Working for myself, I've found that Thursdays have become my new Friday in the flow of my life. During the spring, I taught Tuesdays and Thursdays. Once class was over on Thursday morning, I felt myself begin to: ease into the weekend; slow it all down; enjoy my bike ride home; take a few photos; and, treat myself to an afternoon read for pleasure when I got home. It's a new semester. It's Thursday. It's a little different, but I'm working from home and enjoying a little different kind of ease into Friday. I am paddling on.
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September 2013
09/19/2013
Not Quite TGIF
Working for myself, I've found that Thursdays have become my new Friday in the flow of my life. During the spring, I taught Tuesdays and Thursdays. Once class was over on Thursday morning, I felt myself begin to: ease into the weekend; slow it all down; enjoy my bike ride home; take a few photos; and, treat myself to an afternoon read for pleasure when I got home. It's a new semester. It's Thursday. It's a little different, but I'm working from home and enjoying a little different kind of ease into Friday. I am paddling on.
09/18/2013
A Tulane Full Moon
09/17/2013
Pleasure or Pain?
Having been gone from New Orleans for seven years, it is only natural that I notice differences more than others. The vast numbers of canoes, kayaks, and row boats, tied up along Bayou St. John, has been one of the most interesting. I don't remember ever seeing boats tied up along the Bayou prior to my departure.
Now me, I love them. I love shooting photos of them. I love their reflections. I love their color. I love the way they look like colorful crayons bobbing along the Bayou bank.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered an article posted by the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association, in which the contributing author ranted and raved about the boats docked on the Bayou. Evidently: some are abandoned, some don't belong there, some are filthy and filled with empty beer cans, and some of the owners have been behaving badly. The article raised a lot of questions for me. It also showed once more, that one person's pleasure can be another person's pain.
09/16/2013
Power
...in Nature and Beauty!
09/15/2013
Sometimes...
...getting out and being a big kid can be the best medicine! SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA, 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com
09/14/2013
Trumpeting...
... into Saturday!
SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com
09/12/2013
Alone...
...in a crowd.
SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA, 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160 Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com
09/11/2013
The Joy of...
...texture and color. SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA, 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com
09/10/2013
Side-Effects
In the course of our days, we discover unintended side-effects of our actions or projects on a regular basis. You just can't plan for everything. Over the weekend, my friend Evelyn was scanning some of my sheet music at the Chatette, so I could play it for my parents' 60th wedding anniversary celebration later this month. I know "More" pretty much by heart and most of "Moon River", so I sit down at pianos I find and play a bit from time to time by heart. Who could have predicted the tears upon seeing notes on the page again. It was as if I found old friends, who would take me down comfortable, time worn paths, carrying the love and memories right along with them. I miss my music. Today, noting old friends. SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com
09/09/2013
Morning...
...has broken!
SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A.Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA , 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, lauryab990@hotmail.com