NOLA Notes

Month: July, 2011

Crash and Burn

It’s not often I lose the fight to stay hiding in my bed. No, usually common sense, the sense of responsibility, and the mere thought of utter laziness does the trick and forces me out of bed. Not today. With the unusual dark morning giving the sense of winter, the list of craptacular things I [...]

An Unexpected Turn of Events

As I was mentioning yesterday, my first impression of Sun’s grammar school left me feeling dejected and worried I’d made a major error. One complaint I had was the confusing and vague paperwork the school sent me about parent volunteering. I already volunteer for a couple of local charities and am more than happy to [...]

Big Girl School

When I was pregnant, I scouted for a pre-school. Even though Sun wasn’t going to attend one until she was two years old. Ditto for grammar school. We scouted, Open Housed, joined Church Parishes, talked to parents, you name it, we did it to select the best grammar school for Sun. Two years in advance. [...]

Fruit or Vegetable, a Tomato is Uncommon and Possibly Illegal

Laughing Buddha Nursery posted a link to this article today on Facebook. And it got my blood good and boiling. Apparently a couple in Oak Park, MI had their front lawn torn up to replace a sewer line.  With all that dirt, the couple decided that instead of grass, they’d plant a vegetable garden. And [...]

AAAAaaaahhhhhh

That’s the sound of me falling of the face of the (blogging) Earth. Sorry, loyal reader. Seems when I paint, it dries up my need/desire to write. I am still alive…and full of opinions and frustrations and love of New Orleans. But I haven’t been doing anything noteworthy in the City and writing about my [...]