Music and Cats

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” –Albert Schweitzer

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Remember

August 29th, 2006 by Kimberly

8 29 2005I remember New Orleans, and all of her people trying to make it home. I remember that the disaster that befell her was predominantly manmade.

And I remember the towns of the Mississippi coast: Pass Christian. Gulfport. Biloxi. Pearlington. Bay St. Louis. Waveland. Gautier. Pascagoula. Ocean Springs.

I remember the lives lost, and the lives turned upside down. And as I remember, Phil Ochs’ words keep me company: There but for fortune go you or I.

Image from Traveling Mermaid.
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  • 1 e Aug 29, 2006 at 4:03 am

    did you see this? http://www.hano.us/falsehopes.html

  • 2 e Aug 29, 2006 at 4:06 am

    clarification: i linked to the hoax, not to the retraction. just thought i should mention that…

  • 3 Kimberly Aug 29, 2006 at 8:55 am

    Yes, e, I did see that. Would that it were true.

  • 4 TravelingMermaid Aug 29, 2006 at 7:35 pm

    I remember.
    Thank you

  • 5 joanna Sep 3, 2006 at 10:07 am

    Thanks for the email about the Katrina Houses. I’m going to write up a post with the links you sent. I very much appreciate your taking the time to do that. And yeah, I think your cat has struck a very modelesque pose–would that mine would sit still long enough for me to take one.