Hope your hereafter is full of ducks and roller skates and pretty wedding gowns.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/ruthie_the_duck_girl_dies_of_c.html

Hey all, check out the lovely Ravencreature's website and etsy shop. Her employer has had to lay everyone off because of Gustav, and she's busting ass to make rent. If you see something you like, now is the time!

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Hey all, I'm fine here in NOLA. We weathered the storm and are now back at our house; obviously we have power. The house was fine. The avocado tree in the back came down without damaging anything, and the vent for our hot water heater was thrown off kilter, but that was pretty much it. I was most relieved that no trees in the side yard came ( Read more... )

We've decided that unless things change significantly between now and approx 7 pm (dusk) we are staying ( Read more... )

Right now, we're back in NOLA from Arkansas. We jetted down here yesterday cutting the vacay short, and made it in about 2:00 am. Once we got to about Jackson, MS the traffic on the other side got heavy ( Read more... )

This is one of my favorite songs, as done by the master!

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Happy Birthday to drunah!

Hope you have a peaceful, quiet day.

from the desert. Today I'm decompressing, re-adjusting to the altitude change and humidity (sinuses)! and attempting to unload my 40-lb pack outside so as to minimize the sand intrusion into the house ( Read more... )

To fry my ass off and get bitten by snakes and stung by scorpions. You know, a good ol' biblical vacation. I hear the locusts are extra juicy this time of year.

See y'all in a week or so.

When I occasionally do get on the phone, it's generally some gum-chewing chippie thinking that it's my job to walk her through the absolute motherfucking BASICS. Sample type of conversation ( Read more... )