With a masterful boogie woogie piano touch and a voice brimming with Southern crackle, the infamous Dr. John is a genuine original. He is a living testament to the heritage of incredible cultural and musical diversity in the city of New Orleans. With triumph comes tragedy, and Dr. John, along with countless other artists and citizens, continues to search for balance in the ongoing struggles of coastal Louisiana.
Archives for 2010
The Other Side of Me: Rocky Road Isn’t Just Ice Cream
Yet somewhere deep inside, I knew I had a choice. I could step up and live, or I could curl up and die. The problem was — I didn’t like either choice.
Free Film Tuesday — Humanizing Animals
I’ve actually got two films for you today. I stumbled across That Mouse by Michael Rubbo (1967, 14 min) on the NFB website. It’s footage of a fawn, bear, mouse, turtle, and several other cute animals spliced together to tell the story of a rather annoying white mouse. All the animals have silly voices.
An Open Letter to My Bus Boyfriend
Dear Bus Boyfriend (can I call you BB, babe?)…Today is our anniversary. I’ll forgive you for forgetting it, if only because you have no idea who I am. Just so we don’t have this awkward exchange on our next anniversary, let me jog your memory: I’m the frizzy-haired brunette who gets on the bus a few stops after you in the morning.
Back to Work: The Gong Show
A mom trying to balance work and raising two little boys feels like she’s on a hamster wheel.
Stirring Up The Dust — A Memoir for Father’s Day
While cleaning out his garage a son finds his father’s obituary, which takes him back to the tragic circumstances of his dad’s death and stirs up the past.
Raising Respectful Sons: A Father’s Reaction to the “Slampigs” Scandal
Mike Sakasegawa comments on the recent scandal at the Landon School — where a group of freshman boys drafted unsuspecting girls into participating into a sex for points contest — and ponders the question of how to raise our sons right.
Men Leave: Father’s Day Without a Father
On Father’s Day, a woman contemplates the fathers she has known and never known, and how she came to the conclusion that men leave.
Putting Death and Life in Perspective
“Any man’s death diminishes me,” he once intoned, quoting Donne, “because I am involved in mankind.” It made me sad enough to cry, but I didn’t. Instead, I considered how the recent death of a friend had wounded me like a splinter, one that I could not remove. The more I fussed to pull at it, the deeper it settled in my skin and the more irritated the flesh around it grew.
My Father’s Day Gift
I’ve never disliked Irishmen. In fact, being a born Newfoundlander, the lilting accent and ruddy-faced smiles of Dublin make me feel more at home than I usually do on the North American mainland. There is one Irishman, however, towards whom I’ve recently developed a decided antipathy. His name is Murphy. You know, the one whose […]
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