May 1st, 2009 klmay
It is 5 years since my dear friend Daniel Breaux was murdered while leaving Jazz Fest in New Orleans. I still miss him terribly. It was an honor to be his friend and though my time with him was short, I am grateful to have known him. I will never forget the house in Houma he so beautifully renovated, the canoe trip, his amazing paintings, his cooking, strength, kindness and his red clogs.
I’m frustrated that his convicted killer is awaiting a second trial. Even so, he can only be sentenced as a juvenile and will be out by the time he is 31. It does not seem fair that he will one day return to his life and Daniel will be gone from ours forever.
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December 29th, 2008 klmay
My grandmother “Granny” surprised my husband and I with a delicious cherry custard pie over the holidays. (As if we needed any more sweets!) But this pie was fantastic and had a little story behind it. While vacationing at Robber’s Cave State Park in Oklahoma about 40 years ago, Granny encountered this type of pie at a restaurant run there by “country folk”.? She made her own version and has been baking it ever since. (but usually with a regular pie crust, not graham cracker) In any case, it was quite a find.
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November 1st, 2008 klmay
My husband and I awoke to a strange noise, at least it was 10 am. It sounded like a cat meowing outside so I quickly verified our two cats were in and he went to see what it was. Turns out my landlady’s big orange cat who I had only seen once, was somehow stuck on top of an awning over the alleyway. We saw that there was a window right on the fire escape cracked just a few inches and it seems “Orange” (or whatever his Polish name is) had gotten out and landed on the awning a few feet under the fire escape. Our landlady wasn’t home, but I noticed a ladder in the yard and Ryan got it out to go fetch the cat down. As soon as it saw that, the cat freaked out and decided to jump back onto the fire escape and fit its way back inside the wind0w crack. I guess all it needed was a little encouragement.
UPDATE: I told the landlady about the morning’s event and showed her the picture, which was a shock to her. Turns out that “Orange” is actually called Coco. And Coco has a twin, Rocco, who was taken to the vet this morning because he was losing weight. My landlady said the vet found something and he was having surgery this afternoon. I guess Coco was freaking out without Rocco and decided to escape to find him?? Our thoughts are with Rocco and hope he and Coco can be reunited soon.
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November 1st, 2008 klmay
My husband and I awoke to a strange noise, at least it was 10 am. It sounded like a cat meowing outside so I quickly verified our two cats were in and he went to see what it was. Turns out my landlady’s big orange cat who I had only seen once, was somehow stuck on top of an awning over the alleyway. We saw that there was a window right on the fire escape cracked just a few inches and it seems “Orange” (or whatever his Polish name is) had gotten out and landed on the awning a few feet under the fire escape. Our landlady wasn’t home, but I noticed a ladder in the yard and Ryan got it out to go fetch the cat down. As soon as it saw that, the cat freaked out and decided to jump back onto the fire escape and fit its way back inside the wind0w crack. I guess all it needed was a little encouragement.
UPDATE: I told the landlady about the morning’s event and showed her the picture, which was a shock to her. Turns out that “Orange” is actually called Coco. And Coco has a twin, Rocco, who was taken to the vet this morning because he was losing weight. My landlady said the vet found something and he was having surgery this afternoon. I guess Coco was freaking out without Rocco and decided to escape to find him?? Our thoughts are with Rocco and hope he and Coco can be reunited soon.
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October 7th, 2008 klmay
My husband wrote an article for AM New York’s new pet feature, Petropolis, about our cat Dexter and his uncanny ability to predict a sneeze.? We always knew he was a star!
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