Tag Archives: New Orleans
When she sang the blues
Scintilla prompt # 3: Talk about a memory triggered by a particular song. Dozens and dozens of songs make me remember. They bring to mind those unforgettable experiences, cause my lips to smile or my eyes to water, or maybe just make me sigh. The other day I heard a song playing on the radio, …
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
My upbringing was laid back Catholic, and so I don’t recall Shrove Tuesday ever being a really big deal. I opted to give up something relatively benign during the season from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, and I remember my weekly catechism teacher telling us that we were supposed to pray more during Lent. My …
snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
If you read the title of my post and immediately began humming Julie Andrews‘ My Favorite Things, then we have that in common. If you didn’t, add The Sound of Music to your Netflix queue without delay. It’s Friday, I left work early, and before picking up the boys, I ran four miles in the rain. …
