December 2005

Day 102: The South’s Titanic

December 8, 2005

i.e. a man-made error. Today’s nola.com hosts Evidence points to man-made disaster, a long and comprehensive article on the sequence of events leading up to the current state of Orleans and surrounding parishes, a timeline that heads back from August 29, 2005 into the 1950s. Experts say the New Orleans flood of 2005 should join [...]

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Day 102: From The Heart – Addendum

December 8, 2005

Following the last post, I received personal emails from a number of you wondering if I’m ok and to hang in there, take it one day at at time, and relying on the “simple human presence ” of friends. Damned if I write an informal and personal post, and damned if I don’t, huh? I [...]

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Day 101: From The Heart

December 7, 2005

As If All These Other Posts Haven’t Been: For a hundred days, I have explored life after Katrina. I’ve thought, meditated, observed, written, cried, laughed, raged, dreamed, travelled, advised, counseled, been counseled and chewed my lip on who I am, what I want and what home (anywhere) means to me. Only a few of these [...]

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Day 98: Pet de Kat Krewe Raises Money; An Evacuation Survey; Mardi Gras 2006 Explained; Bohemian Armadillo

December 4, 2005

Pet de Kat Krewe Raises Money For The Red Cross: Steve Apple, New Orleanian and founder of the Pet de Kat krewe, wants you to know how to donate to the Red Cross and get a funky krewe shirt. Until the end of the year, Pet de Kat Krewe donates profits from the sales of [...]

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Day 95: Three Months Later

December 1, 2005

(Primarily written for and published in Madison’s Isthmus Weekly – DailyPage.com) This morning, I received a note from the captain of my Mardi Gras krewe with a request from Al Johnson, whom we crowned king of the 2005 Krewe du Vieux parade and celebration. Famous for his popular “Carnival Time,” the singer/performer “is stuck in [...]

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