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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s the deal: I know how to argue. It isn’t because I am a lawyer (which I am). It is because I was raised by the best arguer I’ve ever met, and I learned my lessons well. I don’t mean “argue” as in scream and carry on. I mean “argue” words; logic; debate — I [...]
I wrote the following partial post on June 7, 2010: When non-violence in speech, thought and action is established, one’s aggressive nature is relinquished and others abandon hostility in one’s presence. ~Yoga Sūtra II.35 of Patañjali. On the evening of September 11, 2001, I had a yoga class scheduled. Knowing yoga always cleared my mind, [...]
I got the idea about a month ago to cook Gumbo Z’Herbes, green gumbo, following Leah Chase’s recipe. But about as quickly as that thought popped into my head, I thought it even better to have Chef Chase make it for me herself. I made such a comment on Facebook, and Native Palate immediately jumped [...]
We spent the weekend at our friends’ fishing camp. Just the three of us. We woke early and dropped the crab nets in the water. The tide was out and the expectation of crabs was slim. Sun and I also tossed fishing lines into the water. Then we headed to Rip Van Winkle Gardens, having [...]
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fiztgerald. When I started with my firm 13 years ago, I was aware that my department consisted of five men all over the age of 55. I knew going in I’d face a chasm in [...]
I easily could have spent yesterday under the covers, having had daylight and my thoughts blocked out. But I had plans to visit family. So Sun and I spent the day in the country. Sun dipped her toes, and her hiney, in an icy pool and spent hours literally running around naked, humming, as I [...]
Another death in my professional life. You’d think by now, six being the number, I’d be used to this routine. And although I deal with death every day of my professional life, it isn’t the same as dealing with A Death. A Death is personal; A Death is impacting; A Death is life-changing. And this [...]