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nolawitch58We will not be having Samhain at our usual spot on the Lakefront. I drove out there today and found it unacceptable for ritual. There are too many small stones washed all the way up to the steps. The railings on the steps are broken. There are trees down and debris still littering the area. There is water standing in some low spots. The ground near the seawall is uneven and dangerous.
Neither will we be having Pagan Pride Day at City Park. Shelter #5 is intact, but there are numerous trees and limbs lying about. From the looks of the contractor encampments, they won't have the park cleared away for another month or so. I didn't pass by Audubon Park. I can do that Friday when I pick Bea up at the airport.
We won't be having anything at the Celtic Monument either. There is a ton of tree and other debris piled up in the neutral ground (median) where we used to have ritual. The houses on either side of the neutral ground were obviously ruined by Katrina. A few were already being torn down by demolition crews. Most were gray, ghostly shells of their former selves. One house in particular I used to pass and marvel at its beauty was a wreck. The trees formerly surrounding the homes were either denuded of leaves or broken. The plants and shrubberies that used to grace the properties are withered to gray as well. The beautiful verdancy that we took for granted is gone.
There was an eerieness to the quiet. I've never heard such quiet in the city before.
Neither will we be having Pagan Pride Day at City Park. Shelter #5 is intact, but there are numerous trees and limbs lying about. From the looks of the contractor encampments, they won't have the park cleared away for another month or so. I didn't pass by Audubon Park. I can do that Friday when I pick Bea up at the airport.
We won't be having anything at the Celtic Monument either. There is a ton of tree and other debris piled up in the neutral ground (median) where we used to have ritual. The houses on either side of the neutral ground were obviously ruined by Katrina. A few were already being torn down by demolition crews. Most were gray, ghostly shells of their former selves. One house in particular I used to pass and marvel at its beauty was a wreck. The trees formerly surrounding the homes were either denuded of leaves or broken. The plants and shrubberies that used to grace the properties are withered to gray as well. The beautiful verdancy that we took for granted is gone.
There was an eerieness to the quiet. I've never heard such quiet in the city before.
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Date: 2005-10-18 10:24 pm (UTC)I miss New Orleans...
Date: 2005-10-18 11:03 pm (UTC)Anyway, hopefully I will have some good surf to play in later this week so I knock myself out of this depression crap.
Re: I miss New Orleans...
Date: 2005-10-19 02:10 am (UTC)Re: I miss New Orleans...
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