Music and Cats

This petite house had her debut last month at the International Builders’ Show in Florida. By many accounts, she was the belle of the ball; developers from all over the country expressed interest in using her plans for camps, hunting retreats and high-end beach communities. All of those options miss the point for which she […]

I haven’t written anything about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in over a month. It’s really not that I’ve forgotten (even though, sadly, I’m “not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories”). I’ve been busy trying to make some important life decisions, and I haven’t delved deeply into what […]

When I see “Katrina,” “housing” and “FEMA” in the same headline, I get angry. I no longer read far enough into an article to find the stupidity being described; my experience has conditioned me to expect that it will be there, and respond accordingly.
Some days there’s a little good news. FEMA will continue paying […]

Today’s New York Times has a bunch of letters to the editor in response to the editorial that got me so worked up yesterday. I’d like to thank one New Orleans resident for making me laugh - in that laugh-to-keep-from-crying way - with his proposal:
Yes, if the rest of the country has decided that New […]

Sunday’s New York Times had an important editorial about the fate of New Orleans. You may be terribly tired by now of hearing about New Orleans, but this piece has a critical message: if we, as a nation, are not willing to spend the money to protect New Orleans from the next big storm […]