Strange Days

The New Orleans Public Library is asking for any and all hardcover and paperback books for people of all ages in an effort to restock the shelves after Katrina. The staff will assess which titles will be designated for its collections. The rest will be distributed to destitute families or sold for library fundraising.



Please send your books to:

Rica A. Trigs
Public Relations
New Orleans Public Library
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112

**UPDATE - my anonymous commenter has mentioned that the New Orleans Library cannot handle the infulx of books, and gave me a website that shows alternative ways that you can help them. Thanks, whoever you are!

Click here for the FAQ Website

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On another note, I've done some planting over the past week. Planted some herbs, tomatoes and peppers from seed. Starting an avacado plant, and finally found a good spot for the pink rosebush my neighbor gave me for my birthday. The weather seems tobe breaking here and spring is well on it's way. Makes me want to clean, lol.

We're also getting a horse. Yes, a horse. One of our friends has a few of them but he's moving and wants to find good homes for some of them. He's offered to help joe build a good fence if he comes over and helps with his fence, which he did today. We're supposed to get her next week, and when we do I will most definitly post pics, she is so beautiful.

Things are getting exciting with Jess's prom coming up in a couple days. We have everything except her shoes, which we'll get on Friday, and she's getting her hair done Sat morning. I will post pics sat night or sunday morning, I know she's going to have a great time. :)

Jessica's 8th grade prom is this Sat. and this is the dress I made for her. She was supposed to go with one boy who she really liked, but they aren't speaking so she's going with Troy, a boy who's liked her since the beginning of the school year. She wanted me to make her dress, and she knew exactly how she wanted it to look. She said she wanted to look like a princess.



I had her try it on because her aunt and grandmother were dying to see the pics, When she goes to the prom this weekend I'll take the offiial "prom pics", so you can see her in all her "princess" glory, lol




She's mad because we told her we would be following the limo, and be there too when the prom was over. She said I'm being lame, but I don't care, that girl is my most valued thing in life, I know she thinks Im being overprotective now, but Im sure she'll understand when she gets older. (isn't that what all mothers say? lol)

How I wish I could surrender my soul; Shed the clothes that become my skin;
See the liar that burns within my needing. How I wish I'd chosen darkness from cold.
How I wish I had screamed out loud, Instead I've found no meaning.

How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind;
Hold memory close at hand,
Help me understand the years.
How I wish I could choose between Heaven and Hell.
How I wish I would save my soul.
I'm so cold from fear.

I guess it's time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain,
All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble.
Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray.
I've heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble.
It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain.

I'm sure just about everyone saw James Blunt on Oprah, or has heard about him, or his number one song, "You're Beautiful", seeing his emotion and feeling his raw untouched honesty was one of the most refreshing feelings I've had in a while, he seems really genuine. Those were the lyrics to his song Tears and Rain. beautiful.

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So, I'm back, got all of my online issues straight, and hope to be posting more regularly. Did ya miss me?

Oh yeah, while my online was down I finished another painting and started 3 more! Here's the one I finished, it needs a name though....maybe you can help me come up with one?

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I completed the course for substitute teaching today, so this should be interesting, and at the very least make for good blogging, lol. The course was pretty simple, learning lots of rules and sitting on hard ass auditorium seats for 5 hours. my butt still aches, lol.

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GUESS WHAT??? I will be showing my art publicly for the first time at an exhibition called "Something About Soul" during the James Brown festival here in Augusta. I am so excited. So many many thanks to PaintingChef for sending me the info.

The place where the exibition is being held is HUGE. It used to be a department store called JB White, it has huge columns that go down each side of the room and 30 foot ceilings. I'm going to have to do some bigger pieces for this, so I did go out and get a 20x60 inch frame, a 36x24 inch and a 30x40 inch at a half price sale...somehow they still don't seem big enough, I'd love a 6 x 6 foot or a 10x10 foot....but i think a 6x6 foot would cost me a hundred bucks I don't have right now to blow. Oh well, it's called do the best with what you got! I dont think words can express how excited I am. :) I'm going to take pics and let you know how it goes.

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Jessica made the honor roll. Sh ehad a little trouble adjusting after being homeschooled for two years, but she did it, and I was so proud of her. She kept teasing me, saying "it was a fluke Mom, I dont know how it happened...dont expect it to happen again", lol She knows it was her hard work that made it happen. That's my girl.

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more James Blunt lyrics....this one is called Beautiful. He said he wrote it after he was on a train, and saw his ex girlfriend with another man. He said they never spoke, but for a moment, their eyes locked, and a lifetime passed in that moment.

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true,
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As I walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Flying high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Lalala lalala lalala lalala laaaaaa

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you