My birthday is right around the corner, and with it come thoughts of cake. Specifically, chocolate cake with peanut butter icing, requested as my birthday cake since the 1980’s. It’s not a thing at all around here, as evidenced by my New Orleanian friends’ blank stares. But … in central PA, it’s so very common. …
Category: Pennsylvania
Legacy of Prohibition
Both record-breaking heat and more flooding occurred in New Orleans during my brief trip north, so I am grateful that the few days after my return have brought nothing but garden-variety temperatures and a mild afternoon thunderstorm. I had a thought-provoking time in Pittsburgh. I don’t know that city well at all, but my few…
96 Degrees in New Orleans…
Yesterday, May 14, set a new heat record in New Orleans. 96 degrees. Fortunately, I am in Pittsburgh with my musician husband, where it is cool and rainy. Spring is still in progress here, and I am feasting my eyes on the gorgeous, lush greenery, the azaleas and lilacs, and these beautiful pink dogwoods. It’s…
Taste of Winter
It was just a quick trip north, but I got my taste of winter. The crisp, clean quality of the air, the myriad shades of brown and gray, and the aching bareness of the silhouetted branches against an overcast sky. Tiny meandering snowflakes, tenacious, marcescent birch leaves, and sunsets all the more incandescent in contrast…
Louisiana Latitudes 