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Time out

Gotta take a little time away from the blog. Or least away from the urge to say things that have already been said by those who say it far better. I am so discouraged and sad and angry.

I’ve reopened a blog of New Orleans photographs that I took while visiting in 2002. It may be an effort to cling to the past or, perhaps, it’s a forward view of what can be rebuilt. I realize, looking at the photographs again, that they paint a very small picture of New Orleans. They represent the sites tourists liked to snap. They don’t represent the real day to day life of probably the vast majority of the people who lived there. Nor do they record the inequities that were intentionally hidden from tourists. They do record a portion of our history that can’t be replaced, but must be preserved. If it’s still there and salvageable. It’s too early to think about that realistically, I suppose, but I’m sure that my grief at the destruction must be shared by millions of others. As well as the desire to raise New Orleans out the mud and breathe life back into it.

Posted on 09/03/05 at 05:09 PM
 




pablo

If you’re taking a blogging breather, I hope you will find your way back soon. I look forward to your posts each day. I know what you mean about the frustration. Keep the faith, Sister, and know there are people out there eager for your return.

United States   Posted by pablo on 09/03/05  at  06:36 PM





Kate

Thanks, Pablo. I’m not too far away, but I just don’t have anything to say right now. Those who know me would cock an eyebrow and remark on what a rare event that is. ;) I expect I’ll be back up to speed in the near term.

United States   Posted by Kate on 09/04/05  at  09:15 AM





Karan

Thank you for sharing the NOLA pictures.  They are, especially now, quite special.

United States   Posted by Karan on 09/04/05  at  05:42 PM





LynnR

I have to agree with Karan about your pictures. smile

Hurry back, we’ll all be waiting, and not necessarily patiently.  :-P

Canada   Posted by LynnR on 09/04/05  at  06:23 PM





DaveS

In today’s NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rice.html

Also:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rich.html

I find it hard to understand how this administration continues to receive any support.

Where’s the outrage?  Please continue expressing yours, Kate.

United States   Posted by DaveS on 09/04/05  at  07:07 PM





Kate

Their support appears to be waning, Dave. I hope it continues. But with Rove all fired up into high gear today, who knows. He lies like a rug and gets away with it. But maybe this week has changed some things.

I loved those articles. Wasn’t Rich fantastic? I am a Rice fan, no question, nevertheless I can’t help thinking her editorial leaned on romanticism. In the main I agree that the city has a unique mix of cultures and races that don’t fit the supposed norms of the rest of the country. But grinding poverty isn’t romantic and I can’t agree with her complacency about it. I think there are a lot of unwritten rules in old, established southern culture that we don’t really understand and it has sort of been exposed in an ugly way to the rest of the world all of a sudden. I don’t think it’s something that can be explained easily.

United States   Posted by Kate on 09/05/05  at  03:20 PM





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