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Remember

Courtesy of Mark Folse. Click here to listen to a beautiful tune Mark attached.

More tributes to Greg by his friends can be found at the links below:

Not Right About Anything

At Library Chronicles

Levees Not War

The oh-so-eloquent Mark Folse

Liprap's Lament

From a blogger that knew Greg for 15 years

NOLA.com

NOLAFEMMES

August

August is a mixed bag of emotions for me. My only child was born on 8/28/88. My daughter is the delight of my life, I am SO proud of her on so many levels.

She now lives 50 miles from me and my constant visits are teaching me the lay of the land of Jefferson, Louisiana.

August also brings back horrific memories of Katrina

What inspired this short post was a beautifully written post by my online friend Charlotte Hamrick at this link.

Please read and respond. She is very talented and I look up to her. Thanks!

Pray for a quiet August, y'all!!

HEY, WASHINGTON D.C.

'NUFF SAID.

Window Wednesday

Found this gem of a window in Olde Towne Slidell. It looks as if the designs are etched into the window. It's an old, dilapidated house. I'd love to have seen it in her prime.

Punish the Whistle Blowers

This almost feels like some thriller movie, but it is real life.

From the website , this video shows reactions to how an American soldier is treated like a rat for telling the truth about abominations happening in Iraq.



Manning was charged with 21 counts in connection with the leak of some 700,000 classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

The most serious charge is “aiding the enemy.” which could carry a life sentence. The prosecution chose not to pursue capital punishment, which was an option.

It's amazing to see how our government gets bat shit paranoid over someone telling the truth (think Edward Snowden and Julian Assange)

In my opinion, these men did what they felt was the right things in their hearts, but they freaked out the U.S. Government, which is very paranoid about appearing complicit to the abominable actions they decided to commit.

I hope truth prevails, but I don't feel that it will. Someday, some way those that make dark, evil decisions will have to pay the price.

I would love to observe it, just as I observed the fall of Nixon.

JJ Cale's Legacy

Every time I hear this song, I think of JJ Cale. RIP to one of my favorite musicians



From Wikipedia

Songs written by Cale that have been covered by other musicians include "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton,

"Cajun Moon" by Randy Crawford,,

"Clyde" and by Waylon Jennings, ,

"Magnolia" by Jai and Poco,, but I prefer JJ Cale's version myself

"Bringing It Back" by Kansas,

"Call Me the Breeze" and "I Got the Same Old Blues" by Lynyrd Skynyrd,

Like To Love You Baby [live] - Tom Petty... by XavierMuff">"I'd Like to Love You, Baby" by Tom Petty,

"Travelin' Light" and "Ride Me High" by Widespread Panic,

"Tijuana" by Harry Manx,

"Sensitive Kind" by Carlos Santana,

"Cajun Moon" by Herbie Mann with Cissy Houston,

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Kevin Ayers,

and "Same Old Blues" by Captain Beefheart.

Scuzzbucket of the Week

THIS is the face of a cold-blodded animal abuser.

Adrienne Martin, 35 years old, from St. Louis Missouri.

Martin chained a 3-year-old shepherd-terrier mix named Brownie on a short heavy chain and then set fire to his face and body. The dog belonged to her sister-in-law. Brownie apparently bit Martin's son, who had to go to the hospital for treatment. She initially denied setting the dog on fire, but later confessed to the crime.

This brilliant "human" even had the audacity of brag about what she did on her Facebook page .

I'm on killa mode .....#killdogs.com.....today..
she posted July 9. The posting was shared 36 times by animal advocates who called Martin “gross” and “sickening.”

The next day she posted
I mean what I say and I say what I mean....#alldogsdontgoheaven.com

“Brownie was helpless in escaping his abuser because he was anchored by a chain,” Stray Rescue said. “He later died.”

After the July 9 post, Martin returned to Facebook July 14 to respond to her critics. The St. Louis woman showed no remorse for her alleged behavior.

“MF's is killing me about this stupid dog ....keep it real...you didn't take care nor like or love the MF...on the TV str8 lies ...‪#‎laughingeveryday....stop b----..,” she wrote. That messaged was shared 31 times on Facebook.

She now faces felony animal abuse charges in Brownie’s death. Several websites are showing pictures of the murdered dog, but I can't even look at them, let alone share them.

Sickening.

Info from ibtimes.com

Pelican Friday

Because there are SO many pelicans being located around Slidell, I decided to share more than one picture a week (and I forgot last week, no excuse).

This is "Honey Island Pete Pelican" by Len Heatherly. It is located on Gause Blvd. East in front of Dr. Jack Devereaux's office

Windows Wednesday

I see I'm running late on my postings this week. apologies!

Update on Ellisville, Mississippi

UPDATE July 23: ELLISVILLE, Miss. -

WHLT 22 Connecting the Pine Belt


The Ellisville Animal Holding Facility that's received statewide attention online is demolished.

It had two windows and no air.

Several animal advocates said it was unfit.

It was a temporary holding facility for animals that were abused or unwanted.

According to Ellisville Mayor Tim Waldrup there were two animals there who were returned to their owners.

Now a local resident is helping raise money to build a new facility.