Laissez les bons temps roulez! AJ and I are learning about Mardi Gras today. We�ve been reading about krewes and King cakes and doubloons. We�ve been watching live webcams from New Orleans. We�ve been playing zydeco music (Buckwheat Zydeco�s �The Mardi Gras Mambo� is a particular favorite of AJ�s). Mr. Spy is in the middle of his annual Mardi Gras reading of Walker Percy�s The Moviegoer. Last year around this time my mom and dad were in New Orleans, helping to clear out flood-ravaged homes and rebuild what there was to rebuild. We hear less and less about the flood as time goes by. But an article in today�s New York Times on high school marching bands in Mardi Gras parades says that still only a third of area schools are open. Let�s all take a minute to remember the victims of the Katrina disaster today, in New Orleans and elsewhere on the gulf coast. I�m planning on making a donation to the Red Cross� National Disaster Relief Fund today. If you�d like to join me, CLICK HERE.
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