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i have not returned to new orleans for more than two years, not having the resources or the heart. the spinout on 10 on the way back in july of '05, the subsequent redone life plans and all, i haven't had the resources. or the heart. i was thinking about it, then thinking not about it, then not thinking. i still check regularly. i often think i will go when i have a week, but then gas is high or i am reluctant to not to pay a bill. i have not returned for well over two years.

i have never been to jazzfest. i just don't have the wherewithal for such things, i tell myself. and i do not enjoy such things alone. this year's jazzfest, displayed on 'oz and on flickr, looked wet again. i will read chuck's play-by-play of food soon, i'm sure. but now often absurd... has posted a picture at the end of his liveblog stream that made me appropriate it for a new masthead and reopen this blog, so who knows what's to come?

in a month, i will have some time again...

poppy writes:

Sunday Afternoon
Burst of machine gun fire around the corner. People are hollering at each other, hollering for the police. Sirens. Cars going the wrong way down our street. Somebody was shot at a second-line parade, maybe more than one person. The renters run to see what happened. We homeowners gather in our yards and on our porches, shaking our heads, hearts broken a little more. The ice cream truck comes by, but nobody wants any.