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looks like i’m about to be on the road again…not a plan of mine dear friends, but rita has me on the road again. we just closed our office in st. charles parish where we were processing disaster victims so that they could get money for katrina – then dear rita who was headed for […]
it was like walking into a nightmare that wasn’t as bad as you’ve had before, but shocks you just the same. and although i cried sporadically and with controlling breaths – as is my way to cry when things are truly beyond my control – i know that my grief, my loss is small on […]
i’m at the lsu library for a quick moment to reflect, contact folks and stop sneezing. today we ventured to the homemade shelter for pets. not my idea of a good time but one of my new friends has been really awesome and wanted to try this out…bad idea of the allergy persuasion. i ended […]
so two days here…and i’m tired beyon tired. all i can do is work and then sleep. heat and more heat… water and then peeing more water more peeing. and i’m so glad to be useful and i’m so glad to be moving but my oh my how tired am i. today we were out in […]
it is so easy to do…to get caught up in semantics. i’ve had whole arguments with people about wording or phrasing… heck, even pronounciation. but ultimately it is time spent arguing AROUND the point and not actually debating said point. example… right now everyone has their panies in a bunch over the use of the […]
don’t fuss…for those of you who didn’t hear from me directly…i just found out my flight info this evening. it wasn’t a slight, just a slipping away of time. i decided that i need to DO something. so rather than lament this horrible event and cry over all the suffering i decided that i, unlike […]
or if it is cement it isn’t quite dry yet. late this morning i got a phone call from crisis corps and had an impromptu interview. it was strange to be on the answering side of the questions after so long as a recruiter. it went well enough until she asked if i have had […]
Google maps is amazing. just for fun…or horror depending on your frame of mind…type an address into it, any address…say…mine…if you know it, and then click the katrina button…ummm yeah… on an upside…the water doesn’t look that high. maybe i managed to stay dry, and the windows in tact. at the very least, the roof […]
in fact, this is the most i’ve written in a couple of years. it seems odd to me to be so far removed from what so moved me in another phase of my life. in college i was known for my words – poetry – articles – whatever was on my mind. i rarely went […]
There is an unwritten understanding in new orleans. You don’t evacuate. Don’t get me wrong – no one will tell you not to. In fact, you may be encouraged to. But from old heads who’ve been around hurricanes for more than a season or two – packing up every time a storm passes our general […]
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