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More Mississippi

October 11, 2016 / / One comment

Now that I have a little leisure — after the New Orleans/Mississippi trip there were Philadelphia and Saratoga Springs, and the teaching semester started — I’m catching up on some photos I wanted to show you.  At Dunleith Castle, a mansion we toured in Natchez, one of the rooms has absolutely sensational wallpaper. Les Zones Terrestres by the Zuber Co. is what it sounds like — all the climates of the earth, shading into one another in a 33-panel spread that wraps around the room. These are details. I was hoping to find more complete photos on the Zuber website, but no. The blocks it was printed from were destroyed during WWII, so it’s not made anymore. It’s astoundingly beautiful. The White House has a Zuber wallpaper, Vues de l’Amérique du Nord, in the Diplomatic Reception Room, and another Natchez mansion has a different set, Hindustan, along the gallery walls. I’ve never been a wallpaper fan, but these knocked me out. I wish I could show you more but I couldn’t back up far enough to take wide shots. If in Natchez, though, do not miss this!

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The four Rozan/Rosan siblings

October 9, 2016 / / 2 comments

All of us in Saratoga Springs for the Bat Mitzvah of my brother Al’s oldest son’s daughter. First time the four of us have been together in seventeen years. From left to right, Debby, Naomi, Al, me.

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Bouchercon Panel

October 4, 2016 / / No comments

If you get to where you can’t stand it during the VP debate tonight or the Prez debate on Sunday, here’s twenty minutes of the Bouchercon panel I was on with Lawrence Block, Bill Crider, Joe Lansdale, and Catherine Coulter.

 

 

 

Fan girl moment

October 2, 2016 / / 4 comments

Me having a total fan girl moment with the great composer and accordionist Guy Klucevsek at the launch party last night for his new CD, “Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy.” A great musician and a super nice, um, guy.

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Doe’s Eat Place

September 22, 2016 / / No comments

This is me lurking in the shadows of Doe’s Eat Place, Greenville, Mississippi. Doe’s was originally a honky-tonk, and later a restaurant. On the wrong side of the tracks because Doe himself was Italian, which made him, like the Lebanese and Jews of Greenville, colored folk, the restaurant found itself sneaking white folks in the back door because the steaks were so good. Now anyone can eat at Does, and I do recommend it.

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Eye Ay Oy

September 18, 2016 / / 18 comments

Quick post because I’m supposed to be packing to leave New Orleans and go to Mississippi, but I wanted to show you the Eye, the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.  I got this Friday night. Love to be a member of this organization, so LOVE this award. Thanks, guys.

 

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Sick of Hillary’s health

September 12, 2016 / / One comment

I’ve had walking pneumonia. As far as I’m concerned, anyone who campaigns on a monster schedule while she’s being treated for it ipso facto proves she has the stamina to be President.

9/11, sunset

September 11, 2016 / / 3 comments

 

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I cannot resist this

September 8, 2016 / / 3 comments

The hashtag is #GuacTheVote.

Hispanic business group starts effort to register voters at taco trucks.

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It’s not quite fall…

September 7, 2016 / / 3 comments

…but the demarcation line really is Labor Day, isn’t it? I did the Facebook cover photo seasonal change, and I thought those of you not on Facebook might like to see the photo, too. This was shot late last fall from the native plant garden at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

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