I wrote a post in early 2008 listing my top ten favorite NOLA reads. Since that time, I’ve read more NOLA books, some excellent, some forgettable. So I thought I’d update my list. But wait. There’s more. We want YOUR list too. What NOLA books inspire you? To make the playing field even, Yat Pundit divided [...]
Pulling up to the address on Tupelo Street, it was what I expected: a home. The museum is in a small building in the Lewis’ backyard. A woman was sitting on her front steps. And in the shadows of the trees sat Ronald Lewis on his front porch. Waiting for us. He instructed us to [...]
For those of us who returned after Hurricane Katrina to the Gulf coast, and to New Orleans, we frequently get questioned: Why did you return? How could you have returned? We evacuated to Little Rock on Sunday. Monday, my husband flew to Philadelphia for his job; he returned two weeks later. I spent much of [...]
“Mom,” Sun sings as she steps out of the bathroom, clean and damp. Her mother lay in her darkened room too tired to respond. “Mom!” Sun happily runs through the rooms, seeking. Still, her mother stays quiet. “Mommy,” Sun insists as she leaves the front rooms, diligent in her search. “Mommy. . . ” Methodically, [...]
A heart is not measured by how much you love but how much you are loved by others. ~ Wizard of Oz Love is a funny thing. It makes us do funny things. But in my case, it tends NOT to bring tears to my eyes. When CS got down on bended knew in a [...]