• Some days, I just feel pretty

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  • Reuse / Recycle Resource

    Check this out for Rain and Composting collectors on the CHEAP! and for a Good Cause. Buffalo Bayou ArtPark

  • Sunday miracles old and new

    As many of you know I spent holidays and summers in the New Orleans area. When there, we would often go out “to the country” on Sundays which is where my Grandma and Grandpa were from. Small towns not on the map. I remember my Grandmother’s childhood home when it didn’t have running water, we …

  • Off topic – no swank just musing on levees that fail, family & my fav city

    I posted this somewhere else and it was suggested I post here as well. So to take a break from swanky news and Gin’s home furnishing porn, here’s my recollection of Katrina, family and my beloved city … Five years ago all of my family was in Houston. It was the first time we were …