The rain was blowing sideways off the Mississippi River when we got in line to get into Cafe du Monde. I turned my red umbrella sideways to block it, and waited patiently with a dry head and a drenched grey skirt. The trick to sitting at a table in Cafe du Monde, you see, is…
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Rambling Lazy Mind (aka Wandering Day-Off Brain, and The Royal Mystery Just Keeps Going)
Ah, there’s the rain. Finally. I woke up this morning with a very relaxed sense of calm, to a grey sky and 50-degree weather. Happy to wake up on my own volition, instead of to my alarm (although there are worse things to wake up to than Basin St. Blues or Billie Holliday), at a…
Recap 3: Arrival
There is a distinct and sudden feeling of Otherness, the second you cross over the border from eastern Texas into Louisiana. Reclaiming the helm at a welcome center just across the line, I immediately cruised us through Shreveport, and knew I was in the right state because the pro-environmental billboard on the side of the…
