As I was setting up my webpage for fundraising for St Bernard I realized I had taken almost zero pictures on my trip there last November. I think I don't totally feel like a tourist there and instead feel fairly at home instead. However, I asked my friends if they had any so the one above is Erika, Mellisa and I in front of the home in St. Bernard Parish that we worked on while we were there.
I'm reading a book right now called Nine Lives by Dan Baum and I thought that with all the information I'd gathered about Katrina, nothing could shock me but this one definitely has at least one story that I can't shake. Baum was a writer for the New Yorker who relocated there after the storm and the book is a collection of nine stories that he gathered from interviews with residents there. It takes you from the 1960s up to present day but one story in particular of actions that a police officer took the day after the storm is particularly haunting. I'm not going to say more than that but I would strongly recommend the book even though I'm actually not quite done yet.
The weather has been warming up with the exception of last Thursday's snow storm. Today was great so a friend and I went on a short run by the river with no hats, gloves and I even wore a lighter shell than I have in months. Nice. It also is staying lighter longer and with daylight savings time next week's evening runs will be awesome!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments about my book, "Nine Lives." I really appreciate it.
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