Visiting Morganza

(this post is the second of a two-part report on my visit to Morganza; the....


A Trip to Avery Island

When I was a kid, I had such a hankering for salt that I would steal my....


Angels In Our Midst

How might we surrender to our place in the vast cosmos, the strange mix that does not reveal the depths and breadths of its true nature to mere mortals such as we are, yet begs us choose to see angels and generosity, beloveds in the midst of the....


Map Overlay

(this is the first of a two-part report on my visit to Morganza; the....


Its Own Time

Serving as a congregational minister, most of the time I must prepare a....


Visiting the Whitney Plantation, part two

All over the plantation, there are artifacts and there is art. the kitchen building where enslaved people, typically women and children, worked Artifacts include whole buildings, some from this particular plantation, some preserved and brought....


Visiting the Whitney Plantation (part one)

Leaving New Orleans this morning, I spent several hours today at the....


Happy April Fools Day?

Queen Creole It had been suggested to me that I might want to consider....


Looking Back, Moving Forward

My spirit got fed. O! Did my spirit get fed. It wasn’t one of the uncountable New Orleans restaurants. It wasn’t church (or temple or mosque or…). It was a walking tour sponsored by Hidden History Tours and led by the brilliant, thoughtful,....


What’s the Weather Like?

I have safely arrived in New Orleans.  I took the requisite photo....