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i keep wondering when i will be able to go back. not *this* xmas, for sure! but perhaps in the spring, margaret and i will meet there again, finally, and wander and look and shoot and eat and be. i like being there with her. (and with betsy, of course, but she will be MUCH to faraway to join us). the last xmas in new orleans was odd, i was sad and rebellious and determined to make my own time and reclaim my own self. it was lovely there and i made many images that i have never shown. and i pretty much got myself back together i think. and it snowed. on christmas day. it was so amazing to wander the french quarter in the snow of 2004 and watch the great silliness of both tourists and residents. now, of course, i wonder if it was some kind of meterological preview for the nightmare that was to come. i am *so* ready to return.
enough nostalgia. i am quite happy in my little world here for now. i have slept late. the sun is coming out. as soon as i can get out of my nightie and put this big coffee down, we will go to the store and buy a few foodstuffs then home for the rest of the day. maybe a walk later. and more artTable. yes!
the new important camera is packed in its box, ready to return. whew. that libran event is over. i knew yesterday when i didn’t want to “bother” with carrying that Big Thing when we met traci for lunch, then planned a photoWander after … i just wanted to carry my little Olympus XA2 and the Valiant. i dreaded the big camera. so i came home and packed it. i am a mosquito. and a naive photographer. i travel light. i manipulate everything. the FZ7 will be wonderful for me. i have already handled it and i know. it was good to have a photoWander yesterday, even though we didn’t see many thrilling scenes. we walked on the north side. i noticed several of my favorite doors were GONE. but not from me. i have them for always! well. as long as pixels last…
i wish for peaceful celebrations for all.