Health has been avoiding our house lately. And yesterday, it was CS and Sun who were down and out. So Pete and I headed to New Orleans East to attend the Tet Festival to celebrate the Vietnamese New Year. There were vendors selling religious statues, irises, art and furniture. Games for kids of all ages. [...]
I lay in bed last night greedy in utter darkness. Since having Sun, we keep a nightlight on in her room and sleep with our bedroom doors open. It’s never dark enough for me at night anymore. Or quiet enough. Every time I stir in the middle of the night, I automatically look for that [...]
Bob Dylan once sang that “[W]hen you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.” Years later, he sang, “When you think you lost everything you find out you can always lose a little more.” Since they are both Dylan lyrics, the incongruity of these two lines has continued to have me scratching my head. Dylan [...]