Tag Archives: I Wandered from New Orleans

It’s easy being Green

Well, the new year has come and gone.  Another of my resolutions was to begin taking my woodworking career seriously.  By this I mean my online business, The Green Dragon.  Over the past few days I have turned out six … Continue reading

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Auld Lang Syne

It’s interesting to see where your mind takes you when it is lulled back into familiar routine.  Today at my job I had the old song, ‘Auld Lang Syne’ stuck in my head.  At least, I had the melody and … Continue reading

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…if only in my dreams

It’s that time of year again, the crazy Christmas shopping rush.  I live by a mall, so that’s always evident to  me as soon as it begins.  The holidays don’t just bring traffic and Salvation Army bell ringers, if you’re … Continue reading

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At 40, you eat Tombstone cake.

So I’ve finally made it to 40.  That seems like such an impossible age to be when I can recall taking the Peter Pan oath in 6th grade.  Time keeps slipping away.  So yesterday was spent in the French Quarter … Continue reading

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Another local, independent bookstore has the book!

I managed to cross state lines and get another book into an indie bookstore!  If you’re in Mississippi go and check out Bay Books on Main street.  The owner is very accomodating and she has two very cool cats that … Continue reading

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An introduction to the Indigo Girls

Just listened to the Indigo Girls’ new CD “Happy Holly Days” and I have to say it was pretty good.  This is coming from someone of course who isn’t a big fan of Christmas music.  If the Indigo Girls put … Continue reading

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Picking apples doesn’t pay…

First an update on my website; at another author’s request I have added a page to my website that gives details on some of the photos in the book, some photos that did not make it into the book and … Continue reading

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Renaissance Festival Season

Renaissance Festival time is here for those of us in South Louisiana.  I made my first visit this past saturday and managed to film a sing along to The Bar Wenches Drinking Song from my book at The King’s Head … Continue reading

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Falstaff and four leaf clovers

It’s amazing how early relationships affect the rest of our lives.  When we’re young it seems like time is forever and things seem to move much more slowly.  Two years feel like ten until you’re almost forty, then one year … Continue reading

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I still can’t look at those little pecan rolls without feeling sick…

October always reminds me of my Terror friends, but it also reminds me of Atlanta. In ’94 when I quit my job at Terror to move to Atlanta I had planned to take my dog Jessie and live in my … Continue reading

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