New Orleans Two months after the Katrina we were finally able to make our way back down to New Orleans and spend a night in our own home in our own bed for the first time on Saturday night. I went by the rally called by ACORN, the AFL-CIO, SEIU, the NAACP, and others on the …
Category: Personal Writings
Darkness
Baton Rouge and New Orleans In mid-afternoon I pulled out of Baton Rouge for New Orleans and broke through the traffic gridlock that surrounds Louisiana’s capitol now. It was the kind of bright, clear early fall day that makes New Orleans so special. The stench was everywhere around the office. Gene’s Poor-boy Shop had refused to …
Adjusting
Baton Rouge No matter what is happening, I have to catch the vibration of my main cell phone. The voice mail function seems permanently marred now, so missing a call means really missing the call as it disappears forever in a bursting shriek of sound sometimes when played back. So, no matter what is going on, …