Life, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Women

I am that NOLA Chic’k (Poem)

I am every Chic’k that was told she wouldn’t make it and did. I AM YOU and YOU are ME.

My life has been influenced by amazing women, most who did not look like me nor came from the same background and yet their soul mirrored ALL that I AM. I wouldn’t be All That I AM had they not gave a part of themselves to make me ALL that I AM. Our lives can be the greatest influences on the lives of others. Continue reading I am that NOLA Chic’k (Poem)

Children, Memoir, New Orleans, Non-fiction, Youth

New Orleans Bucket Drummer: Street Performer or Son Who Needs To Be Saved

I’ll try to trick my mind into thinking he is a child musician performing in front of a filming crew for Coke Cola, which produces Sprite, and he has both bottles. He’s drinking Sprite because it’s caffeine-free, and it quenches thirst. Yes, that’s it, because it certainly can not be a little 9-10yr old boy, on the streets of New Orleans, drumming on buckets for a few dollars, unsupervised, and if he is the adult, will take his earnings and do who knows what to this innocent child… Either way, I soon forget about him, and my life will go on without worrying about him, while he and other children like him are lost to the streets… Continue reading New Orleans Bucket Drummer: Street Performer or Son Who Needs To Be Saved

African American, Baby, Children, Chronic illness, Life, Memoir, New Orleans, Non-fiction, Pregnancy, Relationships, Women

My Nola Life: Growing Up Fast…

My girls and I have been back in Minnesota for almost two weeks now, for the first time in a … Continue reading My Nola Life: Growing Up Fast…

Art, Community, Culture, Graffiti Art, New Orleans, Photography, Urban Neighborhood

NOLA Neighborhood Graffiti Art Walk

New Orleans is filled with an artist who creates regardless of the state of the canvas… Take a virtual tour … Continue reading NOLA Neighborhood Graffiti Art Walk

Memoir, New Orleans, Non-fiction, Photography, Tourist, Traveling, Uncategorized

A train ride to New Orleans from Hammond, LA

As I walked through the door of the train station, the smell of life once was hit me in the … Continue reading A train ride to New Orleans from Hammond, LA

Memoir, Non-fiction, Uncategorized

Post Katrina PTSD

It felt as if it came from out of no where, right after watching the news. A representative from Sewage and … Continue reading Post Katrina PTSD

Community, Crawfish, Food, New Orleans, Po Boys, Restaurant, Seafood, Tourist, Urban Neighborhood

Where the locals eat, NOLA Corner Stores

I highly recommend coming into the community, stop in a corner store or gas station order a po-boy, a few pounds of crawfish and grab a couple of beers, go back to the Quarters, go on the levee and enjoy your good eats and beautiful scenery. Don’t forget some newspaper and napkins.. Continue reading Where the locals eat, NOLA Corner Stores

Community, Culture, Life, New Orleans, Non-fiction

A New New Orleans or Gentrification of New Orleans?

As it stands today, well in my eyesight and on my palette, New Orleans has turned into a water-down bowl of Gumbo. It’s actually not Gumbo in some restaurants here anymore, but the wild peasant and alligator sausage soup as one tourist informed me she was served when she asked for New Orleans Gumbo… Where they do that at? It seems in this new place soon to be New New Orleans. It’s not Gumbo anymore, it’s soup, and you can get that at any grocery store in the world. Somethings have changed, modified, removed from New Orleans Culture when they start messing with the Gumbo… Continue reading A New New Orleans or Gentrification of New Orleans?