When the Cabana Boy and I decided we’d take a few days south for a respite run, we agreed we’d take some of our carefully-hoarded vacation funds and spend a day in New Orleans. I’d been there a dozen years ago during Mardi Gras season, thanks to my fellow writer Hank, but E had never [...]
Archive for December, 2010
27 Dec
Sunset on the Gulf Coast
The white sands of the Gulf Coast are some of the most beautiful I’ve seen…which makes the goings-on of last summer so much more meaningful. The signs are still posted, warning of possible health dangers from leftover oil spill damage. We were, frankly, more worried about frostbite. All the same, people stroll on the beach, [...]
20 Dec
Dear Santa, please bring us a toilet…
Now I’m not sure of the exact protocol here, but plumbing should definitely be on the list of items accessible through the Jolly Old Elf. Especially when you are a family of five, most of them teenagers and you’re down to one bathroom. The destruction of the Throne was a multi-layered event; blame cannot be laid [...]
5 Dec
Let it…what?
So this week it turned into December. Old Mother Nature, that little minx, popped herself in the forehead and went, “Oh WAIT! It’s supposed to snow now!” And hence we have this week not half an inch, not an inch, but a full foot of snow, most of it arriving just last night and today. [...]
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