Yeah. I saw some fearmongering show on Discovery (I think) a few months back. They were talking about how a category 5 hurricane would pretty much wipe out the city. The storm surge would push water in, and the various dikes and levees would keep it there. The guy was talking about 20 feet of water in the French Quarter.
First of all, I glad we actually "talked" and I think we might benefit from the advice of my Druid friends that I ran into yesterday: relationships should NOT be worked out, played out, negotiated, etc. on a computer and esp. not on LJ of all places. I now see what they mean regarding how NOTHING, truly, can trump an actual "conversation," which even the best email can never, ever duplicate. Now how come you didn't realize that as a computer geek? And how come I didn't realize that as a writer? Oh well, live and learn. . . anyway. . . my mother's advice regarding cooking as my mother is a most excellent cook who will NEVER be able to tell you the exact measurement of any recipe. It's very frustrating as I was the child/daughter who REFUSED to learn how to do anything associated with "women's work". Instead, I spent more time jumping up and down, begging my father to take me on his hunting trips (which he never did. Still mad about that. He took my brothers only and I boycotted learning anything from my mother in the kitchen in protest for, well, my entire life! LOL!!!! Now you know why I can't cook . .. well, I can "cook" in other places and in other ways, but . . .we're talking about food, yes?. .. My Mama says (and Mama is ALWAYS right): cooking is one part CREATIVITY and another part IMAGINATION. That's why she can't tell you how she puts into anything. And that's why, no matter how hard I try and no matter what she tells me on the phone, I can't duplicate any recipe she's given me to where my finished product tastes anything like hers. Oh well.
And like what can u know about "Katrina and the Waves"So before your time, dude! wink!& Marie Leveau
I would have to do the math, but I think you were probably, oh, maybe like 10 years old when I bought the debut LP of "Katrina and the Waves." Do you really, actually remember them as a group? If so, I'm surprised. Americans seem to only remember them for "Walking on Sunshine," but anyone who spent any time in England, when the group was all the rage in 1983 (the year i was living there) or thereabout, will tell ya that song, their primary and I think their only No. 1 hit is hardly considered their best song from that LP (yep, no CDs yet at that time. . .). All I can hear, when thinking of Katrina and the Waves is "Going Down to Liverpool". Now THAT was their best song. And I think anyone who was young, British and "on the dole" or just downtrodden and working class during that time would agree. And while, from a British perspective, I was an American who had it made if only because you couldn't be an American student in London and truly be dirt poor, I spent so much money on traveling all over Europe every chance I got that I might as well been on the dole once it was the close to the end of the month and I had to wait until my Barclays bank handed me my monthly "per diem" check from my scholarship. Good thing, too (that Barclays bank was in charge of my money). I sure nuf would have been tempted to just withdraw all of it in a heep and would have wound up traveling all over the world so as to tell the University of London/Queen Elizabeth College and Syracuse University: "School? You mean I was supposed to attend classes and stuff with this money? Oh! What a misunderstanding. . . and here it was I was embarking on a different type of education!" But thanks for conjuring up pleasant memories of one of my fave bands of that period, by way of the hurricane that is headed to New Orleans. the only thing I'm remotely concerned about is the gravesite of the greatest voodoo priestess of all time: Marie Leveau. As an aside, there is a place that is popular on any number of New Orleans tours where she is "supposedly" buried. I can only snicker. Why? Well, a friend did bring me a most beautiful photograph of this "tourist attraction" for me after a recent visit to New Orleans. Nice photo. Nice offerings at the tomb. Even very appropriate markings of red and black "x" symbols across the tomb. But I had to disappoint my friend by telling her that, in no way shape or form did I "feel" or "sense" that this was her actual tombstone. "Huh?" My friend replied as she went into whatever speech the tour guide gave or whatever. . . I pointed out what is even indicated on the plaque of the "alleged" tomb of the Most Honorable Marie Leveau: "This Greek Revival tomb is[the] REPUTED burial place of this notorious "voodoo queen"," a mystic cult, voodooism, of African origin, was brought to this city from Santa Domingo and flourished in 19th century. Marie Leveau was the most widely known of many practioners of the cult." Truth that, true that. But Marie Leveau (and for the record, there was more than one. Some confuse the mother with her daughter. . .) but as I pointed out to my friend: Marie Leveau was no fool. She knew that, based on her power (oh yeah, and she was sure nuf powerful. Only an absolute fool would cross her and not live very long upon doing sure, sure nuf. . .) that any number of folks would desecrate her grave and retrieve her bones or any other aspect of her body so as to use in their own magick. She knew this before she died. So did her family. So, so sorry for anyone who thinks they have, indeed, visited her gravesite at this place portrayed in my friend's wonderful photo. I think I have a pretty good idea where "she" really is, but of course, I AIN"T TELLING! (LOL!!!!!). voodoo secrets are meant to be just that, forever: SECRETS!!! LOL!!!! So I hope and pray that Marie's true burial place will be save. I'm sure it is well "protected" in all ways. . .(see me smile with confidence!)
ooops must clarify re Leveau, burial & New orleans & katrina. . .
I don't want to sound like a know-it-all per my last post, but if so, well, whatever. All I was trying to say is that what I "sensed, felt and knew to be true in my "first mind"" (I guess this is what is referred to as instinct and intuition?) . . .I knew, immediately, when my friend first told me of the tour she took and when she gave me a copy of the photo, I FELT, IMMEDIATELY: "This is not where Marie Leveau is buried. I most certainly do not feel that she is here. I don't care what the tour guide had to say." I have spent my "time" in New Orleans. no one has to tell me anything. I know what I know if only because I know what I feel and where what I "feel" leads me. On that note, I'm off to the Lord of the Rings exhibit! To Litch and all his "friends" : have a good one!
Seriously: an urgent request from Voodoo Community 2 pagan community at large re Katrina. Seriously.
OK, well, I know Litch identifies himself as pagan and I hope that many of his friends are, indeed, that as well. Just received this urgent email from the voodoo community. Please pass it on and light a candle. Thanks! Susan E. Howard
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:04:08 -0400 Subject: [ESCoW] Hurricane Katrina- Please light a candle
Hurricane Katrina is being called the worst case storm ever to hit the USA. Presently it is being referred to as a category “5 ½” Hurricane. Mandatory evacuations of New Orleans have been issued. Alabama and Mississippi are bracing for the worst as the storm is projected to completely cover New Orleans with an ocean of water. Over 100,000 people there are considered too poor to leave. Many are seeking refuge in the Super Dome which is about 30 feet above sea level. NOAA has stated that anyone caught in the storm surge and all unprotected animals will die. This is nature at its peak destruction. The storm is estimated to travel north all the way to New England states, affecting the Ohio Valley with projections of 8 to 10 inches of rainfall beginning Tuesday evening. Power outages are likely as well. We are also expecting a huge jump in already high gas prices. This is due to the off shore oil refineries that are located in the path of the storm. News reports that they expect these refineries to buckle under the strength of the storm.
The founders of Pagans in Crisis, Earth Spirit Church of Wisdom and Caideenah’s Place, are asking you to please light a candle and send healing energy to all those who will need it, as well as to protect those in the storms path. Add your groups name to the list of those sending energy and protection to show we are praying and hoping for the best.
Please pass this message along to all your friends and groups, and add your names to the list.
Please keep this candle burning. Together, we can make a difference.
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Ah, here we go:
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/hurricane1.html
Chill. My Mama (an excellent cook says. . .)
(Anonymous) 2005-08-28 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)relationships should NOT be worked out, played out, negotiated, etc. on a computer and esp. not on LJ of all places. I now see what they mean regarding how NOTHING, truly, can trump an actual "conversation," which even the best email can never, ever duplicate.
Now how come you didn't realize that as a computer geek? And how come I didn't realize that as a writer? Oh well, live and learn. . .
anyway. . . my mother's advice regarding cooking as my mother is a most excellent cook who will NEVER be able to tell you the exact measurement of any recipe. It's very frustrating as I was the child/daughter who REFUSED to learn how to do anything associated with "women's work". Instead, I spent more time jumping up and down, begging my father to take me on his hunting trips (which he never did. Still mad about that. He took my brothers only and I boycotted learning anything from my mother in the kitchen in protest for, well, my entire life! LOL!!!! Now you know why I can't cook . .. well, I can "cook" in other places and in other ways, but . . .we're talking about food, yes?. ..
My Mama says (and Mama is ALWAYS right): cooking is one part CREATIVITY and another part IMAGINATION. That's why she can't tell you how she puts into anything. And that's why, no matter how hard I try and no matter what she tells me on the phone, I can't duplicate any recipe she's given me to where my finished product tastes anything like hers. Oh well.
And like what can u know about "Katrina and the Waves"So before your time, dude! wink!& Marie Leveau
(Anonymous) 2005-08-28 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)Americans seem to only remember them for "Walking on Sunshine," but anyone who spent any time in England, when the group was all the rage in 1983 (the year i was living there) or thereabout, will tell ya that song, their primary and I think their only No. 1 hit is hardly considered their best song from that LP (yep, no CDs yet at that time. . .).
All I can hear, when thinking of Katrina and the Waves is "Going Down to Liverpool".
Now THAT was their best song. And I think anyone who was young, British and "on the dole" or just downtrodden and working class during that time would agree. And while, from a British perspective, I was an American who had it made if only because you couldn't be an American student in London and truly be dirt poor, I spent so much money on traveling all over Europe every chance I got that I might as well been on the dole once it was the close to the end of the month and I had to wait until my Barclays bank handed me my monthly "per diem" check from my scholarship. Good thing, too (that Barclays bank was in charge of my money). I sure nuf would have been tempted to just withdraw all of it in a heep and would have wound up traveling all over the world so as to tell the University of London/Queen Elizabeth College and Syracuse University: "School? You mean I was supposed to attend classes and stuff with this money? Oh! What a misunderstanding. . . and here it was I was embarking on a different type of education!"
But thanks for conjuring up pleasant memories of one of my fave bands of that period, by way of the hurricane that is headed to New Orleans. the only thing I'm remotely concerned about is the gravesite of the greatest voodoo priestess of all time: Marie Leveau.
As an aside, there is a place that is popular on any number of New Orleans tours where she is "supposedly" buried. I can only snicker.
Why? Well, a friend did bring me a most beautiful photograph of this "tourist attraction" for me after a recent visit to New Orleans. Nice photo. Nice offerings at the tomb. Even very appropriate markings of red and black "x" symbols across the tomb. But I had to disappoint my friend by telling her that, in no way shape or form did I "feel" or "sense" that this was her actual tombstone.
"Huh?" My friend replied as she went into whatever speech the tour guide gave or whatever. . .
I pointed out what is even indicated on the plaque of the "alleged" tomb of the Most Honorable Marie Leveau: "This Greek Revival tomb is[the] REPUTED burial place of this notorious "voodoo queen"," a mystic cult, voodooism, of African origin, was brought to this city from Santa Domingo and flourished in 19th century. Marie Leveau was the most widely known of many practioners of the cult."
Truth that, true that.
But Marie Leveau (and for the record, there was more than one. Some confuse the mother with her daughter. . .) but as I pointed out to my friend:
Marie Leveau was no fool. She knew that, based on her power (oh yeah, and she was sure nuf powerful. Only an absolute fool would cross her and not live very long upon doing sure, sure nuf. . .) that any number of folks would desecrate her grave and retrieve her bones or any other aspect of her body so as to use in their own magick. She knew this before she died. So did her family.
So, so sorry for anyone who thinks they have, indeed, visited her gravesite at this place portrayed in my friend's wonderful photo. I think I have a pretty good idea where "she" really is, but of course, I AIN"T TELLING! (LOL!!!!!).
voodoo secrets are meant to be just that, forever: SECRETS!!! LOL!!!!
So I hope and pray that Marie's true burial place will be save. I'm sure it is well "protected" in all ways. . .(see me smile with confidence!)
ooops must clarify re Leveau, burial & New orleans & katrina. . .
(Anonymous) 2005-08-28 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)I have spent my "time" in New Orleans.
no one has to tell me anything.
I know what I know if only because I know what I feel and where what I "feel" leads me.
On that note, I'm off to the Lord of the Rings exhibit! To Litch and all his "friends" : have a good one!
Seriously: an urgent request from Voodoo Community 2 pagan community at large re Katrina. Seriously.
(Anonymous) 2005-08-28 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)Please pass it on and light a candle.
Thanks!
Susan E. Howard
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:04:08 -0400
Subject: [ESCoW] Hurricane Katrina- Please light a candle
Hurricane Katrina is being called the worst case storm ever to hit the USA.
Presently it is being referred to as a category “5 ½” Hurricane. Mandatory
evacuations of New Orleans have been issued. Alabama and Mississippi are
bracing for the worst as the storm is projected to completely cover New
Orleans with an ocean of water.
Over 100,000 people there are considered too poor to leave. Many are
seeking refuge in the Super Dome which is about 30 feet above sea level.
NOAA has stated that anyone caught in the storm surge and all unprotected
animals will die. This is nature at its peak destruction.
The storm is estimated to travel north all the way to New England states,
affecting the Ohio Valley with projections of 8 to 10 inches of rainfall
beginning Tuesday evening. Power outages are likely as well.
We are also expecting a huge jump in already high gas prices. This is due
to the off shore oil refineries that are located in the path of the storm.
News reports that they expect these refineries to buckle under the strength
of the storm.
The founders of Pagans in Crisis, Earth Spirit Church of Wisdom and
Caideenah’s Place, are asking you to please light a candle and send healing
energy to all those who will need it, as well as to protect those in the
storms path. Add your groups name to the list of those sending energy and
protection to show we are praying and hoping for the best.
Please pass this message along to all your friends and groups,
and add your names to the list.
Please keep this candle burning. Together, we can make a difference.
Passing it on:
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