• 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 …

  • raising children right

    Say what you want about Don and Betty Draper’s failed marriage. At least they got one aspect of child rearing right. I wonder if she can dust too? Mad Men Illustrated Nobody’s Sweetheart

  • The art of going to sleep

    Is there anything better than falling asleep? You never hear insomniacs gushing about their condition. Think about that perfect last moment of awake-ness. Comfy and settled in bed, and just ready to let yourself go. Maybe that moment is on your favorite napping sofa on a rainy afternoon, on a patio swing during a wonderful …

  • 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 …