A few months back I wrote of a court cupboard we recently added to our collection and the previous owner’s note inside. In it, he wrote that the cupboard came from a cottage in the welsh village of Bettws-y-Coed: This week I was reading a book with a chapter of Welsh folklore (Welsh Witchcraft by […]
And the 2022 carnival season kicks off with the return of Krewe du Vieux on February 4th! The satirical and artistic parade did not disappoint taking swipes at the pandemic, the mayor, and hurricane Ida. KdV is made up of numerous subkrewes such as Krewe of C.R.U.D.E., Krewe of L.E.W.D. and Mystic Krewe of Spermes. […]
There is a long history of women in committed same-sex romantic relationships establishing homes along the Maine coast. Social progressive and workers’ rights advocate Jane Adams and Mary Rozet Smith bought a house together near Bar Harbor in 1904. Elizabeth Ogilve and Dorothy Simpson in Cushing; Edith Hamilton and Doris Fielding Reid in Sea Wall; […]
I have strong interests in genealogy and history. Hang around here long enough and you’ll likely get a good smattering of both. This little digression is a combination of the two. First, let’s go back to the beginning of the beginning. Queen Elizabeth I of England dies still holding onto the title “Virgin Queen” so […]
The morning after, we woke up to survey the damage. The roof is compromised. Several sheets ended up in our yard. Several sections of our fence blew down—no surprise. My mother’s house in the Faugburg Marigny came through almost completely unscathed. Built in the 1850s, she survived another storm. A single window pain was broken […]
First off I will say that hurricane Ida was bad. Very bad. It is tied with the1856 Last Island and Laura hurricanes for the most powerful storm to make landfall in Louisiana. It is on par with Katrina as the most powerful storm to impact New Orleans. Because of the levee failure and flooding, Katrina […]
The Battle of New Orleans In late 1814, the English launched the Gulf Campaign whose ultimate prize was to be the city of New Orleans and, perhaps, eventual control over the Louisiana Territory. The New Orleans portion of the campaign began with the Battle of Lake Bourne on December 14, 1814. Colonel Andrew Jackson led […]
When we first toured the house, I found a book written by my great aunt, Ruth Moore, among a box of hardcovers on the third story. Another sign! Ruth Moore was born in 1903 on Gotts Island, a small island near the both of Bass Harbor in Temont, Maine. Her middle sister, Esther and known […]
Arabi is a “census district” of just over 8,000 residents immediately downriver from New Orleans located in St. Bernard parish. Originally called Stockyard Landing as most of the slaughter houses serving New Orleans were located here. In 1880 Orleans parish passed a law banning slaughter houses within the city limits. The business interests in Stockyard […]
We closed on June 17, the day after the original owner Joy’s birthday.
