Sunday, March 21, 2010

Marsh Madness – house hidden in marsh since the storm:
A Katrina “believe it or not”! ~slabbed


Flood-control work in Chauvin inches forward
~Nikki Buskey

New evacuation plans aim to avoid past confusion
~Naomi King


Manmade water controls have failed~Jeff Tittle

Museum takes new look at air, water, land and life ~WWL

Corps: D.M. levee contract coming soon
~Des Moines Register


Where entanglements are status quo ~James Gill

Former editor Isaacson to speak on Einstein's creativity

Man teaches passion for service learning ~WRAL
~Project Education: Edutopia, a partnership between WRAL-TV and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, profiles a Louisiana teacher whose students imbibe a passion for service learning. At Hurst Middle School in Destrehan, La., Guillot teaches seventh graders about the environment by showing them how to preserve their local wetlands as part of Louisiana State University's Coastal Roots project.

Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts of some religious groups winding down~Bruce Nolan

New Orleans Video
~The Thomas Society


Beautify'n blighted New Orleans

Back of Town Blogging Treme

LSU Readers & Writers welcome Nero, Gilsdorf

Screaming Stanleys, literary buffs gather for 24th annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival

Can't get to today's St. Joseph altars? See Food Editor Judy Walker's live photos

In New Orleans, We’re All Sicilians~Marisa Textor
~“Where are you from, honey?” the woman asked as she ushered me into her home and gave me a lunch bag filled with homemade cookies. “New York,” I said. “And I’ve never seen anything like this before.” “That’s because New York doesn’t have any Sicilians,” she countered.
Pace Vito Corleone, Tony Soprano, and the gang, but once you’ve visited - and dined from - the St. Joseph’s Day altars of New Orleans, you’ll be forgiven for agreeing with her.


Abraham Lincoln Reborn As A Vampire Slayer ~NPR
~Grahame-Smith would like to make it clear that Lincoln never really kept a secret journal about his lifelong battle with the undead. Many other facts in the book, however, are true, starting with the death of his mother when he was 9. In the novel, of course, a vampire killed her.
Thus, young Lincoln swears vengeance against the blood-sucking immortals. Partnering with him in the fight against the undead is Edgar Allan Poe. The two never met in real life, but Grahame- Smith says that Lincoln was a great admirer of all things gothic. "He could recite The Raven from memory at one point in his life."
In the novel, vampires consider themselves the superiors of humans. Grahame-Smith considers the attitude a perfect pairing with slavery. "I see them as sort of one and the same," he says. "Both creatures, basically slaveholders and vampires, steal lives — take the blood of others — to enrich themselves."

Slaves Sale
New Orleans 1861
Dandy Baltimore Maryland


Super Sunday Rescheduled; Single Men still rolling Today! 12-4pm
~Red Cotton



Big Easy link-up will be music to students' ears

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