A Community within Communities: Valentine’s Day
A dear friend, Stewart Butler, holds dearly Valentine’s Day because it was the quintessential day for his life partner, Alfred. Alfred loved Valentine’s Day and all that it meant. To
Continue readingMurders in Our City: An urban holocaust rooted in history; played out in culture; a voiceless dirge.
What follows is a litany of the victims of violence since the first of this year. In a Facebook string prompted by a most excellent man, James Patton Walsh, two
Continue readingNew Year’s Hope
By the time this is published the year will already be filled with busyness. As for me I will be thinking about the Feast of the Epiphany. As for you
Continue readingIncense, children, Christmas, and murders: A day in the life of NOLA.
THE photo to the left was taken by Eliot Kamenitz and it is the kind of photo he loves to take. It was a great jazz mass at St. Augustine’s
Continue readingA Community within Communities: God Bless us one and all!
For many of us Christmas is a season of sadness. The shadows grow long and the streets darken earlier. It is often damp and chilled. Mulled wine, bourbon, hot cakes,
Continue readingKristallnacht and Desecration at St. Anna’s
This is an Open Letter of Thanks sent to the Episcopal Clergy of New Orleans on 11/21/2011 addressing acts of desecration that occurred on 11/17/2011. As some may know St.
Continue readingA Community within Communities: A bridge over troubled waters.
“Act locally think globally” is a catch phrase that tries to capture a sentiment seeks to understand the connections throughout the world that make us the human family. St. Anna’s
Continue readingAll Saints Day 2011
It was a very quiet All Hallows eve for my wife Vicki and me. Only one set of goblins rousted us for treats. We read some, ate chicken pot pies,
Continue readingA Community within Communities: Got enough time and baking bread.
The following was published in Ambush Magazine in Mid August 2011.“Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives.
Continue readingA Community within Communities
“Community within Communities” is a series of articles currently being published in Ambush Magazine by invitation of the owners and publishers. It was first conceived when Rip and Marsha, the Ambush publishers,
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