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dinner conversation
Last night I was at dinner in someone’s home and the following is the abridged version of a portion of dinner conversation. I say abridged because I was so mad that one, the guest had the audacity to...
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Dr. Andre M. Perry on The Consequence of Missed Opportunities
Reprinted with permission from Dr. Perry The One Son Who Got Away By Dr. Andre M. Perry About a year ago, Ms. Chanda Burks met me in my office to discuss establishing a mentoring program for black...
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Operation Hugs and Stitches
Every year, my husband and I set a goal: the coming year will be better than the year before. I have this fear, you see, of getting stuck in a rut, of perpetually struggling in this life while living...
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Invitation to Profiling?
I’ll admit it: I’m a slacker mom about many things, among them my son’s homework. Well, considering his attention-deficit diagnosis, I’m not as much of a slacker as I’d like to be. I’m constantly...
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A Brief Meditation
Over an eighth night of Chanukah dinner, I got into a discussion about the horrible event in Newtown, CT, with a friend of mine who taught for many decades. “Where are the emergency drills in local...
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Morgus the Magnificent
Anyone who grew up here in New Orleans should remember watching our beloved Morgus the Magnificent. For over half a century, Morgus prefaced the weekend horror movies with his own New Orleans style...
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Happy Mother’s Day
I would like to take the opportunity to wish NOLAFEMMES’ founder Charlotte Hamrick a Happy Mother’s Day. I think of you as a “mother” to all of us who post on this blog: you remind us to use tags,...
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Let 2014 Shine for Girls
I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to write about for a New Years Eve post for this blog. Several ideas came to mind while I was showering (where I do a lot of my creative thinking!), or changing...
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Hot Reads 8/24/14
It’s a hot, humid Sunday so sit back and take a look at what we read this week while you sip your beverage of choice. All this and more can be found on our Hot Reads From NOLAFemmes.com Pinterest...
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Hot Reads 9/21/14
Last week’s reading was all over the spectrum. I just finished watching the first season of Orange Is the New Black on Netflix and totally get all the hoopla I’d been hearing about the show. It’s funny...
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