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; […]
Well, it’s been five and a half weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana. Our mold remediation was completed last week. Currently working from home awaiting the team to come back to take down another wall damaged from a leaking pipe in a demoed 2nd story bathroom. the three trash piles in front of the […]
As we plan out what to do when the demolition dust settles, we are continuing to retire and replace furniture that is either not right for the new house or deserves a new life in another home. We’ve had a midcentury hutch and table that we’ve moved through four houses. MC is definitely not the […]
Tomorrow, September 18, marks three weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a strong cat 4. The day before she had been moving through the gulf as a category 2 but quickly strengthened while traveling over the warm gulf waters. Now three weeks on, we have power and internet back. We’ve decamped from the […]
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 […]
We are the green grid of hope in the Entergy outage map. Arabi was one of the earliest areas of the Greater New Orleans Metro region to have its power restored. I guess it pays to be between the National Guard barracks and a hospital. Our parish president Guy McInnis live-streamed himself dancing in the […]
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 […]
Ran out to stock up on critical supplies. Bottled water, meat, milk, etc. Whole Foods seemed to have the shortest lines so that was the stop. Like everywhere else they had a run on water, so the only option was flavored seltzer— Grapefruit and Ginger. Whole Foods is only a few streets over from my […]
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 […]
