. Winter, and by that word, I mean [...]
Waaaay back in college, I watched Oprah. And one day she had a guest on her show, Gayle Delaney, who was a dream interpreter. Having always had vivid dreams, my interest was piqued. Her theory, in general, is that your dreams are little movies that your unconscious mind produces especially for you. Throw out those [...]