New Orleanians are notoriously late showing up, if they show up at all, because by and large they don’t keep calendars. Calendars are tools for managing the future, and in New Orleans the future does not exist. . . . As for money, New Orleanians like it well enough, but not so they’d bend their [...]
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 [...]
I spent the day with my nieces (my brother’s girls), my sister and my daughter. Not the eight girls we were prepared for, but close enough. We ate out for breakfast, then bought some cheap craft items to do during Sun’s nap. Then we went bowling — my nieces’ choice. I forgot just how bad [...]
A few questions arose about the logistics of my worm bin. I am nothing if not a sharer. So here’s what I’ve learned so far. Your standard leaf compost pile is good. But for ubanites that don’t have enough “brown” items, primarily dead leaves, then your pile will be too “green” and not compost so [...]
Some have called me crazy. Some have given me puzzled looks and asked, “real worms?” and others just blink and stare. Hi, I’m Nola and I’ve got worms. And I like it that way. After researching, twittering, talking to experts, sleeping on it, debating, hemming, and hawing, I made a decision and took the plunge [...]
So, we all know I started a vegetable garden this Spring. It has been a great new hobby for me. I have been diligent on slug patrol, watering, tending, witnessing new growth. I have also rekindled some of my aspiring do-good endeavors, namely, becoming more green. Let’s take the slugs. I got lots of advise [...]
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My vegetable garden is coming along. I have several tomato buds; my cilantro and parsley are quadrupling in size; my shaky basil is regaining strength. All is well. Almost. Enter the slug. Yes, I my garden has slugs. So I filled a couple of caps full of beer and placed them around the garden. Then [...]
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~Cicero We recently had our backyard cleared of bushes and tree stumps that have been needing to go. Overall, the yard still needs help. The previous owner had an in-ground pool and just threw dirt in it when they didn’t want it [...]
Sun found her father’s small stash of cigars. Most were given to him the day she was born. She brought the Ziploc bag to Nola, who, in turn, thought to herself, “Why, yes, thank you.” Nola then sat on her darkened front porch and enjoyed the autumnal weather and a cigar. The next evening, Pete [...]