After what should have been a trip to the vet turns into a trip to the doctor, Jim Gabour ponders a strange concatenation of human and feline ailments, and describes the succession of stray cats who have called his home their own.
In which our author feels good about being ancient and avoiding the municipal vultures making plunder out of public office
Our author wonders whether he'll be punished for his 4th of July gustatory transgression
A spring full moon in South Louisiana causes tension, prompting our author to share some completely scientific background on this moon business
Amid such rich scenes of life our author records all kinds of unpredictable activity, including being saved by his own bout of volatility
People still ask if they should come here. If it is safe. If it is Real any more. The answer is yes, to all three. And for the next two weeks nearly a million people will be here to take part in the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The author is caught by his own consumption, and effects a narrow escape with the help of friends.
Jim Gabour recalls for us his own personal quest to become a home-owner and thus embody the 'American Dream'.
The crashing intervention of reality leaves little room for fiction, and its 'stranger' ways in time and space need to be told
In which the lawmen of the West try to enforce the frontier of the unborn, 'counselling' women against abortion and protecting the personal moral codes of health professionals
The inventive gathering of ingredients and the music of its improvised creation have accompanied the author's family dishes on journeys great and small, in stories of locality and history. All this and a recipe for gumbo ma mere
