Good Night N'awlins

This brings the Big Easy blog to a conclusion for now, but I know I'll likely return to the Crescent City in the near future. Thanks so much for taking the time to view my first blog. Please wish the people of New Orleans and the rest of the gulf (please don't forget hard-hit Mississippi and southern Louisiana) luck during the upcoming storm season. Not to be a pessimist, but I have a feeling they're going to need it. I just hope it isn't to follow our Oaktown urban search and rescue teams during another storm. I don't think I could bear witness a second time.

On a positive note, in times of tragedy great music and art emerge from the wreckage and people are reminded what matters. I was fortunate to have witnessed that once again this weekend. I'm now inspired to make a film to submit to www.katrinafilms.com This nation must remember and never allow what happened in New Orleans to happen again anywhere. It was a disgrace to our country, one of the most wealthy in the world.



To those I met and spoke with on my journey, I really enjoyed my time with y'all, even if it was brief. Y'all we're awesome folks. To my really good friends, please come to the Fest next year and help share the cost of a room. I'll share my knowledge of the city. Fair trade? If you like this blog, please share it with friends. I will edit the earlier posts that I wrote when I the synapses weren't firing and improve the writing.

There's a certain mojo that works for me every time I'm in town. I always feel like I meet exactly whom I'm supposed to at just the right time. The syncronicity is uncanny, a slow flow like the mighty Mississippi that you just have to roll with. In all my many travels, I haven't experienced that to this level anywhere I've been. Have any of you had the same feeling? It's one of the powerful mysterious things that keeps me coming back to NOLA.

I know what it means to miss New Orleans. Good luck everyone. I'll be back.