The reason I write about her today is to call attention to her recent trip to the U.S. Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So much has been written and said about the tragedy and the country’s response to it. But few have managed to illustrate the scene so poignantly as she. Here’s a quick rundown of some of her dispatches from the region:
- September 01 – `Where's the help? This is America!'
- September 02 – Tales of woe shame a nation
- September 03 – Doors never closed at this Big Easy bar
- September 04 – The human baggage of Iberville
- September 05 – 'Some of them just won't leave'
- September 06 – In a ghost town, the rot's exposed
- September 07 – `We will build another, better New Orleans'
- September 08 – New Orleans: City of holdouts
- September 09 – Hotel a 5-star oasis of grace and humanity
- September 10 – U.S. must examine its soul
- September 12 – From ruins of New Orleans, spectre of hope rises
Just stopping by to say hello. I'm not around much lately, but that doesn't mean I don't think about my blogging friends. Happy Birthday to your beautiful wife and goregous daughter, and thank you for the pictures of Seattle - I miss it there!
ReplyDeleteWell today, CArmi, I'm reading you! And enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteHello! Michele sent me! :) I'll be back!
ReplyDeleteRosie I like. I just wish she wrote for a different paper.
ReplyDeleteAs for who I like, I don't read him that much any more, but I've always enjoyed Dave Barry. Even when he was Harry Anderson.
Hi Carmi- At the moment I am here via Michele. During the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attack I learned it is often good to get an idea what the rest of the world is saying, and not to just rely on American newcasts.
ReplyDeleteTook a trip to your wife's blog this morning. After all, it's all in the family, right?
ReplyDeleteHey, Michele sent me.
ReplyDeleteI like reading Richard Roeper's columns, he can be found at www.suntimes.com.
My wife is a reading specialist and devours books, especially young adult type stories. I am currently reading Lemony Snickett's second book.
Absolutely, Dena. I like reading the world through her eyes. It's a much nicer view than mine.
ReplyDeleteHere via micheles again. I really haven't read anything about the Hurricane lately. I am trying not to b/c it gets to me. Puts me in a bad place.
ReplyDeleteRex Murphy from The Globe and Mail. An extremely intelligent man with a rapier wit. I once wrote a post about him, extolling his many virtues:
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