New Orleans
A Letter From Vi
by angeliska on February 22, 2008
Vi Landry September 29, 1974 – February 18, 2008 VI LANDRY R.I.P. A Letter From Vi This is a letter written by Vi, sent to many of us just as she was finishing school. I hope it brings some comfort. (…)
Vi Landry R.I.P.
by angeliska on February 18, 2008
I just found out that my friend Vi Landry died today. She was driving to Alabama from New Orleans. It was a head-on collision. She was killed instantly. This morning, she was walking her dad’s dog along the water. She (…)
Krewe of Eris – The Swarm
by angeliska on February 18, 2008
On the Sunday before Mardi Gras, the street were overtaken by a gorgeous swarm of insects- The Krewe of Eris! This convivial promenade of bugs and beetles reminded me of The Butterfly Ball, both the poem by William Roscoe, written (…)
Lundi Gras Valentine
by angeliska on February 14, 2008
The road back through the bayou began at the bank, fraught with all the typical mercury in retrograde shenanigans.. Luckily, these snaggles were all swiftly dispatched with relative calm and the rest of our visit was hitchless bliss! Alix the (…)
Hibernation Station
by angeliska on January 21, 2008
She used to wear her hair like you except when she was sleeping, and then she’d weave it on a loom of smoke and gold and breathing. Escape by Amy Earles She is one of my favorite artists. All I (…)
New Orleans in August
by angeliska on August 30, 2007
The calendar tilted and swung and we found ourselves back in New Orleans in August, two years afterwards.. Rolling in on a golden afternoon, sun pulsing a steady white-hot drumbeat as we drove down familiar streets. Hello old neighborhood, devoid (…)
Here and not There
by angeliska on February 20, 2007
It’s Lundi Gras and I’m here and not there this time and though I know it’s the way it has to be this time my heart feels flattened for Pancake Day.. (by the way, in honor of Mardi Gras, IHOP (…)
One Year
by angeliska on August 30, 2006
The enormity of all that has happened in the last 365 days is almost beyond my scope at this moment to fully absorb and relate. When I sit down to try and discuss it with myself quietly, I am consumed (…)
Who are the Mardi Gras Indians?
by angeliska on April 5, 2006
I recently became aware that many people I’ve met here have never heard of the Mardi Gras Indians. Blank stares and misconceptions run rampant when the subject comes up, sadly – as this is a major part of New Orleans (…)
Lower Ninth Aftermath
by angeliska on March 11, 2006
Before we left New Orleans we made a terrible sort of pilgrimage, to the pitiful remains of what was once a neighborhood, home after home destroyed completely, lost irrevocably. My friend Myrtle told me not to go, but I knew (…)
