I’m home — tired and slightly ill. Pictures to come by this weekend. I am, however, happy to have survived the crushing pressure of 250,000 individuals crammed into one small space on The Mall. That, in and of itself, was no small feat!
Archive for January, 2009
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inauguration, Obama, Travel, Washington on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*Poof!*
Posted in Travel, tagged inauguration, Travel, Washington DC on January 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, I’m about to be sans Internet for five days. We’re off to the inauguration and are staying with The Coach’s college roommate who is a bit of a luddite. I toyed with the idea of taking the laptop and trying to poach a wifi signal from his neighbors, but my computer had developed a [...]
Today’s Challenge
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Chores, desk on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Desk – January 14, 2009
Yeah, I can’t work like this.
Chores
Posted in It's My Life, tagged To Do Lists on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a short list, so why does it feel so darned overwhelming?
Phone call at noon.
Return a book to Barnes and Noble.
Clean my filthy desk.
Go to grocery store for milk and cat food.
Go to post office to mail job application.
Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Call vet to change boarding plans.
Successful Conferencing
Posted in Louisiana, The Professoriate, Travel, tagged Conferences, Research, Travel on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
St. Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square
New Orleans, Louisiana
It’s been a successful conference … I got useful comments on my paper, I saw an excellent documentary, I got an idea for a new way to approach one of my research areas, and I learned about some new books in my field that I’ve missed in my [...]
Reflections on a Hurricane: 3 Years Later
Posted in Louisiana, Travel, tagged Hurricanes, Katrina, Louisiana, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Lower Ninth Ward
January 2009
It is always difficult to know where to begin when I write a reflection about Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath. It’s been over three years since the floodwaters devastated the majority of the city and the path to recovery has been slow. While some parts of the city look like they [...]
In Honor of My Trip to Louisiana
Posted in Louisiana, tagged Foodie on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
TQE sent me this link: Cajun Snack in the UK.
I have to counter his link with a recipe from the Louisiana Coast website.
For the record, I have not been offered squirrel at any point during this trip.
Eating My Way to a Big (Easy) Butt
Posted in Louisiana, The Foodie Files, Travel, tagged Books, Food, French Quarter, Louisiana, New Orleans on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Faulkner House Books in Pirate’s Alley
At this site in 1925, William Faulkner, Nobel Laureate,
wrote his first novel Soldiers Pay.
During our trip to New Mexico, The Coach and I talked about the fact that the Midwest doesn’t really have a cuisine. Sure, you can find German food or Amish food, but for the most part, Midwestern [...]
Scenes from the Basin & Baton Rouge
Posted in Louisiana, Travel, tagged Atchafalaya Basin, Baton Rouge, Louisiana on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here I am, still working on my conference paper. I’m up to 18 pages and only need to write the conclusion to the damned thing. However, I have not spent my whole day cooped up in the hotel room. I mean, that would have defeated the purpose of coming to Louisiana. Instead, I worked until [...]
