New Orleans In Exile This Holiday ~ What Meant The World

 

Without a traditional giving of thanks
No one would know what to look for
Signs of amusement and laughable pranks

Know what to look for

Without a whole day of giving blessing
No one would know what to listen with
Tunes for a whistle and words so caressing

know what to listen with

Without a year to recall what has passed
No one would know where to go
A journey of no destination will end long last

Know where to go


Without a moment of faint smiling dreams
No one would feel what meant the world
Giving thought and thanks to the Old New Orleans

What meant the world.....

11/26/2006 Gordons Blog New Orleans Voices For Peace By Larry Hales Where has New Orleans’ housing monies gone?

Saturday, November 25, 2006 Statesman.com THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Houston woman glad to help shelter evacuees - On the day Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans By Karen Brooks
HOUSTON — People tend to view Rhonda Tavey as either a saint or a fool. That Thursday, Tavey was having one of the worst days of her life.

She had recently discovered that a mysterious and painful breast condition that looked like a deadly form of cancer was benign but still a mystery to the surgeons who operated on her a few months before.

As a single mother with two teenage daughters, she was struggling to keep up on her mortgage payments from the income provided by her home-based trophy-making business.


Published: November 26, 2006 The New York Times

Another Social Conflict Confronts New Orleans By ADAM NOSSITER

November 2006 - HOUSTON ABCNEWS.com

Houston woman takes special joy from helping 5 young evacuees

Friday, November 24, 2006By The Times Picayune By Mark Waller

SPICE OF LIFE Sheriff's bash offers people a chance to leave worries behind for a day

Thursday, 23 November 2006 Black Voice News By Chris Levister SAN BERNARDINO Katrina Survivor Facing Dry Well

Katrina survivor Crescent Green will celebrate Thanksgiving 1,850 miles from home. Still she is counting her blessings. "I'm still shuttering. I miss my family. I miss my Crescent City."

Thursday, November 23, 2006 Cincinnati.Com BY LINDSAY KOTTMANN COMMUNITY RECORDER STAFF WRITER

Family is thankful one year after Katrina

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The Washington Post The Associated Press Waxman Has Bush Administration in Sights By ERICA WERNER

Sunday, November 26, 2006 The Washington Post Associated Press By Deb Riechmann
Bush Vows Continued Aid To Gulf Hurricane Victims