Category Archives: Graduate School

Sponge vs. Sieve

Good news – my editor forgot to send my latest pages back to me. When she did, it had been about six weeks since I last looked at them. I was pleasantly surprised to read them and think – “Wow, … Continue reading

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Progress….

I am officially 1/4 through writing my book about New Orleans street signs for the History Press.  Of course, I am taking into account that I will probably need to edit/cut about 10,000 to 20,00 words but… DAMN! This month … Continue reading

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Book List 2012

Good reading list for 2012. Lots of variety and I learned a lot. Fun to look back and see which ones were for school, pleasure, and my own research (42% were for school!) 1. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins … Continue reading

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A spoon full of scholarship

Today is my last day of class for the year. I still have final research papers to complete but… first year down. No pause for reflection, I will figure that out later. Although this may be premature I am going … Continue reading

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Lucky 33

Last Monday afternoon before class, I got a call from Ruth Laney, who interviewed me for Country Roads Magazine. She said that a gentleman just called and said he read the article about me and had an original copy of … Continue reading

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Click “Like” Article

An interesting article Trixie sent me from the Chronicle of Higher Education about being an academic. I especially liked reading the comments. PLEASE CLICK ‘LIKE’ by Rachel Toor.

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WWOZ Interview

I recorded my WWOZ interview from October 9, 2012. Veronica Russell and I were on T.R. Johnson’s show “Jazz from the Marketplace.” T.R. was great! Great questions, very engaging. It’s funny, I have heard about T.R. many times and seen … Continue reading

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Press for the Mint Lecture

Here is some recent press for my lecture at the Old U.S. Mint at 400 Esplanade Ave on October 10, 2012: The Times Picayune NOLA Defender Tulane Event Calendar Don’t forget – reception at 6:30. Cupcakes provided by Cake Cafe, craft beer … Continue reading

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Steppin’ Out video

Here is the VIDEO from my appearance on Steppin’ Out on October 5th. I come on about halfway and again at the very end. I am very thankful for the host Peggy who was very gracious. It was also nice to … Continue reading

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Final Book Review

Summer is officially over for me. Classes started last week, and I wanted to have this written before but work assignments, early homework assignments, and adorable French girls who stayed with me a week prevented it. And then Isaac came … Continue reading

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