Reflections in the Wake of the Gulf Coast Spill -Part 1
It’s ironic that the BP oil spill happened only a month after the Upper Big Branch Mine accident in West Virginia. The towns and hamlets along Louisiana’s marshy coast line have, as it turns out, some...
View ArticleReflections in the Wake of the Gulf Coast Spill -Part 2
It’s ironic that the BP spill happened the week that we were celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. 40 years ago a dreadful oil spill washed up on the wide sandy shores of southern California....
View ArticleA different perspective on the Gulf disaster-an interview with Poppy Tooker
I was very fortunate today, to be able to have a conversation with Poppy Tooker, head of Slow Food New Orleans, host of the PBS television show Eat it to Save It and the newly launched Louisiana...
View ArticleLessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill- and how LA Helps LA
Every disaster we face brings with it hard won life lessons, and even silver linings. Here are a couple of lessons I have learned, and which I have observed that the people of coastal Louisiana have...
View ArticleA Registered Dietitian Shares her Thoughts on Healthy Fish Choices and the...
Okay- as much as we love good food and good times, sometimes we have to get a little intense, and stop to consider just where our food comes from, how it's raised, and just how it gets to our...
View ArticleImpressions on August 29th Six Years Later- and Quinoa Salad
Reflections and meeting with friends on the 6th anniversary of hurricane Katrina
View ArticleThe Second Line
Whenever a group of New Orleanians is gathered, either in Los Angeles or the Crescent City, they rise to their feet and start waving their handkerchiefs, and often umbrellas, when the Second Line's...
View ArticleNew Orleans’ Confederate Monuments
Thoughts from a native daughter on the occasion of the removal of New Orleans' Confederate monuments.
View ArticleVisiting Montgomery, Alabama
A long weekend's trip to Montgomery Alabama to visit the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
View ArticleReflection – 60 Years After the March on Washington
We are still having to fight for rights today, and we still need beautiful artistry to fuel us
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